Community Tasting Note

mdstenner wrote:

Saturday, June 18, 2005 - Dain Wines Barrel Samples (and others) (Springfield, MO): Impossible to rate this wine as it years from showing its full glory. Impossibly monolithic and tight. Massively tannic. Totally backward. Initially a nose of graphite and hints of mineraliy. After 2-3 hours it had opened a little and there was some currant notes. Don't drink this wine for 10-12 years unless you want to trace its development. The 2002, tasted side by side, was much more approachable tonight.

6/21/05 update: A small glass left in the bottle from Sat. night. Slightly more approachable with a nose of fruit cake and plums. Still searingly tannic and consumed without food which was an error. My earlier impressions were confirmed. Cellar any remaining bottles and keep the locks on this until 2015 at least.

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