Community Tasting Note

Wine Canuck wrote:

Friday, November 11, 2022 - Lunch: This pours medium ruby, a touch cloudy, with some flecks of pink and a watery rim. The nose on opening is dominated my menthol, but after about an hour unfurls to show fresh cherry, grapefruit rind, rose petals, a whisp of ginger, dry dusty soil, sandalwood, fresh thyme, a touch of integrating oak, and some of that menthol still lingering. The palate is also lovely with cherry and grapefruit dominating the texture turning to medium minus tannin and medium acid and then a long finish that fans out nicely revealing much of the complexity to come with further bottle age. All in all this is lovely and elegant stuff. It did need some air to really show what it had and while this early peak was pleasurable I think there is a long life ahead with much more positive development to be had. We only followed this for about two hours and I can't help but feel we might have gotten more aromatic complexity with even more air. A taster commented that this showing was Burgundy meets New Zealand which I agree with. Given the prices of these wines now I have to say this is poor QPR, but it's still fun and important to try wines from the tippy top producer.

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