Community Tasting Note

• Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 94 points

  May 23, 2020 - The nose is beautiful with ripe black cherry, espresso, licorice, and smoke. On the palate, it has masses of rich and concentrated, ripe dark red and black fruit, and the absence of an extra layer on top of that from new oak aging adds a layer of finesse and a sense of transparency and energy. Acidity is medium+ adding a sense of freshness. There is plenty of tannin on the finish. Overall, especially on the palate, the wine is entirely primary and all about the texture and gobs of fruit at this point, having yet to acquire any secondary complexity. Given the combination of concentration level yet finesse and balance to the wine today, however, it seems likely to age very well and this score may prove conservative. I do think the winemaking may have improved, for my taste, even further in 2014 & 2015, which I thought both had a bit more complexity at this stage, but I'm sure this is going to be a great wine at maturity.

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• srh commented:

  5/23/20, 4:16 PM - KUDOS on the time & effort it took to post this *comprehensive* TN! :) Would I be correct in assuming you feel this needs/DESERVES considerably more cellaring? (FYI, *should* you be interested, I just uploaded specific info for this vintage, including acclaim, which can be accessed via the CellarTracker Article link [lower lft]).

• Robmcl920 commented:

  5/23/20, 6:55 PM - Thanks - yes, while interesting to taste now, it is all primary fruit and a bit closed off at times. Seems to have the right level of concentration and balance to age a long time.

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