Community Tasting Note

Mr.Overhill wrote:

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - I'm wondering if the wrapper's starting to come off the candy with this one. On the surface it's still got that wonderful clio charm - a big nose of wonderful and rich candied cassis and dark milk chocolate with orange peel undertones, and once on the tongue the mouthfeel is still top notch, but when the wine is dissected I wonder if (and dare I utter such naysayings) if this wine is starting to feel manipulated. I hope I'm wrong and it's just a characteristic of an off vintage, or maybe the wine still is in a youthful, awkward phase, but at this time something just doesn't seem kosher with this newbie. There's a not so pleasant aftertaste in the mouth after the big fruitbomb and expresso grinds finally wear away (and it is a decently long finish), but in retrospective, that extra dimension of clio magic seems to be lacking. Don't get me wrong, it's still a wonderful piece of candy while it's in the mouth, but it's kind of like comparing the flavor of today's version of say a tootsie roll pop (raspberry please) with the ones that we enjoyed maybe twenty five years ago - the articial flavor is king while that simple sugar of yesteryear is a fond memory. Would like to revisit this in a year and see how it's played out.

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