Community Tasting Note

lightning wrote:

Saturday, December 12, 2020 - Clear, vibrant garnet of medium intensity. Clean nose of medium-plus intensity, pronounced secondary characters (dill, dry coconut) and tertiary characters (dried figs and blackberry). Elegant and silky on entry, on the midpalate the wine is meaty and medium-plus bodied with bold raspy tannins, a fine seam of acidity buried deep underground, intense and persistent notes of tar, leather, and red fruits. Long finish. Professionally cellared since release, and quickly double-decanted prior to service, tasted at 16-19 degrees. This one is slightly foresquare and ungiving at the moment and I would wait another 5-10 years for the structure to ease and further tertiary development. Has scope for improvement. Interesting to contrast with Lopez de Heredia, which stylistic is more "Burgundian", the Castillo Ygay is more worked and extracted. Next bottle 2026 or later.

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