Community Tasting Note
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wlsch Likes this wine: 90 points
March 26, 2023 - PnP. Dark color, nose is blackberry, dark plum, cassis, earth, and herbs. A really elegant style where the fruit is very fresh, but it doesn't come across as overripe. Medium body, medium acid, firm tannins in the finish. Seems to have good structure to age. Like David Paris said in his note, I'm not a big fan of the synthetic cork since I'm not sure how this could affect the aging and longevity of the wine. This is my first experience with this producer and I love the elegance and freshness of the style of this cuvee, but have no idea if this is typical. At $22 retail in a grocery store, it's likely worth buying another couple to see how they age. Again it seems to have the structure to age, but I'm not sure how well synthetic closures last over time. Not sure this is a 20 year wine, but I'll defer to others who know the producer better than I do. But based on the wine in the glass, I could see this developing for at least 10+ years from the vintage since it seems to have everything it needs.
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fingers commented:
3/26/23, 7:12 PM - Trust your instincts ;)
From.what I've heard, and to some degree experienced, Guion is worth a few years of patience.
Nice note!
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wlsch commented:
3/27/23, 10:58 AM - Thanks Fingers. I normally do trust my instincts, but I also try to defer to folks who know certain areas or producers better than I do since it's hard to generalize accurately about a producer based on a single sample. But based on this, I'll be trying more Guion.