Drunk from 375ml. Stood upright for a couple of hours on the bartop. Extracted the straight cork in two pieces. Staining up about 1/4 of the cork, no signs of leakage, etc.
The color was a deep, inky purply, fading to ruby, and eventual bricking at the edge. Initial aroma was very full of spirit, hard to get much else. That blew off eventually, and at about 3 hours had a nice fruity aroma with hints of raspberry, and I thought I caught a bit of licorice. Definitely some good plum there, too.
In the mouth it is medium-weight, delivers on the promises of the aroma, though the spirits come on hard after the wine warms up in my mouth. This leads to a pretty long finish that is initially dominated by heat, giving way to a hint of green pepper, then sweetness and remnants of plum, and a raisiny flavor that I get in the finish of a late harvest sweetie.
I won't have much update on day 2 as this won't last another hour (wife swiped a glass!!!)
Without much to compare this to, I'll just say I enjoyed it. Didn't knock my socks off, but I would give it a B-/B.
Anyone with experience with this same wine, please share your thoughts.
Rich
edited 5/10/07 to add photo.
