Double decanted for an hour. Notes of black licorice and dark black fruits dominated. Started off with some prominent, chalky tannins, throwing off a lot of sentiment as well. Mellowed out after an…
Similar to my previous notes on the 2010 Old Vine version of this petite, with a little less extraction and less sweet, overt vanillin notes than the Old Vine.
On the nose, deep chocolate, mocha, dark berry. On the palate, a core of huge, rich blackberry, marionberry, blueberry, sweet chocolate, cassis, and prominant vanilla. A extravagantly extracted…
A big Petite with a very ripe fruit profile, indicative of seizing the most "grape" out of the 2012 vintage. I was concerned the fruit was going to come across overly-ripe, as the initial entry…
