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Sunday, June 13, 2021 - From the beginning on the nose this open and inviting. Bright tart red fruits Raspberries, cherries, alongside some baking spices.

While the aromatics made the wine seem open and inviting initially, the palate says it needs some more time. A bit austere and slightly disjointed at the start (though I do wonder how much of that was due to me recently brushing my teeth an hour prior to opening and tasting this, toothpaste does linger for a long while). After about two hours, the palate gained more depth and integrated some more, but it wasn't until about 5h into it that the wine really started hitting its strides and firing on all cylinders. It gained much more depth and structure. The fruit became much more precise, tart, brambly and inviting. Ever-so slightly on the edge of ripe, as is the MO in most Goodfellow wines.

The palate and finish is what continued to draw me into this wine. Mouth coating and lip smacking fine grained tannins and acid. The tart red fruits linger on the palate unendingly, like just picked, barely ripe red berries still tinged with some soil. With time, the structure of the wine became intoxicating. It reminded me of one of Charles Cordier's multi-medium marble sculptures. Beautiful, imposing, structured, filled with detailed nooks and crevices; multi-faceted and nuanced; chiselled with precision to last the ages. The more I paid attention to it, the more beguiling it became.

As with most Goodfellow wines, this needs time. I suspect this needs 5-7 more years on the cellar before revisiting to truly shine. I'm very glad to have multiple bottles of this because I'm eager to track this over the decades. Drink 2027-2050+

ABV: 13.4%
Closure: DIAM 10
Decant: ~6h
Stem: Gabriel Glas StandArt
From a small two-acre parcel in YC, all of old-vine Wadenswill clone PN. 55 cases produced.

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