Community Tasting Note

jasonh wrote:

Monday, December 6, 2010 - Okay. What a ride. Had over 4 nights. The bottle left with no cork in it. It took 3 nights to change. And it was a nice change. With my note, please keep in mind I rarely drink Aglianico. This wine did evolve into a very nice wine that I would liken to a Bordeaux. For this wine to hit its stride for me, I suspect it will need at least another 10 years. Probably more like 20 years.

The aromatics for the first few days were meaty, mushroomy and perfumed. It had elements of wet cardboard but it was different than TCA. Not really my thing. About the 3rd day the fruit and spice emerged. Much nicer and far more pleasurable. And it still maintained a perfumy and leathery quality. Early on the palate was very hard to peg. Green elements, lots of acid and grippy grippy tannins. The tannins remained near the from for 4 days. But on the 3rd day, the wine showed more compelling fruit flavors. Still more focused on earth, leather, flowers, acid and tannin. This wine is hard as nails. I'll refrain from posting an official personal score but after the 3 nights, I gave this an 90. If it evolves positively this could be much higher. If it develops more of the same I would put it at about 86.

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