Community Tasting Note

• dsgris Likes this wine: 90 points

  February 10, 2017 - Darkish ruby with a savory nose of Himalayan blackberries. Tart red berry, bright fruit with some light cane tannins. Medium fruit and body and starting to come together and on the young side. I opened several nights ago and It was pretty primary so I set it aside. Last night three it turned the corner with the edges softening, the fruit showing red currants and sour cherries, earth, leather with a bit of balsam forest notes. Much more complex than the base '14 WV Pinots that I find are drinking well now. With the acid and tannins present, I'm looking forward to the development over the years.

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4 Comments

• PIntag commented:

  2/11/17, 11:46 AM - I had to look up Himalayan blackberries as I thought that this was an arcane descriptor, but it turns out that these are problem plants in the Pac NW. I learned something today!

• dsgris commented:

  2/11/17, 1:10 PM - We called them evergreen blackberries as a kid. They are the Kudzu of the PNW, but we can eat them. I sometimes use brambles as a descriptor, a bit more sour and tannic than commercial berries. I envision myself as Br'er Rabbit in the Briar Patch.

• PIntag commented:

  2/12/17, 7:38 AM - Damn, now you made me look up Kudzu! Apparently, my knowledge of US pest flora is woefully inadequate...

• jfont123 commented:

  2/13/17, 8:36 AM - Pintag, you're hilarious...
  
  Everyone knows what a Kudzu is... ;)

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