Community Tasting Note

dagij wrote:

Monday, January 1, 2018 - A simple village appelation from a so-so vintage and a good producer. The expectations were highly mixed, and most of us tipped it as being on the vinegar side. How surprised we were when the bottle was opened: a long cork almost uncontaminated by wine colour gave way to a strong whiff of cherries from the bottle neck. The colour surprised as well: clear purple core with only a hint of brown at the egdes. Intense aromas of cherries with that core bitterness, some vanilla, lots of minerals (iron), and some dry wood. Medium bodied, good acidity, has perhaps lost some fruit in the mid-palate, but it is still plentiful. Aftertaste of cherries and some dry wood that lingers for a long time. This is just fantastic, I would not have dreamed of this wine keeping so well. Life is good. Sometimes.

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