Community Tasting Notes 16

• Dr Ivan Likes this wine: 88 points

  April 11, 2024 - As noted before this needs to BREATHE!!!!
  Day one: an oaky disjointed mess. We opened several other bottles. This was the first evening after a five week break from wine. None of us came back to this wine.
  Day 2: still several better bottles open in the kitchen and this just wasn't attractive enough although much more approachable than the day before.
  Day 3: still brooding dark fruit but oak much less eminent and tannins smoother. Drinkable and pretty pleasant in the end.
  
  Next bottle I will open B4 going to bed to drink with food the next evening.
  Better options around for the price IMHO.
  Zeter Pinot Noir Heiligenberg 2018 for example. Clearly the WOTN.

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• ddingley Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 27, 2024 - Pretty good QPR. Clearly a Bordeaux blend but with a certain spice that tells you it’s not the usual suspects but a different terroir.

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• castle.rob@gmail.com Does not like this wine: 85 points

  December 29, 2023 - Dark purple Bold on the nose with Black cherry, some funky tobacco leaf and earth
  
  After a 2 hour decant, I still can't get past the flavor. Maybe it's just not my type of wine, but I find it unsatisfying.
  
  A little bit of a twang, but mostly, it's just an odd set of flavors that don't seem to integrate well

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• Sid G Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 24, 2023 - An excellent South African red wine in the style of a Bordeaux. The large components of Cabernet Franc and Merlot lend smoothness while Cabernet Sauvignon makes it taste like a claret. Dark red color is matched by dark red fruit flavors. Full bodied but still smooth. A very interesting and worthwhile wine.

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• KNNOngQW wrote: 92 points

  December 24, 2023 - Decanted 1hour MINIMUM!
  
  this guy is good. Much better than the first time i drank undecanted. This is a must to breathe.
  
  Dark fruits, oak, some tobacco and leather. I would be fooled to think this is a young entry classe bordeaux!
  
  This will go so well w red meat... or honestly, even on its own. Punching above is weight. The vivino 4.3 is justified.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type Red
• Producer Taaibosch
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Crescendo
• Vineyard n/a
• Country South Africa
• Region Coastal Region
• SubRegion Stellenbosch
• Appellation Stellenbosch
• UPC Code 737186067106

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• Pending Delivery 27 (2%)
• In Cellars 915 (84%)
• Consumed 152 (14%)

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