Barrel sample pre-racking. Oooh, stinky and a little volatile, quite green notes. Sour, bitter and unpleasant on the palate. FLAW. Down the sink with this batch.
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DWC Barrel Sample (My place, Kent Street): Barrel Sample. Still on solids. Sour black fruits are quite muted, a little slightly dilute red berry underpin, Christmas cake spices from the oak. Quite closed and lacks generosity on the nose. In the mouth the woody oaky flavours are married to slight sour and muted fruits, tannins are drying; woody with lots of baking spice, raw silk textured but the combination of the oak and fruit flavours is quite unpleasant finishes bitter with a touch of alcohol warmth. Nah. Oak out immediately and time to re-induce malolactic fermentation again.
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12/28/2023 - chatters wrote:
Barrel sample pre-racking. Oooh, stinky and a little volatile, quite green notes. Sour, bitter and unpleasant on the palate. FLAW. Down the sink with this batch.
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5/5/2023 - chatters wrote:
DWC Barrel Sample (My place, Kent Street): Barrel Sample. Still on solids. Sour black fruits are quite muted, a little slightly dilute red berry underpin, Christmas cake spices from the oak. Quite closed and lacks generosity on the nose. In the mouth the woody oaky flavours are married to slight sour and muted fruits, tannins are drying; woody with lots of baking spice, raw silk textured but the combination of the oak and fruit flavours is quite unpleasant finishes bitter with a touch of alcohol warmth. Nah. Oak out immediately and time to re-induce malolactic fermentation again.
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