Community Tasting Note

Geaux Tigers wrote:

Monday, May 31, 2021 - Last of a 3 bottle purchase from the tasting room during our first stay in Yountville.

Opened and into the decanter, showing expected signs of aging, nice bricking one the edges, translucent at the core.

At 60 min, I would have called this a teenage BDX, restrained silky, balanced. Sage, fresh herbs, tea, leather, cigar box on the nose, primarily sour red cherries on the palate but refreshing nonetheless with a good acidic backbone carrying on to a medium finish, with a slight citrusy end note. 93 pts

At 2 hrs, this gets green leafy and herbal on the nose, touch of cinnamon and dirt. The wine glides over the palate, but the fruit note is gone. 88 pts. Mrs. Geaux makes a blah face and tells me to quit being charitable...so there’s another data point.

Lesson learned, in hindsight I would have PnP’d. I don’t think this improves with further aging, so drink em now or in the next few years.

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