Community Tasting Note

• mhekman Likes this wine: 93 points

  April 13, 2022 - Color (15/15): opaque purple / black...wow, this is dark!
  Bouquet (19/20): tart cherry, a little cola, hint of black berry and leather...pleasant and rounds out into a full, powerful bouquet with time
  Palate: (27/30): refreshing cherry, blackberry with a hint of strawberry that has a dry, tannic spine in the mid-palate before softening into a lingering fruity finish
  Overall (32/35): very nice wine that gets better with air and likely improves further with time. I think this wine has upside but don't understand James Suckling's score of 99. 95+ potential is my best guess...will try another bottle in 2023.

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2 Comments

• FredericoWines commented:

  4/14/22, 6:53 AM - Thanks for the notes, very helpful. I'd open my '13 now while waiting for the ' 16 to get to where it can be.
  
  I usually discount JS' scores by 4-5 points to align with mine.

• brouigu1 commented:

  4/14/22, 12:03 PM - Nice tasting notes, air time is a good thing for wines this age, I agree!
  
  I don't think anyone understands James Suckling scores. I don't take his scores as meaningful, I take CT scores and notes as more realistic.
  
  Cheers

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