Community Tasting Note

• Frank Murray III wrote:

  October 4, 2017 - Opened this yesterday to share with the Dr Mrs and our dinner. Retasting again today after this evening's meal, without food. There is some golden/bronzing evident in this wine and in fact, this looks a lot like the color on the 2002 Donnhoff we had this past weekend. In terms of flavor, much like the previous bottle a year ago, this seems to be aging quite quickly. It's lost the vibrant acidity/energy that was so delicious when this wine was younger and my sense this is peaking and starting to head downhill. My reference for this remark is Chidaine, and while not the same producer, those 2008s and 2010s are holding up just fine, not showing the acceleration of age that this bottle is reflecting. The aromatic also has a touch of sherry going on, too. It's not ripping the wine up but it's emerging IMO. There is some remaining acidity here, golden apple, nectarine/stone fruit but these are not well delineated anymore. I'm going to hold my final bottle for not more than another six months and then finish it off.

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• Outplaying commented:

  10/5/17, 7:38 AM - Thanks for the note, Frank. It has been about 18 months or so since I last had one of these, and it was still going strong. I have one left that I will open sooner than later now.

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