Community Tasting Note

• dlowrey99 Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 19, 2019 - Drinking well after 12 years; for $13 this was an excellent wine, easy to open on a weeknight. Very much enjoyed!
  
  Nose and palate on first pour out of the bottle were fruit-dominant, but wine was still very much alive. Cork strong; no seepage. Decanted for about 30-45 minutes, wine opened up and balanced out nicely.
  Nose: macerated black cherry and plum; some funk, wet hay, and dusty gravel notes. Soft clove oak.
  Med+ body; Med acidity; 14.5% alcohol.
  Palate: deep and rich, balanced, good layers with the age. Kirsch/black cherry, dark plum, lavender; savory herb, black olive, brush; a little heat from the alcohol; cocoa nibs from the oak; dried grapefruit rind finish with well-integrated slightly drying tannins; med-long finish to match.

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