Community Tasting Note
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For the Love of Wine wrote: 89 points
June 22, 2018 - I tried this at a wine tasting and bought 2 bottles. This was the first bottle. I was a little disappointed, but it was still interesting to try. This wine is very dry, as virtually no sugar whatsoever. It had an interesting nose, reminding me of lemon verbena and baking spices, as well as some burnt toast. Unfortunately, on the palate, it was highly acidic, so much so that I think it was masking the fruit. It was not too difficult to see why this mostly used as a blending grape.
I wonder if the acids will mellow out enough to allow the fruit to shine through? The lack of sugar does not bother me, but I felt this was too over the top with acidity. If the acidity calms down and the fruit shows through more, I can see this wine easily rating 90-93 points. I only have one more bottle, but I will not even consider opening it for at least 5 years (possibly longer).3,742 views