Community Tasting Note
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ND05 wrote: 84 points
March 24, 2013 - First pour: red fruits pop up after a few swirls, along with some spice and cedar. Medium dark purple, tinged by red at the edge. Initial palate gets hit with raspberries, on the front. Light mid-palate. Some minerality and acidity gives a little structure. The finish kind of slowly eases its way out the back door. Not big or terribly persistent. Got a few hints of cake frosting. Leather snuck up on the nose. Got some herbal flavors. Berries bouncing off spicy wood, hint of creme de menthe. Decanted. Little underbrush funk lingers on finish. Vanilla and ripe plum develop after 20 minutes. Blackberry, stone, spice. Flowers. Got a bit of unbalanced cranberry/grapefruit flavors/acidity which clashed (like drinking orange juice after brushing your teeth), so I'm going to let this sit for a bit. Cocoa powder. Remains light on the mid-palate and finish. Alright.
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