Community Tasting Note

i_r_jeff wrote:

Thursday, March 15, 2012 - Deep purple core with a ruby rim. This wine is very young for being nearly 5 years old. Nose includes cassis, blackberry and plum with hints of herbs vanilla cedar and maybe graphite. The nose betrays the slight addition of merlot and Cabernet franc or Verdot In the mouth The tannins still jump out at you with their sandy texture, and the alcohol is a bit pronounced the taste still matches the aromas. blackberries, cassis a bit of minerality and with almost in your face tannins and an pH level near the low end of the spectrum guessing right around a 3. Long pleasant finish slightly overwhelmed by lingering tannins but coffee makes an appearance hear as well. Would put this at a full bodied wine but the acid level lowers that a bit. This wine seems able to take another 10 years to mellow out the tannins and alcohol to quiet and develop the bouquet quite a bit. If you have this bottle I definitely recommend not opening it for at least another year or two to allow everything to integrate. If you pop and pour allow at least two hours for it to breathe and you will reveal more layers. For my first mass produced 2007 Cabernet from Napa, and my first Mondavi in about a decade. I am not thoroughly disappointed it just needs time. 2013 to 2020+ This might turn into a 92+ wine easily if you have the patience

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