Community Tasting Note

BVal wrote:

Sunday, March 12, 2017 - Color: inky purple core -> dense ruby rim. Decanted 45+ minutes. Blackberry, boysenberry, cassis, violets with a whiff of white pepper at the end. Palate still fruit forward; blue and black fruits -- quite sweet on the attack from the ripe fruit -- plump (Rubenesque!) and looong. Soft tannins with a high-viscosity mouthfeel. This wine is a bit of a conundrum for me; love the intensity and fruit but I'm looking for more complexity (roasted meats, leather, road tar, earth, etc.) and not really finding anything beyond the primary fruit and flower elements (touch of white pepper notwithstanding). It's certainly pretty but still very young and I'm unsure this will develop the complexity I'd love to see. One more bottle in the cellar; will try to wait at least 3+ years in the hopes for more . . . .
I generally prefer the Ditch Digger as I feel it brings more to the table and this vintage of the Dirt Worshipper hasn't changed my mind.

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