Community Tasting Note
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WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: 97 points
March 31, 2024 - Nose: [59°] Gently ripe yet fresh, aromatic cool blueberries and raspberries. Soft tree bark, damp soil, and fresh green undergrowth. It's literally like the scents from a breeze you get while taking a stroll through an open forest. With time, dark and fresh plums surface, with a very subtle hint of milk chocolate tailing behind. Purple and dark flowers top the aromas off.
Palate: [59°] Black and dark blue fruits take over the palate, with a light dusting of graphite throughout. A tiny drop of tar taints the pond of pure fruits, in the best way, bringing a nice bitter contrast to the tasty fruits. Savory river minerals and lingering mulch rounds everything up on the finish.
Attributes: Dark, clear ruby. Dry with medium to medium-plus amounts of fine tannin. Medium to medium-plus body with medium to medium-plus acidity (the acidity is nicely integrated if it's on the higher end of the range). Good finish of at least 16-18 seconds.
Thoughts: Mighty enjoyable. Unfortunately, seems to gain a bit of a boozy flair on the mid-end palate. Would be nice to check back on again in about 3-4 years. Kinda surprised how it's showing so well still at this age now. I think it's has a good amount of age already, hitting almost 10 years but I'm sure others will disagree. If you want more leather, tobacco, mushrooms, by all means, hold it for another 15 years. If you enjoy good fruit, check back again in about 3-5 years.
Serving notes: Bordeaux glass. Served one glass and kept open bottle at cellar temp of ~54° and consumed over 6 hours. Recommend serving ~54°-60° and decant as needed.5 people found this helpful 1,621 views
3 Comments
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MN Wine Junkie commented:
3/31/24, 11:59 PM - Nice note! I haven't popped one of these yet, but think I will take your advice and wait another 5 years or so! Hopefully, the boozy flair dissipates!
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LiteItOnFire commented:
4/1/24, 8:33 PM - Great note! I would assume another 3-5 will do this wonders but must be so enjoyable now (even with the boozy flair :). Curious since you drink a lot of young Napa, are you calling it out as it relates to Bordeaux or in general?
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WineBurrowingWombat commented:
4/2/24, 7:24 AM - Thanks, gents!
Lite - I thought the wine showed quite nicely. The style showed a clean and modern profile, though I wouldn't exactly compare to Napa.
Damn now that I think about it, in a blind, I might guess Napa - loved the fruits here. It's still very much bdx in style.