Community Tasting Note

• Robert Pavlovich Likes this wine:

  October 22, 2014 - Very young and rather tightly wound, though a six hour decant proved very effective in getting this to show it's stuff. Pretty well closed aromatics. Medium plus spice on the palate over a dense core of dark red fruit with a hint of green freshness. Finishes well with good length and intensity. This was very fun to watch as it started to open after a lengthy decant. Preferred this to its '05 counterpart and look forward to tasting again 10 - 15 years on.

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• Matt Neel commented:

  1/18/16, 8:54 PM - Nice note, thanks. Just curious: how/why do you prefer it to the '05? Subject impressions are so important with wine; I would love to hear your general thoughts on this (if you can remember... Your note was from a while ago.) Cheers! Matt

• Robert Pavlovich commented:

  1/19/16, 5:05 PM - Matt, I'd chalk it up to the dynamics of the tasting. The '08 woke up hours after opening, it was kind of on fire (singing) in a way I've only seen with a handful of wines. The '05 was just more steady, maybe partially asleep but there were people at the table heaping praise on to the '05 all the same.

• Matt Neel commented:

  1/19/16, 7:20 PM - Robert, thanks for the reply, totally understand. (And obviously, probably, as that's how you answered: I meant "subjective"). So useful. I am definitely keeping my eyes on good buys from '08 as it seems to be my style: somewhat balanced to acid, red>black fruit, etc. You and I both seem to like "a hint of green freshness." I actually picked up a few bottles of this based on your and others' notes. Cheers!

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