Community Tasting Note

Frank Murray III wrote:

Thursday, November 5, 2020 - Opened yesterday, kept under the open cork overnight and using the last few ounces remaining for my note. This is my final bottle, and 3 years since I tasted the wine last so I had some curiosity about what might be here in a wine that is close to 15 years old. It's not lost any color, as the edges remain purple and red, no browning that I can see. The aromatics have managed to hang together, with the tarry, leather and creosote still showing up. The core of the wine is big, a reminder of the wines back in that era, in Syrahs I liked with bigger weights, alcohol and density. This continues to be a wine with those qualities, and much like the color, the fruit has held together very well in that style. Maybe a little bit of cedar is starting to show in the finish, portending the aging process but it's overshadowed still by the wine's primary power. Some of the SLH citrus remains here, some of the dark chocolate too from my 2017 note. My bet is that this wine can age another 3-5 years and during that time start to show more aged quality.

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