Community Tasting Note

• Derek Darth Taster Likes this wine: 93 points

  September 16, 2023 - Dinner and drinks at Thomson. Drank in Conterno Sensory over 3 hours. Initially austere and tight, but took a while and with air in bottle and swirling in the glass it revealed its wild charms.
  Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
  Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of deep red cherries, dark red plums, licorice, bit of wild earth showing more with more air. Developing.
  On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), medium tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of dark red plums, deep red cherries, licorice, deep wild earth that gets very savoury and mixed with salty minerality also with more air. Long finish.
  Very good quality. Just about broachable now only with air time. Will probably need another 6-7 years to show its best.

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3 Comments

• KillerJones commented:

  9/16/23, 6:53 PM - Can I just say - that is a gorgeous glass! It transforms the humblest of wines, IMO.

• Derek Darth Taster commented:

  9/18/23, 4:58 AM - But the Conterno Sensory glass shows no mercy too when it comes to certain entry level weak wines. It opens them up too much and may show their shortcomings.

• KillerJones commented:

  9/18/23, 5:36 PM - Now that I did not know...many thanks, Derek.

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