Community Tasting Note
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alexfrank Likes this wine: 91 points
October 24, 2019 - 45 minute decant. SO much black/red fruit (black cherry, blackberry, raspberry) on the palate. Leather, charcoal. Vibrant fruit. Medium-long, savory/saline finish. Love this for the price.
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4 Comments
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Brentw1 commented:
11/13/19, 1:46 PM - You would love it even more in ten years time. I know I'm like a stuck record on SM but it is such a shame to see this wine drunk this early.
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alexfrank commented:
11/13/19, 1:50 PM - Agreed, Brent — opening this bottle was definitely exploratory. Very excited to revisit another bottle in a decade+.
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JohnTelford commented:
11/14/19, 3:14 PM - Gents while I agree in full. It is quite intriguing to taste these young....IN ORDER TO APPRECIATE the 20-30 year journey!
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Brentw1 commented:
11/14/19, 4:06 PM - I’m all for appreciating the journey, just (in my opinion of course) don’t start it too early with a wine that is such a known entity. We have the critics and the professionals to do that for us. My own flight of SM goes back to 2001 and I am waiting for my 17’s and 18’s to arrive. The earliest I would personally approach even a forward SM would be at the five or six year mark. But of course, we can all do whatever we want with our own bottles. It’s all relative however, SM is a short-term animal when you put it up against Musar!