Community Tasting Note

Dale M wrote:

Saturday, July 23, 2011 - I’ve been on a good role lately with my Garagiste purchases from unknown and exotic lands, and this here Sardinian Carignane continues the streak. On the riper edge of the fruit spectrum, I think a good analogy would be if someone took quality Grenache and then made in a Ripassa style ala the Veneto. Ripe fig and tobacco flavors, I know Parker uses this term a lot, but ‘beef blood’ really seemed a good descriptor, both in flavor and to assign an adjective to the textural component. A bit of vanilla, but not too much shows some new oak, but a terrific thrust of acidity keeps everything fresh and very Italian. After a cold shoulder treatment from the 96 Pichon Baron earlier in the week, this was like a hug from an old friend.

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