Community Tasting Note
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csimm wrote:
March 15, 2020 - On initial pull, the nose showed ripe blackberry, plum, and incense smoke aromas. Similar on the palate, with a fascinating smorgasbord of bramble and chewy ripe flavors of muddled blackberry, dripping and fleshy smashed plum, earthy dark black raspberry, Indian spice, and camphor. Epic execution in the beginning, with a balanced delivery that was a huge mouthful without being globular or heavy. The alcohol was well hidden by the masses of dark fruit. Finishes a little gummy and plush. The initial sips on PnP were the best.
And then air hit this....
Followed over a few hours in the decanter at cellar temperature. On a revisit a couple hours later, this monkey had morphed into a funky cotton candy machine, with a sweet and sappy confection-driven profile that overrode what purity of fruit ever existed in the beginning. A goofy creosote note surged through its veins, making me question if we ultimately had a flawed pirate on our hands here. In reality, I think this wackamo just shut down and got goofy on us.
As what seems to be standard protocol with my palate and SQN/NoK, refraining from popping the cork until around a decade from vintage seems most prudent. Try this “#2” again in 2026+.
Many thanks to DD for sacrificing this bottle in the name of science!2 people found this helpful 4,413 views
2 Comments
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pocchia commented:
5/24/20, 11:48 AM - Thank you for your sacrifice! Received my first order of NoK and SQN, and mistakenly opened a Gorgeous Victim far too soon after delivery. SMH... I know better.
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csimm commented:
5/24/20, 9:24 PM - Congrats on your first order! Well done. In a perfect world, Krankl's wines seem to hit their optimum strides around the 8-10 year-from-vintage mark. But patience is very difficult...at least for me. :) Cheers!