Community Tasting Note
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I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine: 96 points
February 3, 2022 - Couples Night at Joe's with Anything Goes!: Okay...I rarely open a bottle this young, but given the reviews, I had to try one early, and I get it....This wine is a hedonistic wine lover's wet dream (excuse the crudeness), and I was admittedly seduced by the big, ripe fruit, the creamy texture and even an intellectual component of trying to identify flavors. However, I also corked about a third of the bottle and put it in my refrigerator until the next night. The fruit had mellowed and some secondary flavors emerged (although the fruit still dominated the palate.
Initially, blackberry vanilla and cranberry dominated the nose, with blackberry pie, creme de cassis, vanilla ice cream and some pie crust and meaty notes were lurking in the background. Later in the evening, the nose also picked up a little funk like wet hay or grass, but not enough to put off the wine or the nose. The finish was all dark fruit with hints of toasty oak and cocoa. After the initial fruit, there was a long taste that I couldn't quite identify (maybe some bacon fat or blood), it was interesting and kept me sipping the wine.
The next night, fruit had mellowed, but was still dominated by dark fruit, but there were also noted of leather and tobacco, with some brambly notes and some spice too. I loved this wine on the PnP, but I liked it even better with substantial air, so I will likely wait a few years to open the rest of my bottles, but would not fault anyone for drinking these sooner than later. 96+ today, but I think this will get even better!5 people found this helpful 4,053 views
4 Comments
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WineBurrowingWombat commented:
2/5/22, 12:05 PM - Wow, it is rare to see you opening a young bottle! Great notes. I really gotta get my hands on a bottle or two. I almost always see good things being said about Andremily in others notes.
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I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine commented:
2/5/22, 12:36 PM - Thank you WBW! This wine will be right up your alley!
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Decanting Queen commented:
2/6/22, 5:20 AM - They are pretty amazing, aren’t they? I’m having trouble keeping hands off.
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I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine commented:
2/6/22, 7:46 AM - I can see why! They are already pretty tasty!