Community Tasting Note
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wino_tim wrote: 96 points
September 26, 2017 - Deep ruby. A complex yet beguiling nose suggests just ripe blackcurrant, black cherry, fresh tobacco, toast and graphite. Full bodied and rich; the nose could perhaps, in a distant world, be Bordeaux, but the palate, though balanced, with plump tannins and medium+ acidity, is round in a classically Californian way. This is convincing and strikingly good right now, but certainly has potential to get better.
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3 Comments
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wineotim commented:
9/27/17, 2:51 AM - That's a huge score, can't wait to try it myself. Nice notes.
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walkerjfw commented:
9/27/17, 4:24 AM - Thanks for the note, well done. I have been cellaring all of my 2013 CA and Napa wines as I found them to be heavily tannic in the barrel and at release. I am a big fan of Forman wines, they are well made and age gracefully...I am conscious of opening these too soon. Did you decant? and was the wine still tannic?
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wino_tim commented:
9/27/17, 9:56 PM - @walkerjfw: The 2013s with really brutal tannins are coming from mountain sites, at least in my experience. The reason to hold the 2013 Forman would be to allow for the development of tertiary flavors, not to dodge tannins.