Community Tasting Note

chitowncdpguy wrote:

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - Not quite clear, but dark ruby in the glass. No sediment in the bottle though.

Very interesting watching this change dramatically over about 90 minutes. Upon opening this was really awful, a total iodine bomb and I thought it was a bad bottle. After a little bit, it mellowed out and started to have a subtle nose of fruit with a lot of pepper and acidity on the palate. After about an hour it had developed into something quite tasty, yet quite different than it was a year ago. On the nose subtle yet distinctively sweet red berry fruit with some pepper and other spice. Very smooth on the palate, subtle red fruit resolves into a reminder of cherry, pepper, and leather and maybe a little tobacco(?). Bracing acidity. Medium-longish finish.

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