Community Tasting Note

Seafoam Manor wrote:

Thursday, July 16, 2020 - Unknown provenance. High shoulder fill and the cork was pretty wet nearly all the way through.

This was showing its age with a pale garnet color. Good (med+) intensity on the nose, which, most remarkably, smelled almost exactly like an old cellar; lots of mushrooms, forest floor, a general mustiness, dry leaves, oak spice, with a layer of dried red fruit that was more of an ambient presence, rather than being right in your face.

This took about 45 minutes to open up and, after that, it really only had about an hour drinking window. It was, expectedly, vert tertiary, with a lot of umami taking shape in a bit of a mushroom, leathery, gamy sort of vibe. There's a good dose of dry baking spice, dried orange peel, touches of fennel and clove, with the fruit profile leaning towards dried cranberry and cherry. There was a slightly oxidized feel to the whole thing. The tannins were totally integrated, with the acid providing most of the structure. This was probably more interesting than "wow, this is delicious".

Outside of the past three months, I have no clue how this was stored, so this is a less than precise snapshot of where this wine is at, but I think this would have been much better five years ago.

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