Community Tasting Note

csimm wrote:

Friday, April 30, 2021 - 3 days in Napa: Arkenstone, Memento Mori, Maxem, The French Laundry, Christopher Tynan, Kinsman, Harlan, Vice Versa, Accendo, Fairchild, Macdonald, and a truckload of others (Napa): Though knowing Tynan is the winemaker here might have influenced my mindset, upon first sip of the Songbook, I was instantly reminded of the Tynan MGs we had sampled earlier that morning (of course, that seemed like eons ago since it was something like 50 wines we’d plowed through that day). The Songbook was tight and tannic, with a reluctance in flavor expansion until a few hours into its service. In fact, it was absolutely singing the next day (24 hours open in bottle). Blackberry seed and crunchy minerality on the first pass, finally opening into an awesome and skillfully fashioned push of dark berry, gothic wet cave rock, and subtle spice flavors.

Day 1 was in that 94-95+ range for me. Day 2 jumped into the 96-97+ point range. I sensed there was something special on the first day, but by day two I was in love with this wine.

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