Community Tasting Note
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Giggs wrote: 94 points
November 1, 2013 - Breeders' Cup XXX; 11/1/2013-11/2/2013: Decanted 4 hours. Very masculine nose, lots of Merlot character, alluring, deep black cherry, coffee, and clay. Expansive palate has features similar notes, nice texture to the fruit, still youthful but certainly in its window. Excellent.
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il_diavolo commented:
11/4/13, 7:26 PM - Good to see another racing and wine aficionado. I tasted many of these wines a few years and found them too oaky, so good to see they are improving in the botttle. I was at Santa Anita both days so sadly Stella Artois was my beverage - but thanks to the stewards and an inspired Ria Antonia-Dank daily double, the flight back to Hong Kong was bearable.
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Giggs commented:
11/5/13, 2:36 PM - Congrats on the Ria Antonia-Dank double!--it was the right decision on the disqualification. I was big on Beholder in the Distaff... great to see her win, but wish the price had been more generous.
I agree this was quite an oaky selection of wines, but many do seem to have integrated well. Generally these special occasion wine dinners turn into an arms race for big, full-bodied, in-your-face wines, which accordingly are usually heavily oaked. Fortunately, many pulled it off nicely. -
il_diavolo commented:
11/5/13, 6:48 PM - the night before the race my friend said that the beldane would do to royal delta and princess what it did to riboletta and beautiful treasure in 2000 (i.e. wipe them out). With that info beholder (and the Tri) should have been staring at me in the face, but somehow I instead bet close hatches to win and also missed on the 20/1 exacta. oh well. it was a very impressive performance from beholder.