A tutored tasting organised in conjuction with the Monstrous 6'O Clock Club Tasting by Booze. This took place at Equinox @ The Fairmount.
2005
WADA rated 86pts
Blood red. Beautiful nose of nice round full berries plus cherries. Nicely sweet without being overpowering. Lightly perfumed with candy floss with faint hints of tangerines. With time, the freshly roasted coffee beans became more pronounced. Thick soup of salty savory cooked dark cherry stew overwhelms the palate.
2004
WADA rated 86pts
As blood red as the 2005 but more opaque. Pinot-noir-isque nose of compost and dense intense perfumed “ass”. Over time, this developed “dao you” (dark soy sauce) smells….with Latte mixed in. Dense, big and much fuller and firmer than the 05. Feels like salty, savory dark cherry stew. Quite quaffable and delish finish with chalky but gilded tannins.
2003
WADA rated 74pts
Blood red showing sign of brownish taint. Also exhibits stinky nose but much sharper with alcohol heat. Oxidised with reduction accompanying weak nuances of salty savory dark cherry stew. Quite flat from the mid palate onwards.
2001
WADA rated 81pts
Same colour characteristics as the 2003. Less stinky with gentler notes of smelly river water. Also caught whiffs of coffee, old cab smells and coke. Quite rustic and dusty earth and cherries, finishing with bitter herbs. Some heat and sharp fruits.
2000
WADA rated 83+pts
Much more opaque crimson than the others. Smelly vegetal unripe cherries….very vegetal! Also very sharp on the aromatics…almost nose piercing. Cooked cherries and raspberries that are very quaffable and carry nicely through to the mid palate. Some nice almost chocolatey finish.
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