Community Tasting Note

swp3 wrote:

Saturday, October 28, 2006 - Decanted for better part of a day. Color is black-red and opaque. Smells like blueberries, grape candy, brown sugar, cloves, coffee and smoke. There's so much going on aroma-wise that you can hover over a glass for 10 minutes. Would never peg this for pinot in a blind tasting. Maybe Syrah, except there's no funk or earth or pepper. Flavors are deep waves of pure dark fruit. Great texture and structure beneath all the fruit. Finish is more dark fruit and warm spice and goes on and on.

This is over- the-top wine but a blast to drink. It's not heavy handed and all the improbable flavors somehow fit together. I'll buy more if only for the experience of seeing how it evolves over time. It may deserve a higher score but I'm penalizing it for not tasting like pinot which is petty but I don't know what else to compare it to which makes a score especially difficult.

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