Opened this and the first sip was a bit tighter than I expected. Was getting a lot of dark fruit on the nose. I was thinking ‘Damn, should I have aged it a little longer?’. Tannins definitely still had some bite. Gave it about an hour in the decanter and wow, totally different wine.

Once it opened up, the nose was all blackcurrant, cedar, some cigar box, and that classic pencil shaving note. On the palate it went from firm to smooth, with the fruit still very much alive. Dark berries, a little leather, and a long, clean finish that just kept getting better as it sat.

After the decanting, it was straight up singing and a different wine!