Community Tasting Note

mflesh wrote:

Thursday, December 18, 2014 - Enjoyed for 10th anniversary at Del Frisco's Fort Worth. This wine took about 30 minutes to blow off. After it did, it was a rather nice steak wine. Unpopped to a wine with dark notes before decanting. In the decanter was rose petal, a hint of herbaceous jasmine, and cranberries. Poured a deep dirty red velvet into the glass. The entry was more black cherry although the floral note was here in the front and a little bit of crushed rock. The middle is where this one showed its elegance, mostly with black cherry and luden's cough drop. The finish was not very acidic, but was a little gritty with earth and pepper spice. Several of the dishes we enjoyed had jalapenos, and the jalaps when in tandem with the wine really set off the peppery aspect in both. This wine is powerful enough to be enjoyed alone, although its true colors come out with food (as the Italians want it to be!!). This one has a LONG LIFE ahead -- probably not done until 2026, but I think it's ready now.................barely.

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