Community Tasting Note
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Lakejoy10808@hotmail.com Likes this wine: 91 points
March 6, 2012 - This bottle was a gift to commemorate a birthday. After being allowed to rest for 9 months in the cellar we opened last night. The fill level was bottom of the neck. There was no evidence of past seepage and the cork was level with the neck. When using the two prong opener the cork began to push; having a grip on about half the cork I tried pulling and split the cork. The remaining half ended up pushed into the bottle. The wine was then screened into a decanter.
The wine was translucent but cloudy like a raspberry ice tea with a slight orange tinge. The nose had sweetness likripeneded fruit with a soft floral note. On tasting it was very much alive with pleasing amount of complexity. The tannins were integrated. The mouth feel was soft and round. There was an soft delicate astringent quality that played very well with our food pairings (olives, salami and triple cream.)
Definitely enjoyed the experience. It is was a good and unique wine and I am looking forward to my cellar gaining some age.4,244 views