4/1/2021 - johnsoba@jmu.edu Does not like this wine:

very crunchy, cranberries and cherries, fresh nose and deep prune color in the glass. Taste is mineral, with gravel dust in the mid-palate and back up through the nasal passages. Out of the ordinary and very interesting. Finishes with clay and no alcohol, medium tannins. Long subtle finish like mortar, cement-dust. Warning: next day the vinegar has set in, and i think i had the cork securely back in place. so this wine is close to over-the-hill. i dumped the rest of the bottle.

2/28/2021 - johnsoba@jmu.edu Likes this wine:

Pretty garnet with copper edges. Legs are thin and fast. Nose of fresh chalk candy, or Tums, but good, not sweet. Grapefruit on the tongue and that candy mid-palate. Longish finish w/ balanced alcohol. Balanced, nice tannins that stay with that long finish. Finish has hint of tobacco and roasted cashew at the very last.