Community Tasting Note
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csimm wrote: 94 points
November 15, 2020 - A county fair carny’s confection cart of churro, funnel cake, cotton candy, and kettle corn overwhelm the otherwise throbbing, syrupy blackberry smoothie core. Making for a glycerin-jolted coconut spray tan experience on the palate the likes of which any chub-club kid would salivate pools of goo over, the EABA makes its initial mark as the End All Be All in savory debauchery and saweeeet pie-in-the-face excess with unabashed disposition. Unless you’re looking for a mile-high-10,000-buzzes-a-second methamphetamine gyration on Marilyn Manson’s vaudevillian Tilt-A-Whirl, might I suggest sending this tox-screener to rehab for at least a few years to best assist in overcoming its addiction to mainlining formaldehyde Mountain Dew and molasses slathered pseudoephedrine.
Fret not Andremily loyalists, the EABA stands to get where ya’ll want it to go at some point, but it’s just going to take some serious assimilation of its crushing wood elements to ultimately enable the user to decipher what exactly this wine is trying to “Be.” The EABA’s single varietal Syrah and Mourvèdre siblings are much keener on their respective trajectories in their current states, with acuities that are more delineated and fixated on a deliberate path toward progressive sensibilities and flavor-wisdom. The EABA is perhaps staking an early claim as the black sheep of the family. I’m cautiously optimistic there is a more established savant to come with this present Weeble Wobble. Hiding somewhere underneath its current gawky “Why won’t girls talk to me” formative years awkwardness is a dot-commer just waiting to prove to mom and dad that his gallons of Clearasil and years of harpsichord lessons will actually, somehow, make for a successful entrepreneur. For now, best let the EABA stay locked in its room listening to scratched-up Social Distortion records for the next few years.
A bit of an expansive 92-96+ point range here depending on whether this wine becomes a clocktower kid or the next Howard Hughes.
UPDATE: Ok, so on day 3 it starts to inch into 94++ territory perhaps, with some more delineated notes of licorice, asphalt and road tar, ripe blueberry, and dark chocolate chunk. Still in need of 3-4 years of sleep, but there is better promise here.9 people found this helpful 6,190 views
9 Comments
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sachsen commented:
11/15/20, 7:41 PM - OUCH, that's a young one. Easy to take the advice and sock away for a few years before trying. Thanks for taking one for the team!
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csimm commented:
11/15/20, 8:01 PM - Most definitely a young one. I’m sure it’ll find it’s groove, but right now it’s all wood confection and sweet fruit smoothie flavors. At least the 2017 Andremily Syrah and Mourvèdre are more identifiable as their respective varietals. Hopefully the EABA works itself out.
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sqn19 commented:
11/16/20, 3:58 PM - CSIMM1161 this is quite a note (!)
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csimm commented:
11/16/20, 4:07 PM - ...I suppose every so often a certain special kind of wine evokes a certain special kind of tailored tasting note :)
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Zetterman commented:
12/18/20, 3:26 PM - LOL! That was awesome! Thanks, kept my hand out of the cookie jar for tonight.
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csimm commented:
12/18/20, 3:45 PM - Good call Zetterman. I'm sure this will come together with a better eye for seamlessness, but for now it's blinded by a mayonnaise slathering of sticky praline oak and Flavor Flav blackberry purple drank. I'd definitely suggest hiding your cookie jar for a few years minimum.
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RhoneWho commented:
5/19/21, 4:02 PM - Out of all 3 2017 Andremily wines, the EABA was the only exception where I didn't find near perfection primarily driven by some acidity and not so much by tannin which is super fine. On the other hand, as I started tasting those highly rated 2016 CDP GSMs they are NOT much better than Jim's .. Jim's EABA has very long finish lingering in the back palate and aroma in the nostril -- driven by Bien Nacido syrah component and viognier. This based on notes from 6 months ago .. hopefully it has evolved. Cheers!
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csimm commented:
5/19/21, 4:19 PM - Hi RhoneWho! This EABA was a bit of a conundrum for me, as the plush and ripe fruit wasn't much of a surprise necessarily (as I know what I'm getting into when I generally pop an Andremily, SQN, Saxum, etc.), but the lumber and confection elements really made for a wonky first impression. I was as diligent as possible to follow it over the course of a few days, which helps to develop some cautious optimism on my part. The recent reviews here seem to indicate it has integrated some, but I'm still thinking time in bottle will be a friend to this particular wine. It does give me a little pause on the 2018 EABA, but I'm hoping it'll all shake out in the end with some patience. Earlier vintages seem to perform well after a few years in bottle and the sweet "ripeness" seems to find a more seamless way of expressing itself. Just my 2 cents of course.
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csimm commented:
5/19/21, 7:42 PM - Of course I had to pop another bottle of this just because of the new release for the 2018 EABA. This 2017 is indeed coming along. It’s much less of the coconut pool boy boysenberry milkshake that it was last time. Integration is starting to show positive signs. Still, waiting on this is a must in my opinion. Revisit in 3 years (or next year’s release - Ha!)