3:15pm, removed capsule to find crusty/moldy growth. extracted mushy cork in two whole parts. poured thru unbleached paper coffee filter into a riedel funnel into a reidel decanter. noticed a slight brown coloring but still retaining a firm brick red at it's core. immediately poured about 1 ounce in glass to test. decanting took 15 minutes, didn't expect it to take so long, eventually gave up on the coffee filter drip and went with a mesh thingy you stick directly into the neck of the bottle. turns out it was just as slow. nose of stewed fruit but nothing stewed about it's first sip. raspberry kirschy with no detectable heat, this taste quite yummy. bright acid, well balanced, fruit driven. better than i anticipated. will check back in an hour.
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Posts: 5275 | Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn | Registered: Nov 20, 2002
Originally posted by TBird: 3:15pm, removed capsule to find crusty/moldy growth. extracted mushy cork in two whole parts. poured thru unbleached paper coffee filter into a riedel funnel into a reidel decanter. noticed a slight brown coloring but still retaining a firm brick red at it's core. immediately poured about 1 ounce in glass to test. decanting took 15 minutes, didn't expect it to take so long, eventually gave up on the coffee filter drip and went with a mesh thingy you stick directly into the neck of the bottle. turns out it was just as slow. nose of stewed fruit but nothing stewed about it's first sip. raspberry kirschy with no detectable heat, this taste quite yummy. bright acid, well balanced, fruit driven. better than i anticipated. will check back in an hour.
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Posts: 1324 | Location: Jersey City | Registered: Feb 22, 2006
1-3 hours later shows a nice mellowing and melding of fruit into a smokey tea profile and small amount of candied cherries. i should have had more when first opened, as i am really into fruit driven wines, but the hour change shows it still has that raspberry plus the smokiness. it doesn't exactly make it a great buy for me. $60 and 88 points?
reff came down and caught the tail end of it. i don't think he'll be a port convert anytime soon...
but, this is my first solo venture with vp (offlines, everyone else dotted the i's and crossed the t's, all i had to do was drink....) and i can tell you i certainly have the fever!
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Posts: 5275 | Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn | Registered: Nov 20, 2002
thanks, i didn't notice much of a change from after the 1st hour thru maybe the 4th hour, it held solid. then reff and mini reff stopped by and i quit the "project".
i have another one and will try again at a later date. and i'll keep an eye out for the 77(if you see one and don't buy it, call me!).
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Originally posted by g-man: nice, I've found the 77-85 crofts do best after 4-6 hours decanted.
----------------------------- "religion ='s thought disorder" - sigmund freud
Posts: 5275 | Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn | Registered: Nov 20, 2002
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