Community Tasting Note
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JLuch1 Likes this wine: 91 points
September 8, 2018 - Pnp right from the cellar.
Nice vibrant nose, cherries and violets.
Raspberry with maybe a little strawberry, cassis, slight saline quality which I enjoy, almost like the beginning hint of salted meat, without the gamy aftertaste. Medium long, bone dry finish.
Really a terrific wine and very well executed. Much better than the bottle I consumed earlier in the week, which suggests it was an off bottle.
At around 8 years of age, this is now a pnp wine for me. I have a passive cellar and will aim to drink these over the next year. If you have a refrigerated cellar, perhaps you can get away with a bit more time. Either way, drink now or over the next year.
Day 2 update:
Saved about 1/3 of the bottle to try the next day. It is still drinkable but half the wine it was on day 1. Has a more subdued, earthy funk to it that it did not have yesterday. Fruit is also a bit more faded. Still good, but knocked it out of the park for me day 1.
Although a skewed comparison, we opened a 2013 Blackbird Arise Napa Bdx (approx 2/3 merlot and 1/3 CS, with maybe some PV), much richer which the wife preferred over this wine on day 2. I still preferred the Senejac as the Blackbird was a bit rough out of the gate. I presume the Blackbird will taste better tomorrow.5 people found this helpful 5,390 views
4 Comments
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chatters commented:
9/8/18, 6:21 PM - Great note, thanks!
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JLuch1 commented:
9/8/18, 6:31 PM - Thank you
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scott w commented:
9/8/18, 8:23 PM - Nice note on maybe the finest qpr wine I have ever had! With only two left (because they were fine young too) I will pop one soon. Thanks
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wineotim commented:
9/22/18, 5:42 AM - I really loved it too, and I saw bottle variation as well.