Community Tasting Note

MattTM wrote:

Saturday, November 3, 2012 - Commanderie de Bordeaux: Gala Dinner (Fairmont Pacific Rim - Vancouver, BC): Fantastic expressive nose displaying rich black cherry and dark fruits, along with a a good amount of lead pencil, black pepper, tobacco, mint, and charred oak. The fruit starts to lean a bit more towards the red side on the palate showing red cherries, tart raspberries, lead pencil shavings, black pepper spice, licorice, and more smokey oak. Generous crisp acidity is balanced by a moderate amount of sandy tannins. Long length finish ending on notes of black licorice and red cherries. Although not stuffed with complexity, the balance is there and this is just coming together and entering it's drinking window. This will continue to improve and should be given at least a couple more years of bottle age. Very good.

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