Community Tasting Note

• 2020 wrote:

  December 28, 2019 - I purchased 6 of these. It's early, but I decided to try one to see where it's at (I have not had anything from Francois). He's a bit of a legend apparently, so I was intrigued.
  
  I opened it at a very good wine shop and let them try it to voice their opinions. They were very impressed and I asked them for a quick simple arbitrary score. They put it in a 90-95 box, so strong marks from industry professionals.
  
  To paraphrase them, they mentioned it had a long finish, it's dry, it's very well made to maintain its balance and hide the alcohol (it's 14.5% abv), it has a salinity to it, the Pinot fruit was ripe, there's a tiny hint of tobacco on the bottles nose, and it will age well. They also said they would love it with food.
  
  My personal wine experience is limited. I will say it was worth every penny of the $35 I paid for it. I pulled it straight from cellar and that was the perfect serving temperature. If it's too cold (which happened on the way home) it's aromatics will become muted (which is normal on rose I believe). I'm excited to see how these develop.

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• 2020 commented:

  12/29/19, 8:58 PM - Day 2: Consumed the second half of the bottle the next day.
  
  The aroma off the bottle nose has transitioned from tobacco into cinnamon. Wow. Wild.
  
  Give this time though. The acid/alcohol is overpowering the fruit and hiding its length and texture. It was more balanced on its first day. I will wait at least a year before I try another.

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