Community Tasting Note

RGCM Gananda Likes this wine:

Friday, March 6, 2020 - Prior bottle was just over 14 months ago and while it showed well, it was a clear step down from my prior two bottles. Nose continues to show red berry, red cherry, earth and light vanilla. Medium bodied with a same upfront combination of slightly brighter red berries and smooth red cherry. Where the wine seems to have fallen down is through the middle. The depth, nuance and elegance that the prior two bottles showed just wasn't there tonight. It felt a bit thinner than before and without the additional complexity. Backside shows tart red cherry and then finishes with earth, minerals and some vanilla. Tartness stuck out a little bit this time without the mid-body fruit to balance it.

Given what I experienced with my first two bottle, I suspect this wine was slightly corked. It wasn't bad or obvious; there was still fruit and in fact, much of the notes I recalled from my prior bottles. But the missing mid-body, the overall thinness and just a few off points here and there leads me to conclude probably but not definitively flawed. I will save my last bottle for Q1 2021.

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