Community Tasting Note

bsherwin wrote:

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - It's amazing what a great winemaker can do with a tough vintage. I didn't quite know what to expect with this wine. Dark in the glass. Lovely nose of current and earth. Fruit left on the palate? You betcha. Vibrant fruit (black cherries and wild berries) that, I must say, was completely unexpected. Not waves and waves of layered fruit mind you, but youthful vivacious fruit that you'd expect of a much younger wine of a good vintage. Good minerality too, not that you'd mistake it for Bordeaux. Velvety mouthfeel. Developed some cocoa and dark plummy flavors with air. Smooth exit with a long, long finish. Not the most complex wine I've ever had, but superb nonetheless. It would be intesting to horizontal this wine against other '88s. I think it would stand out. This one still has some life left too.

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