Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Saturday, July 31, 2010 - Soiree (Mount Faber Lodge, Singapore): A really nice wine. Most of us spotted this as an IGT, but were quite surprised at the vintage - this was certainly punching above its weight. Nose was poised somewhere in between Bordeaux and Tuscany, with lots and lots of earthy smells, a whiff of tobacco, some toasty mocha, a liberal dash of herbs and spices, and quite a bit of richness in its cassis and plum scents. Quite a bit of Merlot there I thought (30% says the winery's website). Palate carried on the theme, with ripe, slightly sweet plums and cherries layered over a deep bed of underlying black fruit tones. Through to the mid-palate, there were some fresh capsicum flavours speaking of 5% Cab Franc in the cepage, more tobacco notes and noticeably firm, slightly powdery but nicely ripe tannins given the wine a sense of shape and structure. Finish still had hints of oak swimming around, along with a whole panoply of flavours - cherries, plums, tobacco, spice, herbs and a sprig of mint - as the wine lingered in the mouth with quite impressive length. This was certainly drinking far better than the more noble and structured 2001 I had sometime back, but even then, I got the feeling that not everything was quite in the right place yet. It really deserves another 4-5 years of age, by which time it should be quite a treat.

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