Community Tasting Note
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Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 94 points
July 13, 2019 - Very pale color with a light orange/amber tint had me worried, but it smelled promising right away, didn't even need any time to stretch its legs. Deep, punchy aromatics of cigar smoke, candied orange peel, and freshly turned garden soil lead to more of the same on the palate, with the tannins entirely melted away, leaving a slick, glossy texture. This bottle has been in the USA since release, so very unlikely to have seen ideal storage in its early years, though the Chicago import tags suggest maybe the passive storage conditions weren't the worst in the world. Anyway, this has plenty of personality and it's obviously fully integrated, though a more pristinely stored bottle might have a bit more freshness and gas in the tank.
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