Community Tasting Note
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MattTM wrote:
November 19, 2011 - The Long Awaited Wine & Dine (Vancouver, BC): Opened and let breathe for 4 hours, then transferred to a decanter for another 2 hours prior to serving. A massive, powerful nose of freshly ground coffee beans, along with black plums, cassis, red cherries, lead pencil shavings, and fresh mint. On to the palate, luscious dark plums show through in waves, along with roasted coffee beans, black currants, chocolate, black cherries, some black pepper spice and more mint to round everything out. Incredibly concentrated and youthful all the way around, the discussion at the table turned to whether this (or if any of the 03's in general) maintain the classic Bordeaux characteristics that we've come to adore. I guess we'll have to keep an eye on how well this comes together with age, as it is certainly missing at this point in it's life. However, the massive structure this exhibited appears there for this to go the distance, showing tons of acidity and an impressive amount of dusty tannins. Long finish, with cherry and espresso notes at the end. Very good.
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