I had a bit of night out on Friday night (more than a bit actually) and needed something comfortable and familiar to slip into on Saturday night. I lit a fire, got some good solid cheese and decanted this around 5pm. By 8 it was ready to go. I've been thinking about what is the best way to taste wine. A sip and spit or a long, slow glass. It depends on the wine to some extent, but I think the longer you have with the wine, the better you'll know it and the more you'll get out of it. Of course if you're tasting 6000 wines a year, there is no time for mucking around. Luckily I don't have that problem.
Opens up with a classy nose of violets and roses, sarsaparilla, cherry/mulberry, mocha and ash. Well balanced with good interplay between acid and tannins. Dark cherry, pepper and spice, ink, cola, a touch of woody herbs and liquorice on the palate with flecks of quality oak here and there. Fine, chalky tannins. Its a bit more brooding and deep than the 2004, an excellent cellaring proposition. Drink from 2010. 93 Pts.
Source: The Spanish Acquisition Cost: $55 Closure: Conventional Cork
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