Community Tasting Note

Wicker Parker wrote:

Monday, March 8, 2010 - The winery perhaps overemphasizes the early-drinking nature of the Provocateur, for it's clear that compared to my notes and several other notes here that this was going through a sulky adolescence last year and it's only now coming into its drinking window, and barely at that. It's a promisingly pale wine now yet the fruit is still very primary, speaking of black cherry flesh and black cherry skins. There's some red earth and cherry wood smoke on the nose and just a touch of heat, although the heat is not evident on the palate. The balance is better now vs. last year, the quite dry finish is longer, and complexity is emerging in the form of earth, sandalwood, sweet grapefruit, and herb tones. Good, refreshing acidity, good structure, good medium-full texture. The tannins are fine yet slightly raw. I very much regret that this is my last bottle of the '06 Provocateur — this could become quite elegant — but I at least know now to keep my hands off the "standard" '06 WV bottling for at least two years, and preferably longer. This wine was not molested by new oak.

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