Community Tasting Note

MattTM wrote:

Saturday, November 19, 2011 - The Long Awaited Wine & Dine (Vancouver, BC): Opened and let breathe for 5 hours, decanted for sediment and served immediately. First impression, fantastic nose that proved difficult to put my glass down. Lead pencil shavings and black currants at the forefront on the nose, followed by soaked coffee grounds, black plums, barnyard funk, fresh mint, and some black pepper spice. A bit of bell pepper and an interesting note of almost Cajun-like spice developed as it sat in the glass, yet it did not detract from the palate whatsoever. Pure silk on the palate, showing more of that graphite-lead pencil, along with black cherries, dark plums, saddle leather, asphalt, and an integrated note of mint. Medium+ acidity, with plenty of dusty tannins still remaining. Medium+ finish, ending with notes of graphite and red cherries. A truly wonderful bottle of Bordeaux that appeared youthful and to be just starting to enter it's drinking window, with a long life ahead. Fantastic.

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