Community Tasting Note

blanquito wrote:

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - First try of this vintage. From the get-go, there's a beautiful, big, expressive, complex, wild nose. A true classic claret bouquet. It's a little feral, with sweet compote, lead pencil, old wood, sour cherry, a lovely fresh anise-camphor-mint note. With food and air, some roasted-smoked poblano shows up. On the palate, I get lots of black tea with lovely bottle sweetness, soft yet tarry tannins, and a long tongue drying finish. On the savory end of things, with some beef jus, old school stylings. Overall, a tad dilute mid palate that comes between the beautiful sweet attack and slightly bitter finish. 95 pts bouquet, 90-91 palate, 92 pts overall.

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