Community Tasting Note

rocknroller wrote:

Thursday, April 25, 2013 - Purple red color. This bottle had been open for about 48 hours. Drank 1 glass over 30 minutes. I like the nose, very pretty with violets, earth, graphite, blackberry liqueur, sweet blackberry preserves. The palate does not seem integrated yet to me, despite being open for 2 days. While this is approachable now, I think this needs a couple of years yet to resolve. There is noticeable alcohol, although this does have a liqueur-like style (or cordial-like as Richard Jennings noted). Very spicy, oaky, dark red fruits, kirsch , blackberry liqueur, full body, high acid, somewhat grippy tannins. There is definitely potential here. 89-90(+)pts. Update on day 3, this was considerably better, the alcohol has integrated along with the oak and spice. Tannins have softened nicely. Easily improved to 91+pts. Day 4 was almost as good as well.

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