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Friday, March 27, 2020 - I’ve been in full shelter-in-place for 11 days now and seeing all these posts from everyone digging into their cellars for nicer bottles finally got to me.

I opened up the bottle and half of the cork came out, much to my chagrin, but fortunately the bottom half held together just fine on the second go and did an excellent job keeping the wine in good shape. There was an insane amount of sediment which may or may not be visible in the photo, so I strained and decanted very slowly to make sure it was a pleasant experience.

The nose started off very feral and earthy, lacking barnyard quality but with a strong mushroom, green bell pepper quality that eventually blew off. By hour three it was still present, but much more gentile, with purple fruits and wild flowers starting to show as well.

The palate showed similarly to the nose, a little brash and earthy to start, but still with a high toned, mountain fruit richness. Medium acid and medium plus body, and ultra fine, persistent tannin with a very long finish. Spiced plum, rosemary, thyme, bell pepper, boysenberry, cassis and a touch of leather. This still has years of life, but was firmly in its first plateau of maturity and clearly right in my sweet spot. The air really rounded any rough edges and added an elegance that was missing in the first 60 minutes.

I drank it with a well seasoned rib eye, yams and carrots. It was an excellent pairing and I found a lot of beauty in it’s simplicity.

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