Community Tasting Note

cct wrote:

Friday, June 26, 2015 - SOM'd in AM. There was fruit and mostly mature notes on opening in the AM. Double decanted 12 hours later and drunk over 3 hours. For all the bottle treatment folks, normally I would have double decanted in AM, but I was running late to work and had to pop it and run.

The nose is mature but still with freshness with a mix of moss/ undergrowth earthiness, and a savory cured meat, but still with some fruit. Tobacco, darker fruits, but with an acidity that adds rather than distracting or overwhelming. Mossy undergrowth and a loaminess as well. Medium bodied and with a density that belies its mid sized frame. More savory notes on the palate with green olives, more red than dark fruits on the palate, an acidic backbone that really focuses the wine and keeps it fresh and interesting, and with a cedar woodiness on the back end. There is rusticity to this that I feel adds character. Quite long, very interesting, albeit fading. Beautiful nonetheless. 90pts

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