Community Tasting Note

jrufusj wrote:

Friday, October 28, 2005 - Tokyo Tasting Group Round #2 -- 90/97 Sangiovese, plus Champagne and Dessert (Cuisine 219 Tokyo): Nose initially shows as almost entirely oak. Only after twenty or more minutes does the oak really recede to reveal a little leather, a little earth, and some deep sour cherry fruit. On the palate, the wood also takes the lead, but there is bright acid and fruit underneath. Contrary to other notes I’ve seen on this wine, the strength of fruit really shows in the mid-palate, leaving me to think that when the oak further integrates, this will still have a lot of stuffing left. The fruit and some tobacco come out again on the finish. A little hard to evaluate tonight and a little too oaky for my taste for current drinking, but I think this is at an awkward stage right now and that there is a lot more to come. I voted for wine of the flight based on potential, but could easily be wrong.

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