Community Tasting Note

David Paris (dbp) wrote:

Friday, April 29, 2016 - Opened for 30 minutes. The aromas are quite candied (but natural candy!), showing some candied strawberries, a very slight dusty soil note, but really it's all about that beautiful, lovely elegant strawberry aroma. I absolutely love the nose as it's very pretty and inviting, but subtle. Palate texture is quite light, but creamy for its lightness, offering more berry notes, briar, a very slight bit of spice, light tartness, and again I'm left with the sensation of delicious candied strawberries. Perhaps it's strawberry glaze on a cake (strawberry shortcake!). Like the tartness that sits on my tongue. The finish is soft and light, tart, and those string candied berry notes linger with just a hint of tannic spice. This wine is absolutely killer tonight. Better than my last (unnoted) bottle, and according to my note from 2013, about on par with that bottle, but certainly at a different stage of its evolution and much more singular today without as much complexity as the past. I wouldn't expect this to improve at all from here, but it is at a local peak for sure. Update: This was tired and nearly dead on day two, so drink quickly.

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