Community Tasting Note
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ftc Likes this wine: 92 points
April 17, 2016 - Cork disintegrated during extraction. Lots of sediment stuck to side of the bottle.
Opaque black to dark garnet at the rim. Luscious nose of blackberry candy, anise, cigar box. Cassis, caramel, cedar on the attack. The midpalate is all about bright acidity. The fruit is light and soft: red currant, raspberry…oddly the fruit becomes the most expansive during the very long finish. Tannins are grainy and puckering. Pretty classic claret stuff, e.g. roast beef dinners in the Royal Navy captain's cabin circa 1800. This is not a buxom wine with a loud laugh-- very pleasurable in the old world style of light elegance and food friendliness. Seems like it could keep going based on acidity and tannins, but plucked this at a great time. The finish just keeps on going as I write this...3 people found this helpful 4,272 views