Community Tasting Note

• Castle Peak wrote: 88 points

  October 3, 2017 - Big, oaky and packs a tannic punch. A full throttled wine that needs more time in the bottle or an extensive decant. Soften a little after 3 hours, but could never get through the wall of tannins to experience the fruit. Will try again tomorrow after being opened over night.

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• wilypod commented:

  10/6/17, 9:00 AM - Thanks. Would enjoy your second impressions of the same bottle.

• Castle Peak commented:

  10/6/17, 9:22 AM - It rounded out a little more the next day. No question this is a big, powerful and complex wine - but I prefer a little more integration and balance in the tannic structure and fruit flavors. Something was missing for me, but I gave it 88 points because it is clearly a special wine, although, as a 2011 I thought it should be further evolved. How was your experience with the wine?

• wilypod commented:

  10/7/17, 6:46 PM - I've been holding off. I really liked the 2011 Bedrock Saitone and have one bottle left. Carlisle and Bedrock do many of the same vineyards. I find the Bedrocks need more time. Morgan likes the vineyard field blends, Mike Officer goes with a much higher percentage of Zinfandel. So I usually wait longer for the Bedrocks.
  
  That said, I think I'll try one in the next few weeks. I had three, my daughter had the only we've opened. My turn, I guess.

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