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JRockEsq Likes this wine:

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - Method: opened 45 minutes prior to tasting; Grassl 1855; 59 degrees; bottom neck fill; cork soaked 80% or so of the way up

Look: deep- garnet (can't believe the color), very slight bricking

Nose: clove, nutmeg, cherry fruit leather, cinnamon, peeling birch tree, faint woodsmoke, dark cherry; very expressive

Palate: bing cherry, tree bark, leather, forest floor; long finish bay leaf, cedar, nutmeg; dry; medium+ body; high- tannin (or some fine sediment made it through the filter, whoops); medium+ acidity

Overall thoughts: Really surprised and impressed with how relatively young this seems - dark color, some fruit, and very expressive. Still has a lot of structure as well; in fact, more tannins than I want (or maybe some fine sediment since I used a fine filter and didn't decant). Big fan of the flavor (spiced cherry + some earthy notes). Surprised to say, I think this has a ton of life left. Great wine. I think it will improve for my tastes.

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