Community Tasting Note

grafstrb wrote:

Thursday, February 8, 2024 - -- decanted for 45 min. before initial taste --
-- tasted blind over 3.75 hrs on Day 1; revisited on Days 2 and 3 --

NOSE: Day 1: deeper-pitched and earthier than #5 (2020 Pedesclaux); no funk or pencil shavings; tight; purple-fruited; most overt oak of the three; more similar to #9 (2020 Malescot) than to #5; light Ajwain seed. Day 2: very tight --- even moreso than on Day 1. Day 3: very dark, purple-red, fruits finally emerging.

BODY: magenta-violet color of medium-deep depth; medium bodied.

TASTE: Day 1: tight; a bit tannic (moreso than #5); quite tight @ 1.25 hrs. open mark; some bitter florals; still tannic at 4.5 hrs open mark, with oaky/austere tannins. On Day 1, this is the odd one out, in the sense that it’s clearly the “darkest” of the three --- this one being purple-fruited, earthy & tannic, whereas the other two are more red-fruited and less tannic. Day 2: dark; earthy; tight/closed. Day 3: Here we go! – lots of wet stones mineral; purple-fruited (black currants); still tight, but now opening-up to a meaningful extent, and now possibly my favorite of the three. Requires time in the cellar.

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