(March 28, 2015) … I think it was tasting the current vintage of this wine that made me want to open this older version that has been languishing in my cellar … The nose proved to be a little smokey, a little peppery, but definitely with some red fruit and hints of dried raspberry around the edges; it was a pleasant nose that seemed to call out, “drink me, c’mon, I won’t bite”. Palate proved to also be quite approachable: a little white pepper, a good amount of spiciness, still with fairly firm tannins and fruit that lay on the freeze dried side of things of a strawberry-raspberry blend. An hour later the wine seems to have developed a certain thickness in the mouth and dried dark fruit texture where cassis and black pepper cohabitate.
The other wine opened was a Strewn 2011 French Oak Chardonnay … the full review of which can be found here.