Community Tasting Note

walkerjfw wrote:

Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - Another Epic Dinner in Zurich w/CVA, Benoit, Andrew...adding Paolo (Moevenpick 20/20): Fourth wine of the night, one of my contributions post the very well aged Bordeaux. Opened and slow oxed for 4 hours before drinking, decanted at the restaurant for another hour. Drank next to a 2007 Ovid.

Rich inky/garnet color, vibrant core, no real signs of age. Beautiful nose of red fruits, blackberry, floral notes, baking spices. Palate of ripe black cherry, licorice, smoke. Oak on the finish, well integrated. Long and layered finish

This is an amazing wine...Big but sill elegant. No doubt it will drink well for a decade+ from here. The wine is showing secondary characteristics perfectly. The slow ox/decant made a big difference, allowing it to settle in and display its complexity. After 5+ hours open, this was still a wine you could linger over for hours, changing in the glass

This was my WOTN and for a number of our group. Especially impressive for those with palates/tastes leaning to European wines... very special wine

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