Pop and pour, notes from 24 hrs open. Wow, this is stunning now. On the nose: loads of perfume, cola, sweet red fruit. On the palate: fantastic acidity, good density, raspberry coulis, cola, spice, fruit, velvety tannin on the finishm. Absolutely lovely now, but loads of potential for the future.
Pop and pour, notes from 24 hrs open. Wow, this is stunning now. On the nose: loads of perfume, cola, sweet red fruit. On the palate: fantastic acidity, good density, raspberry coulis, cola, spice, fruit, velvety tannin on the finishm. Absolutely lovely now, but loads of potential for the future.
Jun 30th, 2023Waited impatiently 4 weeks post arrival to open this...like my last 18 OR PN (the Thomas), this is another excellent btl.
Wow. Decanted...notes from 2 hrs in a wide-bottom decanter. On the nose: mulberry leaf, plum, soft vanilla, building with air, soft herbal notes, wild strawberry...just keeps developing. On the palate: fantastic acidity. a soft ferric note, then pomegranate, and a fantastic density without weight that morphs into a very intense, but finely grained and, nevertheless soft. tannic finish...the velvet glove. This is excellent now, but will undoubtedly improve with time in btl. I want to give comparisons, but I look back on wines like the 12 Scott Paul Audrey. I would like to give a burgundy comparison, but that seems silly for a wine like this: **Fantastic** OR PN.
Waited impatiently 4 weeks post arrival to open this...like my last 18 OR PN (the Thomas), this is another excellent btl.
Wow. Decanted...notes from 2 hrs in a wide-bottom decanter. On the nose: mulberry leaf, plum, soft vanilla, building with air, soft herbal notes, wild strawberry...just keeps developing. On the palate: fantastic acidity. a soft ferric note, then pomegranate, and a fantastic density without weight that morphs into a very intense, but finely grained and, nevertheless soft. tannic finish...the velvet glove. This is excellent now, but will undoubtedly improve with time in btl. I want to give comparisons, but I look back on wines like the 12 Scott Paul Audrey. I would like to give a burgundy comparison, but that seems silly for a wine like this: **Fantastic** OR PN.
Dec 11th, 2020
McMinnville, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
