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by TomHill » Sun May 31, 2015 9:17 pm
Tried this last night w/ fresh raspberries & honey-flavored fresh ricotta:
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SusanBalbo Virtuoso Malbec LateHrvst (14.0%; RS: 12.0%; http://www.DominioDelPlata.com.AR; U/U) Mendoza/Argentina 2005: Dark color w/ some browning; intense late hrvsty/raisened/pruney/chocolaty rather porty bit hot/volatile nose; quite sweet rather porty/cough syrup/late hrvsty/raisened/pruney/chocolaty some hot/fumey/alcoholic flavor w/ light/rough tannins; med.long very sweet/porty/alcoholic/hot cough syrup/raisened/pruney/late hrvsty finish w/ light/coarse tannins; pretty dominated by the porty/late hrvsty character and not much interest. $25.00/500 ml (LB)
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No BP on thiis one.
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by David M. Bueker » Sun May 31, 2015 9:45 pm
Hopefully it was better on release!
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by TomHill » Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:26 am
David M. Bueker wrote:Hopefully it was better on release!
Yup, David...on release it had huge boysenberry fruit. It went the way of many LateHrvsts. As it lost fruit, all that was left was the pruney/raisened component.
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