Aromas of dark red and black fruit, cedar, and alcohol on the nose. On the palate, a tightly coiled mix of red and black licorice, espresso, blackberry, currant, and bitter chocolate. Still a taut, chalky tannic…
Previous notes apply, though I experienced this as much less angular this time around. With the proper decanting (approximately 5+ hours total), this really started to show nicely. Somewhat…
All of my other previous specific tasting notes on this wine apply, except that this go-around, it seemed a bit more angular and rustic, with the cedar and alcohol elements really showing up more so…
Same as all of my previous notes. Micro-filtered (had a decent amount of sediment) and decanted for an hour. A little jet fuel at the initial PnP, but it didn't take long to start showing…