Community Tasting Note

• Rieslingfan wrote: 93 points

  January 31, 2005 - Dark ruby color. Aromatically mute for all of about 15 minutes, then black cherry, wet earth, aromatic herbs (especially rosemary) and new leather start pouring out of the glass. Even better is that the flavors follow through on the promises of the aromatics. I was sipping without thinking for a minute and was nearly transported to Gigondas, there was such a resemblance to the wine of one of my favorite regions. In fact this really reminded me of a young, ripe vintage Domaine du Cayron. It is more directly fruity, but that's no too surprising (or unwelcome). On the finish I was picking up a bit of a mocha note, which really added to the overall complexity and took the wine to another level. I will let my other bottle sleep for a year or four just to see what time does. Outstanding!

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