Community Tasting Note

fclarity wrote:

Sunday, September 26, 2021 - From a flawless bottle purchased on release, I had high hopes for this wine as the color looked solid prior to opening. However, as I poured it in my glass, I noticed the gold center and clear rims. That was clearly more advanced looking than it should have been.

The nose and flavors were pretty solid at first. The medium+ intensity nose put forth lemon, apple, minerals, and toasty oak notes. However, the mouth quickly showed some flat/fat oxidative flavors behind those noted above.

Oddly enough, as this aired for several hours it freshened up and became less oxidative. The acidity was strong and the wine had very good length. This bottle was not substantially premoxed but it was not unaffected either.

This wine wasn't bad enough off to call it "flawed" but it wasn't quite right either. I believe the lesson here is even if your bottle looks good, you should probably be looking for excuses to pull the corks.

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