Community Tasting Note

• junglejuice wrote: 94 points

  November 4, 2013 - I can definitively say that this wine is approaching the end of its early drinkability and will soon be fully shut down. The showing this past weekend was truly a wild one as the wine never fully settled into any sort of cohesive drinking experience. The potential, however, was there and the wine showed truly impressive glimpses of the greatness to come. The notes ranged from balanced - with delicious black cherry and figgy coffee grounds intertwined with a fantastic minty herbaciousness, to totally unruly - dropping red and blue fruit dominated bombs with hints of alcohol and a wall of tarry tannin showing strongly. It never settled down to one or the other for any length of time and was truly a delight to follow over an entire day. That being said, unless you have a tremendous amount stashed away, it would be a shame to open now as this will be truly spectacular in the years to come. For now, it only showed glimpses. Over the course of the day my scores ranged from 92-96 so I will call it 94+ for now with a very strong likelihood of it reaching incredible heights in the future.

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• _Xenon commented:

  11/4/13, 7:31 AM - Thanks for the note! I will open my only bottle soon to detemine wether to buy some more to cellar it for the long term.
  
  How long did you decant it? After how much hours do you think it reaches its peak?

• junglejuice commented:

  11/4/13, 7:35 AM - It began to show well at the around 4 hour mark and was at its best around hour 6 and beyond. It was really interesting to follow throughout and I would highly recommend intermittent tasting over the course of the long decant as it never really tasted the same way twice throughout the day.

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