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Found a little satellite in the cellar… Yeah, it should have been dranken sooner, but so many wines–so little time. Heavy garnet brick in the glass, considerable bottle-funk blowing off easily to sharp spirit of equally sharp fruit, muddled down a bit into something I suppose could be called “tertiary”. Sharp again in the mouth, a spritely haze over-shadowing what remaining fruit exists. Big…

Bright brilliant pinkish ruby with wide clear edges. Rather strong creme brulee lavender, black cherry and greenbrier including significant alcohol burn coming out of the nose. With a little air, a considerably more muddy and dank nuance arises which is welcome as the wine takes on a much more sweaty saline mineral character–with some rich vanilla mingled in.

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