Community Tasting Note
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biggie Likes this wine: 93 points
February 22, 2024 - Fruit Day - Ullage to just above bottom of neck. Cork is high quality composite with little ingress of wine. Decanted off about a teaspoon of sediment. Opaque garnet core out to a just barely bricking edge. Nose is warm spice, blue fruit, light oak and light leather. On the palate it’s ripe, round and very smooth. The flavours are blue and red fruit, red flowers, spice and new leather. The finish is long with the spice, fruit, and florals continuing. Very youthful! There’s some spice that lingers on the back palate and the fruit supports it. This looks and tastes like a five year old wine, not one that’s 20. It’s closer to medium than full bodied at this stage of its life but has the ripe light tannins and medium plus acidity that don’t oppress it. Wonderful and I’m glad I waited till tonight to open it.
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