Community Tasting Note

• Kirk Grant wrote:

  December 22, 2018 - This has reached that point in it's life that I'm just going to have a hard time keeping my hands off the bottle. It's transitioning into the secondary stage of the wine's life that is all elegance, finesse, and subtlety. It should be noted that these next four bottles were all bought at auction and provenance is unknown, but smelling and tasting the wine it sure seems like the wine has had good storage.
  A ruby red core that is starting to brick lightly heading out to the meniscus. The nose of this is just plain sexy...in a way it's like trying to remember those moments in life that you want to hang onto forever. There's still vibrant fruit, spice, and other bold scents yet there is also this wispy hint of earth, mushrooms, and something that reminds me of old leather chairs in a nice library. On the palate red fruit leads to a tang of kiwi that transitions into a mid-palate burst as the acidity seems to cut a swath down the palate like a light breaking the darkness. The finish is not long...but it does not need to be as I keep find myself raising the glass as soon as it starts to ease up. If you have a bottle of this in your cellar, it is absolutely worth checking in on. I cannot imagine anyone being disappointed with this wine...it's just that lovely.

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