Community Tasting Note
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englishman's claret wrote: 88 points
August 1, 2018 - Without doubt, this will prove to be a divisive wine as long as it lives (which, for the record, I don't think will be a particularly long life). Yes, it's young, but it's easy to see what this is. What I presume is the oak treatment has imparted some awfully funny notes to this wine - coconut, , banana, grilled peach. I suppose they're not ultimately that prominent, but they jumped right out at me and I found them so strange that it was tough to stop paying attention. I'd guess medium plus toast. Lots of wound-up, inky, potent, blackberry and, though big, not confected per se. 14.5% alcohol was my guess and that's what's on the bottle; it doesn't hugely poke out because it is a big wine, but it's present. Not my cup of tea, though doubtless there will be those who love it - not dissimilar to a young Bryant.
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