Community Tasting Note

AAF2012 Does not like this wine:

Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - Indulgent black fruit, nose primes me to anticipate sickly sweet. Not my kind of wine. Nothing restrained or left for the imagination. Brash, overt, very fruity (dark variety, not red), totally coats the mouth on palate. Some eucalyptus and menthol notes. Vanilla enhanced sickly sweetness of black fruit, combined for a sweet palate/texture sensation. Tannins medium acidity medium to low. Could've badly used some more structure. A big wine, not bad, straightforward, structure wanting.

Australian friend hyped to me and was inspiration to drink, to be fair he greatly enjoyed it. So that was a plus - the key is for folks to enjoy, after all! But not for me. Northern Rhone, which I drink far more often often can be brooding and hedonistic too but top expressions are stunning and complex, and can even come with a light and beautiful touch - not this. I just found this obvious and offensive.

Decanted 1.5 hours before drinking. Finished ~3.5 hours after open (2 hour drinking window, had a few other wines). No noticeable difference; perhaps needed even more time in the decanter, based on other reviews. Due to my lack of experience w/ this wine I'll withhold guessing whether it can age further or not.

Originally had higher @85, but 5 days to reflect and some more wine drank since then reminds me I was reaching and trying to give it more points than I thought it deserved.

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