Community Tasting Note
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Lucia Skywalker Does not like this wine:
May 27, 2016 - .
Notes of a Novice:
• upon opening, first taste
• mainly ruby with a bit of brownish in it, but not garnet yet
• fairly thin in body
• beautiful legs
• on the nose - something like mild cheese, or something else mild and not too attractive, but not too annoying,
• on the palate, fresh, acidic, not very fruity
• sour cherries as the primary flavor
• perhaps a hint (soupçon) of unripe dark fruit, including a very minuscule measure of prunes
• medium tannins (still working on my tannin-detection and hierarchy)
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• after 9 hours of decanting
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• did not detect any changes (or if there were any, they were imperceptible to me).
• did not care for this wine - not for me. For me, it's in the "too sour", too "unrefined" category.2 people found this helpful 1,331 views
1 Comment
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IPT commented:
7/4/16, 6:53 AM - Glad to see I'm not the only one who does not like this bottle. A quick note: if you get a red that has a "brick brownish/copper" tinge in the coloring this usually denotes oxidization. From your notes, it appears that the bottle was oxidized. Given the vintage, I'm not surprised. These cheaper wines don't have an excellent shelf life and are meant to be drank within 3 years or so after bottling. Good thing is that if you find a '14 vintage, you might enjoy that one.