Consumed tonight al fresco (on a glorious Indiana summer eve) with a dinner of lamb, corn, Chinese long beans and salad (all except the lamb grown by us).
Color: garnet in the center with orange at the edge, fairly dark
Nose: Wow! Licorice, dark fruit, cedar, mint, minerals, chocolate, sweet oak,
Palate: tasted before the food, it seemed acidic and a trifle thin. After trying it with the food (and after it had been opened for 30 minutes), it presented itself as pure cassis fruit with a backbone of acid, lots of cedar, mint and a decent finish. Overall, it was not the deepest wine, but impressed both of us as resembling a good quality California Cabernet (minus the oak).
For a Cru Bourgeois perhaps past its peak, this wine showed beautifully. Paired with the lamb, it gave the impression of pure cassis fruit, Very enjoyable!
Mark Lipton