Community Tasting Note

Frank Murray III wrote:

Thursday, July 4, 2019 - Just 5 TNs this year, yet there remains 2000 bottles in the CT community inventory. So, that's about .025% of the total amount being logged as notes for this year to date. I find this fascinating, especially with Rhys, that even nearly 7 years out, there aren't more CT users opening these up. I'm going to help then, as I last tried this in 2016 as part of an Anderson Valley event we did here at my place. Opened today's bottle about 30 mins ago, poured a few ounces to a burg stem to write an opener for this TN, with the rest of the wine being enjoyed later today, when I will capture a few more impressions. The aromatics on this are cool, very similar to 2016's bottle: pepper, game, some herbals, probably sounding a lot like syrah. I find that the Bear wines made by Rhys show these qualities, the Bear terroir as I see it. The palate at this moment is smooth, glassy. Juicy dark cherry, dark apple and the same soily note in the bottle I found a few years back. A bit of spicy cinnamon also gets into the wine's core, too. 12.5% ABV, which is just a bonus, also. Finishes with a tangy, spicy, soily tone, the dark cherry holding it all together. In a lovely drinking place now, and I will add some closing remarks tomorrow.....this remained pretty consistent with the previous day, with the tangy quality showing well in the final glass.

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