2012 Tablas Creek Esprit de Tablas
Community Tasting Note
tward Likes this wine:
88 Points
Saturday, October 29, 2016 - Disappointing vs. my prior May 2015 notes. Even though it's not in its "closed" phased per the Tablas Creek vintage chart, perhaps my bottles, stored ~65F since Dec. 2014, are. This was fine to drink, balanced, and pure, but fairly simple and with a modest finish. It was decanted for 30-60 minutes and at one point vigorously swirled for a minute to try to wake it up.
With such a light body and modest tannins, I am questioning my prior hope for a wine that will develop, but I haven't given up. I'll give the next bottle 6-12 months...
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Comment posted by citizen1:
10/30/2016 9:42:00 AM - Spot on. I could not agree more. This wine has disappointed me based on the 3 bottles I have drank to date and shook my faith a bit in TC. I have resolved not to drink the balance of mine for quite awhile.
Comment posted by tward:
10/15/2018 4:46:00 PM - FYI, recently had a bottle that was excellent after decanting for a couple of hours.
Comment posted by citizen1:
10/24/2018 3:44:00 PM - Thank you for the updated experience!
Comment posted by tward:
7/26/2020 11:04:00 AM - citizen1,
I'd encourage you to try another bottle. I really liked one in Oct. '18 and even though I see I scored last night's bottle the same at '93', I think last night's was qualitatively even better. It's in a nice spot. I hope you have the same positive experience.