Community Tasting Note

lstevens wrote:

Thursday, September 6, 2007 - Since I bought 6 of these, I felt no hesitation in popping one and seeing how it was drinking. I must admit that I was really looking forward to this based on two facts...Ed Kurtzman made the wine and that the alcohol content was only 13.9%! Certainly no guarantee of quality, but a mighty good start. I drank this over a 2 and 1/2 hours after splash decanting. Here's my notes...
App-opaque purple to the rim without variation, daybright, high intensity (4 pts)
Nose-Aromatic intensity was high (I could immediately smell it as I was pouring it into the decanter), lots of ripe blackberry, black raspberry, creosote, black pepper, violet, touch of vanillin, smoke, toast, allspice, little tilled soil, I was a touch concerned that this would be a jammy blockbuster on the palate, but it was a pleasure to smell (13 pts)
Palate-two things jumped out to me immediately, the wonderful weight/mouthfeel and the lack of heat, beautiful entry of fruit confirming the nose following through all the way to the finish, alcohol and acid are beatifully matched, defintate presence of tannins but they are long and well integrated, really enjoyed the way the fruit came across as plump and juicy but not jammy, this was a pleasure to drink and I look forward to watching it's evolution (18 pts)
Overall-I am not familiar with this vineyard, but I just loved Ed K's expression of it...all the parts are there-fruit, alcohol, acid, tannin, finish, wonderful harmony (9 pts) Total-94 pts

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