Community Tasting Note

mflesh wrote:

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - Wine was actually opened the day before with one glass poured out for the wife, recorked, and left on the bar until the next night. No comment on that glass. On 4/10, this one was rocking. Nose of Howell Mountain fruit with a slight aroma of vanilla and very dark, dark blackberry. Hint of floral. The palate was velvety blackberry pie with a vanilla pie crust! It wasn't quite as thick or full bodied as I thought it would be, but that kind of changed in the middle. Dark, dark chocolate with blackberry and figs. Finished velvety, yet with a very fine gritty tannin...and some sediment on the bottom of the glass. Sediment all around the neck of the bottle actually. This one was good and I actually think that by 2014/15 it will be right at the height/peak of drinking. Wife commented that glass on day 1 was a little shrewd and a little too oaked. I didn't get that with the last bottle - it seemed ready to go with minimal "prep time."

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