Monday, January 17, 2011 - A lot of dark fruit on the nose. Interesting tobacco. Palate is also showing plenty of dark fruit with grippy tannins. A little unfocused. Short finish but overall a nice little wine avoiding being too jammy in that hot vintage.
At times, this wine takes you to Beaujolais because of its profile (and I wouldn't be surprised if there was some carbonic maceration here) but there's too much tannins for a gamay. To drink in the short term.