Community Tasting Note

babnik wrote:

Sunday, January 26, 2003 - I had two choices: watch the Raiders or have this wine with a grilled porter house at Vic Stewarts in Walnut Creek, CA. I made the better choice.

The wine still maintains a beautiful ruby color with just a slight hint of browning beginning around the edges. It took about 1 hour for some nice subtle currant fruit to emerge from the heavy cigar box and leather that initally greeted me. There’s definitely some sage and cedar going on too. The end result was a balanced, pleasant wine that I enjoyed, but would probably have enjoyed more a few years ago with more fruit and less “old” characteristics.

3 days later, the wine has mellowed to a nice package of pruney smoke. Reminds me of a port (but dry). This wine really would have benefited from extended decanting.

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