Community Tasting Note

• CaliCab wrote: 87 points

  June 23, 2011 - This has developed incredibly much over the 4 years I have had it. Color is lighter red, tinged with brown. With a good dose of air, this has an interesting tuscan sangiovese meets USA quickie mart nose - not quite smoked, roasted meats, not quite slim jims. (not sure if there is any sangio in the blend). There is definitely some red cherries in the nose, and brighter fruits. Some black pepper. Bouquet would be great if it wasn't tinged with too much alcohol and oak. Palate is thick, a bit flabby on the attack, but nicely acidic in the finish. Still a good dose of tannins in there. Log finish - a lot of acid bust some fruit lingers around, too, in the form of tart cherries. There is a real port quality to this, more than partly from the alcohol (reads 13.9%, but I think it is closer to 14.5 or more). On the palate the oak is heavy and full of caramel vanilla, so if you don't like american oak stay away.
  
  It is a good drink, but over oaked and too high alcohol.

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