Community Tasting Note

Eating is Cheating wrote:

Sunday, April 5, 2015 - My first encounter with this wine in a while: initially had a case but this is the third-last bottle. I don't seem to have any previous tasting notes. Not decanted. Still quite a youthful appearance (dark; glossy; no bricking). Some earthy/mushroomy funk on the nose at first, but this blows off after a few minutes in the glass. It is replaced by dark fruits (black cherry; blueberry) and menthol/aniseed. Quite restrained. Closed down? The palate is hard to gauge - good acidity, still quite tannic, but the fruit is a bit of a no-show. Somewhat angular: certainly not a plush wine. Some good length, and there is a black-fruit flourish in the finish. Overall quite good, although lacking in "stuffing", and surprising that what fruit it has is very dark and very cool - not typical S Rhone to me. I find it hard to say whether this wine is going through an awkward/closed phase, or whether it's just symptomatic of the vintage. I will wait a while before opening another, and then do so alongside my final bottle of the 2006 for comparison reasons.

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