Community Tasting Note
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Giggs wrote: 93 points
August 15, 2014 - Decanted 45 minutes. Beautiful but tannic. Blueberry and blackberry liqueur nose, ground black slate and graphite mineral, great concentration, presenting more like a Shiraz than a Pinot. The palate picks up some coffee grounds and mocha notes, sweetly ripe purple fruit, yet very dry with a gripping, green, tannic finish. Probably best to wait a couple more years on this. Drink 2016-2020.
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vintage1949 commented:
9/29/14, 1:55 PM - Greetings-Wish I would have read your note before I opened a bottle on Sunday. Same result-tannic. Oddly my last bottle was perfect. Tannins were resolved and the nose was complex-in fact it was hard to put the glass down. Hopefully a couple of years will pull this wine together. Dave
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Giggs commented:
9/29/14, 2:11 PM - Hi Dave, Your experience is similar to mine. The bottles I drank in 2012 and 2013 were open, expressive, and not overpowered by tannins as my most recent bottle was. I think it's just in a closed-down phase and hopefully will reemerge in a couple years.
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vintage1949 commented:
9/30/14, 10:44 AM - Hi Giggs-I must admit that I find it most interesting that our bottles are following a parallel path. Will be interesting to see what this tastes like in two years, however it will be my last bottle of this vintage.