Community Tasting Note

Ben Christiansen wrote:

Monday, September 5, 2011 - Wow. Last time I had this wine four years ago I thought it was slightly going over the hill. If that was the case I was wrong. Tonight -- a depth of color, luminescence with only slight bricking at the rim. On the nose: leather, animal, cedar but with a core of red and black fruit. On the palate: the definition of umami. Rich, succlent, graceful, full of verve. It drank like water. In a word, wonderful and a treat. I would guess that it is at its absolute peak. Had side by side with a 2000 Gruard Larose (another wonderful wine), which was clearly outclassed by the Monte Bello. But somehow I managed to love them both. Cheers!

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