2007 Virgin Hills

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 91 points

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  1/21/2024 - graemeg wrote:

  {screwcap} Well on the downslope now, this has a distinctly volatile aspect to the fading but nicely ripened fruit. Little oak left, no real tannin, trembling acidity. Feels like a lighter-bodied effort/vintage that was always a short-termer. No decant – just poured from minimal sediment.

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  8/28/2019 - Drinking Trees wrote:

  Nose and palate show big, but faded, flavours of black fruit, sawdust, and wet leather. Strong acidity gives the palate structure and balance, but the tannin is a little too faded. Feels like it could have been great at one point, when the tannin was a little stronger. Improves with time in the glass: the aged flavours seem more interesting and the wines flaws are becoming easier to overlook. Wish I had more of this one.

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  9/7/2017 - AnonymousCoward Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Much easier to get through this bottle compared to earlier vintages. There's cassis, stewed dark fruits, a lick of spice. Chalky tannins. Still a bit too much acid noticeable on the finish, which compromises a nice balance of dark berries and spice. It's certainly OK, but there's better out there. Given how the 2005 and 2003 look today, I wouldn't keep this any longer - drink now.

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