Community Tasting Note

blanquito wrote:

Saturday, March 3, 2012 - I'm drinking a 1996 Hacienda Monasterio, pretty serious stuff but still too oaky (I tried this on release and passed due to the wood). It's very good even with the oak - seemless with pitch-perfect fruit - but the finish is all drying oak and the nose has coconut and oak-chest smells overshadowing the fruit... The oak does fade with air, and some nice minty-medicinal-iodine-minerally-dusty-earthy fruit emerges. Yes, the bouquet has become lovely now. Excellent concentration without being excessive. Finish remains oaky.

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