Community Tasting Note

• WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: 96 points

  December 24, 2023 - Nose: [59°-61°] Wet and clean black mulch, buried cedar, black and purple fruits, and clumps of clay with thin veins of graphite. With plenty of time, minerals surface in the earth.
  
  Palate: [60°-61°] Black fruits with dark yet fresh red fruits that give the flavor profile an amazing lift and freshness. Clean savory wood and graphite, and pleasantly bitter earth and minerals on the finish. With almost an hour of time in the glass, a heavier pitch of earth, savory minerals and even a clean metalic note (in a good way) develops on the finish, while keeping a dark profile of fruits. Too much air though, and the wine seems to bring bitter green shrubbery and dried twigs.
  
  Attributes: Clear, dark ruby. Dry with medium amounts of grippy tannin. Medium-plus body with medium to medium-plus acidity. Great finish of at least 20 seconds.
  
  Thoughts: This seems ready from the get go. I preferred this much better on pop and pour. The notes were more distinct and fresh, while delivering with intent. I'm starting to learn that too much air can make really make the tannin aspects stand out a lot. Pop and pour and journey along, but maybe not let this air out for too many hours. If you're gonna air this out for that long, might as well cellar it for a handful of years.
  
  Serving notes: Bordeaux glass. Served one glass and emptied bottle into a decanter at cellar temp ~54° and consumed over 5.5 hours. Recommend serving ~58°-62°, and only decant if needed.

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15 Comments

• Mark1npt commented:

  12/24/23, 8:43 PM - Nice note, Marv! Of particular interest......'too much air can make really make the tannin aspects stand out a lot.'
  
  So predictable for young wines that need more time! I can see exactly how this one was best at the pnp. Problem is, I've never tasted one of these and likely won't for another 5 years, so how do I buy more vintages in the meantime? I'm getting a little too old to wait around for wines like this.......

• Decanting Queen commented:

  12/25/23, 4:43 AM - Nice review. Thinking of opening a Rhad soon, after reading this will be sure to try at pnp. Thanks

• WineBurrowingWombat commented:

  12/25/23, 11:55 AM - Thanks for the kind words, you two!
  
  As for you Mark.. I think you got me there. Secondary is ridiculous.. so if you like 'em with age, I think you're stuck waiting LOL.

• MJP Hou TX commented:

  12/26/23, 2:25 PM - Nigel prompted me to open one this summer. He liked the spot it was in early and I agree. With that said all these wines are painfully young when desiring integration and development.
  
  DQ, which Rhad are you thinking to open?

• WineBurrowingWombat commented:

  12/26/23, 2:34 PM - I can see why he said that, I agree as well.
  
  Gonna say that line everybody loves, "Drink 'em young!" :)

• Decanting Queen commented:

  12/26/23, 3:04 PM - MJP—the ‘19. If I can find it in my offsite!

• MJP Hou TX commented:

  12/28/23, 2:42 PM - Good luck! Hopefully we're reading your notes soon.

• Decanting Queen commented:

  12/29/23, 4:02 AM - Bringing one to AGELVIS so we’ll see how it goes 😆

• MJP Hou TX commented:

  12/30/23, 5:43 AM - Very nice! A trip to College Station to start the new year?

• Decanting Queen commented:

  12/30/23, 6:09 AM - To see out the old year in style! We will drink the KE later today…

• WineBurrowingWombat commented:

  12/30/23, 6:55 AM - Oh I’m excited now 😏 gonna be curious to see how yours turn out!

• Mark1npt commented:

  12/30/23, 9:43 AM - Me too, Marv! If it turns out ok, I may have to pop one!

• Mark1npt commented:

  12/30/23, 9:45 AM - DQ I need the exact airtime, of course!

• MJP Hou TX commented:

  12/30/23, 12:42 PM - Glorious weather today. Hopefully alfresco!
  
  Give my best to AG

• Decanting Queen commented:

  12/31/23, 7:05 AM - Thanks MJP—Happy New Year!
  And the KE was stunning, we went with the Anjea. Note to follow

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