Community Tasting Note

Goldstone wrote:

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - Splash decanted and left for 30 minutes then drank over 2 hours. Blood red colour that is totally opaque except surprisingly transparent at the edge. Nose of warm and welcoming rich caramel, sun-warmed tarmac, very ripe sweet dark plums, some hibiscus and autumn woodsmoke. Palate is very sweet and unctuous red fruits on the front end with very noticeable but pleasant new French oak and a velvety mouthfeel moving into a ruggedly drying tannic and cinnamon sticks back end. Toothcoating, rich and extracted but not overly so. Good length and some resonance in the head on the finish. Still very young yet approachable, but I'm not sure that this style of winemaking will support longevity or maturity into something more complex. My biggest criticism is that it is almost completely terrior-less.........tasted blind I would probably have guessed it as an almost-super Tuscan or a well-made Argentinian or perhaps a high-end Australian Shiraz.....or....

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