Community Tasting Note

• Piccolopaulo Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 1, 2021 - Decanted and enjoyed over 4 hrs. Beautiful wine! Definitely benefits from a decant...I can see the opening was a bit “green” as noted by others. But with some time in the decanter that softened almost completely. Nose is very nuanced with loam, fresh pot pourri, herbaceous (thyme), faint cedar cigar box, fresh ink and graphite. Fruits on the palate: red cherries and cassis. Tannins were still a bit grippy but well balanced and only a good sign of further aging potential!
  
  A beautiful example of Santa Cruz terroir that shows great focus.
  
  At 13% ABV, it shows like no other “big red” from northern Cali.
  
  Enjoy it for another 5-7 yrs!

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4 Comments

• srh commented:

  1/3/21, 2:22 PM - MANY thanks for the time you took to submit this COLORFULLY descriptive TN! 🙂 If you don't mind me asking, do you recollect what it accompanied?

• Piccolopaulo commented:

  1/3/21, 2:34 PM - We had a small glass of it with some mushroom risotto, most of it though was consumed on its own after it had decanted for a while. My favorite way to enjoy good wine is on its own after the kids go to bed!

• srh commented:

  1/3/21, 4:19 PM - THANK you SO much for having found the time to respond, Piccolopaulo! 🙂

• srh commented:

  6/15/21, 5:01 PM - SHOULD you be interested, I’ve uploaded info for this vintage which you can peruse at your leisure. 😉

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