2005 Palivou Estate Merlot Terra Leone Private Cuvée
Community Tasting Note
kostaslonis wrote:
84 Points
Sunday, May 4, 2014 - Mystery box tasting (Oinoscent): Clear medium ruby color.
The nose is unclean, med intensity, fresh plank notes (too much oak?), redcurrant, stale red fruit, earth notes, milk chocolate, with air it gets better. Developing/developed
The wine is dry, med body and intensity, med alcohol and acidity, med tannins, bitter, blackcurrant, chewy, fig, prune, med-/med finish.
Good quality, high/premium price, drink now.
It felt that it needed time to open up but all wines were tested under the same looking glass so...
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Comment posted by Papies:
11/23/2014 11:04:00 AM - Hi, you think these wines just dry out when they age? Maybe the too much oak and over ripe character just leaves no capacity for ageing?
Comment posted by kostaslonis:
11/23/2014 12:21:00 PM - Hi, the main issue is that the storage of all the wines in the tasting was probably not optimum. This one showed better than the other 2 of Palivos estate but still...As a (sort of) general rule, the Terra Leone series spends 18 months for Agiorgitiko and 24 months for Merlot,Syrah and Cab. Sauvignon in oak. I think that one needs extraordinary quality of fruit to do this and I'm not convinced that we have that in Greece, not yet at least. If the fruit cannot counterbalance the effect of the oak then after some years, the wine seems empty and reminds me only of wood.
Maybe the same could be said about over extraction but I am afraid I haven't tried that many wines of the sort. Probably its the same ending from a different path.
Comment posted by Papies:
11/24/2014 9:38:00 AM - we have seen this with a lot of modern spain and bolgheri too be honest
Comment posted by kostaslonis:
11/25/2014 1:00:00 AM - Ah I see, too much of Lord Parker's favourite style ? Wines meant to impress right from the start and not for the long run. I am with you on that, you don't build muscles if you are after the marathon.
Comment posted by Papies:
11/25/2014 1:05:00 AM - unfortunately far too many are turnign up like this... forget the marathon these guiys cannot make the kids run in hyde parkj.. for example: https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=478310&searchId=142B9704
Comment posted by kostaslonis:
11/25/2014 1:13:00 AM - Well to be fair, for a Greek boy like myself, Hyde Park is a rather huge park! And I rather wishfully believe that the tide is turning and winemakers are starting to move away from that awful jam & soy sauce texture style.
Comment posted by Papies:
11/25/2014 1:16:00 AM - for sure! one only needs to look to south africa for that. Hoping for Napa now :)