Community Tasting Note

Derek Darth Taster wrote:

Saturday, January 2, 2016 - Annual Christmas Dinner at the Ngu's 2015 (Wimborne): Drank this without any notion or inkling of the background or critics' scores.
Pop and pour. Drank over 1+ hour.
Appearance is clear, deep intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of ripe dark red cherries, black cherry, dark earth, woody oak spice, meatiness, and slight floral notes. Developing.
On the palate, dry, medium+ acidity, medium alcohol (13%), smooth medium+ tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of ripe dark red cherries, black cherries, black pepper, spice, dark earth, meat. Long finish.
Very good quality wine, more like a super-charged St. Joseph or a mini-Hermitage. Well, I understand why the purists/terroirists would give this the thumbs down, and on the other hand you have RP handing out a 96 score. Give this a long decant if drinking now, or keep for another 4-5 years.
30 months in new oak barrels.
From a monopoly of the best terroirs adjoining what were previously the Jean-Louis Grippat and Vallouit estates. Terroir has a geological formation similar to the famous Bessards slopes in Hermitage.

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