Community Tasting Note
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Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 91 points
June 5, 2023 - Classically proportioned and soulful. Morello cherry liqueur meets a fine cigar. Animated, bright action, on top, draws inspiration from medicinal little spring twigs. As the cheeseburger pairing fades from memory, the wine's tannins accumulate—they are the most salient mark of its nobility, like devastating seizures of mineral grip. Adhesive acids arrive in time to balance and pump the object with freshness. Threads suggestive of archival sap, mint, and resinated baked soil are wound into an impenetrable spool of promise. This drink is architecture as perfume. 92+
TIME: 24 hours later, after a sensational Pinot Noir from Freiburg, I sense that something has come loose in this item. Like an axle off its bearing. Fig paste. Imposing, voluptuously textured tannins. Nickel rinse pushes against profligate blooms and berries. Heck. I'd call this 90, and still plan to buy another bottle or two.1 person found this helpful 1,225 views
2 Comments
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JohnMcIlwain commented:
6/6/23, 3:51 PM - Nice note. Too young for the balsam/pine needle notes to have emerged?
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Putnam Weekley commented:
6/7/23, 5:52 AM - @JohnMcIlwain Interesting. I suppose that might be what I was trying to grasp with "medicinal little spring twigs" and "sap." I intend to buy at least another bottle and so now I'll have that to look forward to.
On a side note, I always liked the idea of "balsam" attributed to Chateau Simone wines, of all colors, and your comment caused me to look at the map. "Only" 72 km on foot, and some steep ups and downs, separate Trevallon from Simone.