Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Friday, December 23, 2016 - Tasting with Michelle and Bo in Singapore (Pine Close): Pretty decent. The nose started out with a rather subtle brush of dried woody herbs and cassis, before opening up just a little into higher-toned aromas of red fruits infused with some savoury meaty notes, some new oak showing in smoky spices and a little toasted vanilla bean accents. Shy at first, but with some floral tones starting drifting out as we got to the end of the glass. The palate had a nice body to it; juicy and well-balanced, without having noticeably fresh acidity, it showed full-bodied red-fruited flavours of cherries and wild berries seasoned with lots of lovely spice. There was a nice clarity too, at least until the finish, were there was a quite a bit of oak influence on an otherwise pleasant linger of dried plums and prunes, with some very South of France accents of woody bramble and garrigue. Too much oak for its own good I thought, but this was a fairly nice, supple wine, which was drinking quite well. Very good value at its price.

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