Decanted and drank over an hour at Roaming Goat in San Francisco.
I've had this wine at least five times by now and it continues to be enjoyable, even at its very young age.
Don't get me wrong, this will be much better in several years, but I'm always a proponent of enjoying wine while we can instead of waiting for the elusive "ideal" drinking window.
The decant definitely helped here and after even twenty minutes of air, it didn't feel tight.
Tannins still pretty grippy, but lots of dark blue fruit, dried herbs, some dark cherry, some pencil lead as well.
For some reason, the finish wasn't quite as long as the last time I had it, unclear why.
90+ points.
by rnjbond