Community Tasting Note

SacredCow wrote:

Wednesday, October 1, 2003 - Tasted at an informal Denver offline on 10/01/03.

The tasting began after seven hours of decanting time. This is a huge wine, my number one of this tasting. It displays blackberry, licorice, and creamy oak on the nose, with a bit of black pepper. On the attack, the fruit really shines through, with some blueberry and raspberry chiming in through the midpalate. Creamy vanilla oak throughout, with pepper becoming more prominent towards the back of the palate. A very long finish of one minute plus, the longest of the tasting.

Round two began after about 8-1/2 hours of decanting. Lavender makes an appearance on the nose. On the palate, one taster now notes a hint of green bean to go along with the fruit. Mid to late palate, the pepperiness seems to have morphed into more of an Asian spice taste. Throughout the rest of the tasting and the after tasting, all of the tasters kept commenting on the Asian spice component. The alcohol, while present, is not overwhelming.

This is probably the best this wine has ever shown for me. This could have been one of Sparky’s hand picked bottles. It was also the first empty decanter we had. Now, I need to keep my hands off my two remaining bottles.

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