Community Tasting Note

pablopilot wrote:

Friday, September 7, 2018 - If I’d wanted a Shiraz I’d have asked for one... if I’d wanted to get smacked across the side of the head with a two by four I’d have asked for that too... I mean, this is low yield, cool climate wine that tastes like crushed grape jolly ranchers mixed with NyQuil, and hits with the punch of a boilermaker.

Do I hate it? No. It’s a bit like a too-friendly, over eager, high energy puppy that just won’t leave you alone. It’s not exactly leg humping, but you end up with hair all over your clothes and saliva on your face. And... it’s a St. Bernard. Or maybe a Rhodesian ridgeback. Big. I don’t know, I’m new at this wine-dog comparison game. It’s not a bad thing. If you could reign it in, train it up, get a leash on it, it’s got some good, deep, layered flavors in it: you got your blackberry syrup, your grape candy, your brandied cherries, your dark, dark chocolate... the label says thyme... sure, why not. But any aromatic quality is overwhelmed by overwhelming extraction, massive concentration, general bigness.

Maybe 48 hours of decant would gentle this out a bit. Maybe ten more years in the cellar. Right now it is basically dessert. Not a bad thing, just a little too modern and too Aussie for me to really love it.

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