Community Tasting Note

BradKNYC wrote:

Thursday, May 24, 2012 - An evening of older Mondavi Cab Reserves- 1971-1990 (Apiary.): Ahead of the dinner I expected this to be in the running for WOTN. It wasn't, but there are extenuating circumstances. Shortly before the dinner we changed who was going to bring it and so this bottle didn't have a chance to stand up for a day or two before the tasting, nor was it double decanted ahead of time as most of the bottles were. As a result, the wine showed a bit muddled, unfocused and was not particularly integrated. It was certainly the ripest wine of the night and sported a blacker fruit profile with black licorice, cocoa and herb. Lowish acidity with the oak a tad abrasive and the alcohol sticking out just a touch and overall the wine seemed a bit on the ponderous side. That said, I've had much better bottles and had it had time to stand and more time to integrate, I'm sure it would've shown better. A-/B+.

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