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13%, Screwcap, $40
Source: Sample
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It's an unsual wine this one, a much riper one in the context of M3 and oddly pineappley. I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt but no question I struggled a fraction.
Has a real lactic nose this wine, a contained, tight and fine French oak etched nose over a palate that you're just expecting more from. There's a pine-lime Splice character on the palate that is divisive and ripe-ish, even though the acidity is still sprightly and the length assured. Actually the length is really very good, an indicator that this could just be in a phase. By day two it just looked broader and more pineapple through the middle, missing the finer details perhaps even though the acid line and the proper length are still there.
Curious. 17.3/90+
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Andrew what are your thoughts on cellaring?
ReplyDelete3-5 years no sweat. It really need 12 months to come together now though.
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