(February 11, 2021) … It’s a big year wine so I have high hopes: 2012 is one of those vintages that most of us in Ontario remember for giving us nice ripe fruit, and so now with almost 9 years from vintage date it’s time to give this wine a try (again).
First Opened … There’s a nice dark fruit and spice on the nose with a palate that delivers black raspberry, cassis and blackberry along with smoke and spice.
An Hour Open … Develops mocha and coffee along with black cherry and subtle burnt toast notes.
Two Hours Plus Open … Here we are at the telltale two-hour mark and there’s tobacco and raspberry; and within three hours there’s a silkiness among all those layers of flavour. Really nice job here as this wine straddles the primary and secondary characteristics and is beginning to lean into some tertiary notes – so it might be time to give this one an open (if you have any left in your cellar that is).
Rating: TREASURE