Community Tasting Note
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Derek Darth Taster wrote: 92 points
June 25, 2018 - Arrived late for dinner at Jade Palace. Popped and poured after I arrived. Bottle shape and style very much like a Torbreck. Needed the Durand to extract the cork.
Appearance is clear, deep intensirty, garnet brown colour. Legs.
Nose medium intensity, with aromas of mocha chocolate coffee, mushroomy earth, dark red cherry. Developed.
On the palate, dry, medium+ acidity, medium alcohol (13.5%), medium tannins, medium+ body. Medium flavour intensity, with flavours of savoury mushrooms, earth, chocolate, mocha, coffee, salty minerality, and cola towards the finish. Medium+ finish.
Very good quality. Tertiary and fruit already in the backseat but most certainly overall not dead. Commendable effort surviving this many years. Tastes like what it is - a very aged New World Pinot Noir. Rather enjoyable in a savoury tertiary mushroomy way.1,040 views