Tamnavulin Red Wine Cask Edition 40% NV

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BOW (84)

Serge Valentin (75)

What is German Pinot Noir? Why don't they call it Spätburgunder since they have a name for their very excellent PNs? Granted, it's the same varietal, let's not be overly picky (we're never overly picky, are we). But would you call bubbly from Sonoma 'Californian Champagne'? Hold on… Colour: apricot. Nose: once again, no straight cassis or cherry bomb here, it's been rather well mastered, it does not nose like an old bachelor's jam or liqueur. Having said, you could have believed you were having a cherry clafoutis under your nose, plus a cup of thyme and menthol tea. That's good for our bronchial tubes (not the clafoutis). Mouth: nah, not quite, dissonances appear now, tomato leaves, cassis leaves and buds, capsicum, plus candied cherries indeed, drops of Heering… It is really pretty premixy. Pass. Finish: sweet. Bonbons and bubblegum. Comments: absolutely not a disaster but I do not fancy these very hybrid palates.