Community Tasting Note

• HowardNZ Likes this wine: 90 points

  May 22, 2016 - Drunk over two evenings. Deep crimson colour. A bouquet of dark plums, blackcurrants and polished mahogany mantlepiece, with hints of high percentage cocoa chocolate and dark spices. On palate, good acidity, reasonably racy. A bit like a leaner vintage Bordeaux, like a 2004 or 2007, without the density or all of the complexity. Refreshing. Reasonably soft tannins. Flavours of blackcurrants, blackberries and cigar box. Sufficient dry extract but it could use more. However, it finishes reasonably long and dry. Really improved drinking with my beef stew. In its drinking window now. No immediate hurry needed, I'd think, but it won't improve from here.

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