Community Tasting Note

sawira wrote:

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - I've been tracking CT's tasting notes regarding the smoke taint issue with this wine, and have been wanting to try my lone bottle (parted with the rest) to assess for myself. Pop and pour. This bottle's bouquet seems unaffected, at least for my senses, but the taint is serious in the palate, the finish especially. Ashtray. It seems especially marked on the finish, the tail end of the finish, and lingers, like it's woven into the tannins and structure of the wine itself. I worked very hard to keep any expectations out of this, and my tongue still feels furred and burnt (I'm not a smoker). Too bad AHF released this, I love their wines. A classy pinot otherwise, but this is one of the very few bottles I've ever poured down the sink. Not a 'flawed bottle,' but it's a flawed wine IMHO. (I'd be interested in a poll of smokers vs non-smokers who detect vs don't detect smoke in this wine.)

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