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Friday, July 20, 2018 - Nose: Initial burst of floral aromas.. then fades quickly. Then comes dark fruit, lots of dark fruit with an underlying soft earth smell. Imagine grabbing a handful of daisies and smelling the stems only (in a good way). Dark, sweet fruit smells.

Palate: Dry minerality with approachable savory notes, the dark fruit is also dry and well integrated with the other flavors.

Dark, garnet colored and opaque. Medium plus bodied but a full mouth-feel. The front palate tastes like red fruit with the mid palate having good deep medium to dark fruit, smooth and concentrated, and finishes with a dry minerality. How the tannins are is hard to tell.. I wanna say fine (being honest here.. but who am I kidding, I often am with wine). A very good finish of at least 9+ seconds. I tried taking my time with this but I failed.. I've been letting this sit in the glass like the 2013 Dunn Howell Mt. but did not have enough patience.. I see why 1.5L's exist now. Try decanting it for like at least 1-2 hours for the heat to maybe go away. It doesn't have the amount of heat to make it unenjoyable but do try to let it breathe for a few hours to see if it goes away, which in turn should make it more enjoyable. Good wine.

*side note: had some really sharp cheddar cheese from Canada with the wine and it helped take away some of the minerality and bitter kick from the wine. Made the fruit really come out.

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