Community Tasting Note

• grafstrb wrote: flawed

  December 21, 2022 - -- popped and poured on Day 1; revisited on Day 13 --
  -- tasted non-blind over 2 – 3 hours on Day 1; revisited on Day 13 --
  -- from 375 mL --
  
  NOSE: very light aromatics; light botrytis; light marmalade; not much going on here.
  
  BODY: medium amber color; full bodied.
  
  TASTE: weird: it's sweet, but without much flavor; medium acidity; very light kumquat; there's both a green aspect and also a weird plastic-y note --- not offensive, really, but not good, either; 12.7% alc. is a little noticeable; overall, not much of anything really here. Day 13 did bring some glimmer of promise, with a new orange marmalade note that was not present on Day 1, but this isn't enough to wildly change my mind. Not sure what final conclusion to draw from this experience --- maybe hold for a very long time?
  
  Day 1 score: 50, 5, 10, 13, 5 = 83
  Day 13 gut impression score: 85
  
  EDIT: It has been brought to my attention that this bottle may have been slightly TCA-infected. That had not previously occurred to me, but now that I take that thought into consideration I believe that is the most likely explanation for the experience I had.

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2 Comments

• getfuzzy commented:

  1/6/23, 9:54 PM - That was produced from very botrysized grapes and typically shows both fruit, and especially the umami notes from the botrytis. I would guess your bottle was very slightly corked, and muted rather than tainted.
  I don’t have bottles to replace that wine, but we can definitely credit you on it.

• grafstrb commented:

  1/8/23, 8:05 PM - Thank you, M. Your hypothesis actually makes a lot of sense -- that possibility simply never occurred to me. Now hearing this was made with heavily-botrytised grapes, my money is on you being right.

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