Community Tasting Note

Mr.Overhill wrote:

Monday, April 25, 2011 - Gaining some nice spice complexity. Whereas in '09 the tannins were still pushy and the fruit too sweet, and in '10 the fruit was overwhelming everything else (where exactly did those bright strawberries come from anyway) now the fruit is finally subsiding and some good cdp spices are becoming evident. Best are the green peppercorn and suggestion of paprika that work well to stave off the fruits, which have darkened nicely and become more of a brambly blackberry adventure. I think this is also the most enjoyable of the bottles I've had on this cuvee, and alas, it's also my last one. Really nice midpalate as well, with a good balance of the dusky tannins and spices. I really didn't think that I was ever going to warm up to the '07 vintage, but as year three (in bottle) is starting I'm hoping that I misjudged based on the over the top fruits and that it will come along nicely. One thing I like about all of those young frutis - hopefully the expected CdP shutdown will either be delayed (that seems to be the case at this time) or else very much minimalized.

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