Community Tasting Note

• goodvitis.com Likes this wine: 95 points

  October 8, 2022 - This is as much about being great for what's left (it's past its prime) as it is for being great for what was ever there, if that makes sense. I'd wager that 2016-ish would've been optimum for this vintage. While the nose is a beautiful combination of fruit and spice, the palate is mostly dried and bitter now, leading with raisin, prune, and black tea leaf. The acid is its savoir, providing some shine and freshness with its juicy presence that keeps the strawberry and cherry alive, albeit both filling bit player roles. Clove and orange marmalade are there on the palate if you really search for them. Drink up.
  
  UPDATE: This is much better on day two. We put the cork in and let it sit overnight on the counter. The bitterness has receded almost entirely, and the emerging fruit and spice are sweeter and much more pleasantly engaging. Score has been updated to reflect this (from 93 to 95), and I suggest giving it a few hours in the decanter. Still doubtful that it's going to improve with more aging.

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• bobbyhawks commented:

  10/10/22, 9:20 AM - I didn't think it was possible for the fruit to pop out the way it did after being open a while. I had the same experience and wish I'd decanted it for longer!

• goodvitis.com commented:

  10/10/22, 9:47 AM - Right? Normally fruit fades, I’m a little perplexed…

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