Community Tasting Note

Loren Sonkin wrote:

Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - TN: SQN, Terry Hoage, Aalto, Turley: These wines also demonstrate just how well they can age. The "older" Hoages are getting better and better. These early vintages were made by Justin Smith, but I think Terry's will do just as well. Inky purple in color. On the nose, this is raw but great. Black raspberries, slight game, bacon fat, black pepper and really powerful. On the palate, this is smooth and layered. Complex but full of fruit. Not really showing tertiary notes, more just a melding and smoothing out of the raw materials into a seamless but layered drink. Nice finish. This is bigger than the SQN and at first I thought I preferred it. After further review, it does not have quite the depth and smoothness, but is still outstanding.

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