Community Tasting Note

f22nickell Does not like this wine:

Monday, September 2, 2013 - Setting: This wine was pulled from the refrigerator, popped, and slow ox’d for 2 hours before tasting.

Sight: This wine is clear and bright. There is evidence of gas but no particles. Color is light straw to golden at the core with consistent fading to clear at the edge. Light concentration of color. Legs are thick and move slowly down the glass suggesting this is a sweet or alcoholic wine.

Nose: This wine does not smell flawed. Aromas are of sweet, not tart apples and pears. I do not pick up any traces of earthiness or minerality. I do not pick up any oak. I do not pick up any heat on the nose. This wine smells of bright, youthful fruit suggesting age is young.

Palate: This wine is medium-bodied. This wine has flavors of candied apple with a hint of lemon and rubber. This wine also has a very slight tinge of slate. This wine has no oak.

Structure: This wine is off-dry with a hint of sweetness. Acid is Medium Minus. Alcohol is Low. Finish is Medium Plus. Complexity is low.

Conclusion: This wine has too much residual sugar and not enough acid to make up for it. This wine is literally hovering at the "cloying-syrupy" line, yet this isn't made in a sweet/dessert wine style. The fruit and petrol flavors clash with the sugar and minimal acid. This wine is not in balance.

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