Community Tasting Note
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JLL wrote:
December 17, 2011 - Horizontal in 55 degree storage since delivery from winery/Decanted for 2 hours then poured back into the bottle for another hour and a half/Very different wine from my note 12 months ago/central coast syrah like color, when held up to light you can see a dark ruby color, thin clear meniscus, lotsa legs/pine sap, smoky mushrooms, ultra dark tart cherry, vanillan and a hint of etoh on the nose/upon entry a sour cherry harvest with pine sap, forest floor and brown indian spice (beautiful), very little showing of the oak/finish is very long with fine tannins showing tart cherry, pine sap/needles, roux, a sour wet wood, and indian spice. This was a much darker showing than the "reddish" showing a year ago, however, it is a tremendous wine moving back towards the traditional Pisoni Estate profile. The earth, spice, and tart cherry are very pleasurable, but I was put off a bit (nitpicking) by the sour wet wood on the finish. I feel that Mark and Jeff are really dialing in on the vineyard management (Mark) and winemaking (Jeff), but would love to see some future restraint on the new oak. I believe that this has the stuffing to go long term and I will check back with a bottle of my remaining 7 750s in two years. My 1500 will have to wait a decade. Well done Jeff, Mark and Gary.
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