Community Tasting Note

lolo66 wrote:

Thursday, October 11, 2012 - upon opening: nose has some funk and cherries. color is ruby red. taste has cherries, plums, some spice, some acid, not much back end. a bit simple in mid palate. lingering sour cherries. a bit of carbonated fizz as well.

upon 1 hour: nose has become more interesting. I get dusted cocoa as well as cherries. very nice and inviting. The acidity is now prevalent and the taste is tart cherries, but the fruit is getting over powered by the acidty. some spice, but not specific notes of spice. I am drinking this without food and think it would be lovely with food, preferably a nice roast chicken. Also, thinking this is in its secondary phase, but would be concerned about further aging.

upon 1 day: vacuum sealed and put in frudge at 40 degrees then brought back up to 55-60 before tasting again - nose is refined, subtle - aromas of cherries and earth. taste is tart. elegant. strong finish of pepper. tart cherries stay and linger. I had this with tuna and salmon sushi and went well with itThis wine has legs and wasn't expecting i to imprive from 1 hour tatse, but it has. Well made bottle of wine for a reasonable tariff - biodynamic, no spoof in here and you can really taste the difference. This borders on new world, but in an elegant Orengonian way - more Burgundian than most Californians IMHO.

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