Thursday, February 21, 2008 - Last sip taken at the 5 hour mark. Opens full, but closes up for a while. Begins to reopen at about the 2-3 hour mark. The wine is quite subtle, with a decent nose, a full round mouth that's more structure than fruit right now (though the fruit does come through) and a fine length - the length is the best part, but still qutie primary, with sappy, spicy, slightly tart plum and a bit of dirt in it.
This is a young wine, and could probably use some time to come out of its protective shell. Could be very fine, but right now, it's only "good".
Try next in 2010 - or later, with only 2 bottles remaining.