Community Tasting Note

• msuwine wrote: 95 points

  April 10, 2019 - A (Way-Too-Early) TRB 2016 Trio: Drinking this wine is a tale of two days. The first was somewhat boozy and boisterous; the second was integrated and beautiful. So, the lesson: wait (preferably); decant (seriously); but have hope (and patience).
  
  - First Day (93): Dark purple in color and full in body, the Amoenus is the heavy-weight of the three - and in a late-era George Foreman, not a peak-moment Mike Tyson, kind of way. The aromas are heady - plum, red licorice, newly-opened candy bar - and there is an obviousness here that, more than the other two, screams youthful, not-yet-realized potential (think Nirvana’s first album). Somewhat brutish tastes of stewed blueberry, milk chocolate, cough syrup, and Cherry Coke Zero, with an almost saccharine finish. 14.6% alcohol. Followed for three hours. A third to the Revana in the TRB trio.
  
  - Second Day (95): Holy integration, Batman! This wine turns down the volume on the second day, and this is decidedly a good thing (at least for me). The aromas are less strong, which here allows for more freshness and nuance (as opposed to the candy-bar experience of the first day). The taste profile has the blueberry a little more fresh (though still ripe), and the chocolate less creamy. Maybe it's the absence of the Maybach, but this is a lot better on the second day; to me, this edges out the Revana, which seemed more tart and linear on the second day.

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• wineotim commented:

  5/15/19, 4:26 PM - I like the boxing analogy...

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