Community Tasting Note

• blarmston Likes this wine: 95 points

  July 31, 2020 - This wine reminds me of the final scene in Gladiator when Juba is burying the figurine in the dirt at the Coliseum. He’s talking to Maximus and says “I will see you again some day, but not yet, not yet”.
  
  This wine will be glorious some day, but not yet, not yet.
  
  After taking Sam Kaplan’s advice to decant for a 1/2 hour and then follow it along, this wine upon initial sips left a little to be desired. The mid palate seemed a bit flabby to me. But as the night wore on, it developed fullness and that quintessential unique VHR nose began to emerge.
  
  95 for now with clear upside. If opening now, give it a solid 2 hour decant, or better yet wait 3-5 years.
  
  One other thing- does anyone else want to jump through the TV and choke out Commodus whenever he was on screen? Damn, I would strangle that little b$tch.

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3 Comments

• NickRut commented:

  8/1/20, 7:44 AM - Great review - sounds like a great wine in future days.
  
  Regarding Commodus - I actually hate Juaquin in every movie he’s in because of how good he did in gladiator.

• Raguilar commented:

  8/1/20, 9:16 AM - After having tasted a number of the 2017 releases, my take is that the 2017 signature blend is the 2017 MM which currently is most open for business. Would you guys agree with that assessment? When speaking with Genevieve and Emily, they mentioned that all of their wines were produced for immediate enjoyment although it seems that at least the VHR requires a bit more cellar time. Cheers.

• blarmston commented:

  8/1/20, 4:38 PM - I haven’t opened a ‘17 blend yet, so can’t speak for how ready to rock it is. But the VHR is in need of some extended slumber time for sure, IMO.

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