Community Tasting Note

Marc wrote:

Saturday, May 14, 2016 - Dinner at S and A's house (Freeman Bay, Auckland, New Zealand): Intense, and hyper-ripe cabernet, but still very much recognisable as a Napa wine, albeit in a cult style. Volatile, in the Harlan manner, and possessing thick tannins. The wine skirts with being ungainly but is enlivened by the lifted nature of the nose and robust proportion. Exquisite cassis notes are a special feature of the nose, while the mocha flavours are quite delicious. This particular bottle showed a bit of oxidation on the finish, suggesting it would have been better 5 years ago, but it is certainly a nice example of the Harlan style in a less-intense and age-worthy package. I could see people calling this outstanding, but for me the slight feeling that this has just past its peak kept me away from scoring it in that way.

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