Community Tasting Note

Stephan O wrote:

Saturday, June 24, 2006 - A big but sure-footed Calichard. It's incredibly tight at first, but it really lets loose after a half-hour or so. On the first glass, I was thinking about a 92 for this, but by the end I'd moved up to 94 or 95. Stunningly slick mouthfeel, though maybe not enough acidic backbone. Shows a complex bundle of different flavors (more so on the palate than on the nose, which is a bit reticent): some white peach and tropical fruit up front, followed by slate, toast, butterscotch, and minerals toward the back end. The finish is incredibly long and pretty clean. Really great stuff here, though the only thing lacking may be the intensity of fruit to take it into that final gear. Still, a little more cellar time might well turn this into a classic. In any event, it absolutely buries all the pedestrian Kistlers I've had lately.

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