Community Tasting Note
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z_willus_d wrote: 89 points
September 26, 2022 - Unfortunately, this 3rd bottle of the '19 Halcon Elevacion did not live up to the prior two. One difference is this bottle came on a "close-out" from an online shop, vs. the other bottles direct from the winery. I couldn't say this was a factor, but the wine was less balanced, showing less depth of fruit, and it was not able to hide the harsh tannins (mainly for preceding reasons), making for an overall less pleasurable tasting experience. So, while this last bottle dropped a notch in my estimation, it was still quite good, better still with food. I certainly did find the bottle in need of time to settle whereas previous, while certain to be long lived, were more than delightful taking part in there infanticidal ritual. I was excited to juxtapose this wine to the excellent (and dare I write peerless for its realm) Drew Perli from the '18 vintage from the other night, but this bottle did not not provide for a well-matched comparison. In any event, I have no less than 15 more bottles of this wine to ponder on and investigate over the coming decades.
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3 Comments
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Decanting Queen commented:
9/27/22, 2:36 AM - Sounds like an off bottle (and selfishly I hope so)
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z_willus_d commented:
9/27/22, 8:36 AM - I'm right there alongside you in the hoping DQ, but I'm not too terribly worried.
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Stephen Rash commented:
9/27/22, 1:08 PM - Definitely sounds like an off bottle or it has started to enter a shut down phase.