Community Tasting Note

nba1017 wrote:

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - Unique if nothing else.

Nose initially is all Piedmont with truffle, leather, mushroom, cranberry before evolving into a sweet cherry, dusty saddle, dried fruit amarone cousin. Finish delves close to vin santo, and given the listed ABV (15% in 1999) it's not an in-apt comparison. Yet, tannins completely resolved and effortlessly light for the heat still present on the nose. Curious to try other vintages.

Very hard to score. On drinkability it's an easy 93 despite a touch of heat and mint on the very back end. However, the complexity is lacking to a point, hence the desire to see if this is bottle/vintage variation.

Paired perfectly with a provencal lamb stew with sweet potatoes and carrots.

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