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Friday, July 28, 2023 - Decanting 9 hours in a zalto decanter and put the wine back in the bottle.
- Note:
I smelled the wine before decanting (no tasting) and it smelled like sour and old red wine.
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The nose:
Medicin closet, pencil, mint. Wood and leaf/meadow. The fruit is anonymous but i get honeycoated dried plum and blackcurrant. Intereting nose.

The palate:
A little more approachable then the nose.
Raisin, Fig, Plum, Blackcurrant, honey. Also some milk chocolate, nutty feeling and cocao
Very sweet on the tounge. Fine amount of oak, silky, fresh and lush.

Tannin high
Acidity medium+
Full body
- Seems sweeter then the 07' and 03' - I dont know if its due to the vintage being so young.

This Taylor vintage 2018 sure did benefit from a long decant, because its so fantastic after that. It could easily do 12 hours in total.

I was curious to taste a young vintage, and it didn't disapoint. But to break it up:
Wines up to 15 years = More freshness and fruity character.
Wines from 15 and above = the fruit becomes secondary and the secondary notes becomes primary
Either way: decant the shit out them!

To compare this with the Vargellas 2015, that I had last week, its hard. I must say I like this vintage 18' the most, but the Vargellas didn't get 9 hours decant - only 1 hour decant and tasted over 4 hours
Im sure to think that the decanting had something to say.
Vargellas 15' was closed, even after the decant, but opened up after a longer time.
Vargellas wines is a great cheaper "alternative" and to be honest, I dont think that I would be able to taste difference, if blind tasted. If so, very slightly.

To finish up, I think that you should treat most of the wines from Taylor equally when it comes to decanting - not for sediment, but for breathing. Many of them needs hours and hours of air. So do yourself that favor because it will only be a greater experience, when tasting.

Taylor vintage 2018 feels like it could last forever, but at this stage - 99 Points.

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