Traditional, Unfiltered. Decanted twice as I royally screwed up the first time allowing sufficient quantities of sediment to make its way into the decanter. Once filtered thru a stainless steel strainer, poured back into the hlf bottle for easier storage and to make way for the QdN LBV 2000 that will follow this one.
Much to my delight, a true cork is in this 375 mL bottle. It gave me some further practice using my “ah-so”-style opener.
Huge acidic, spirity nose, under which muted aromas of raspberries and perhaps plums hid. I am a bit congested tonight but the alcohol cannot hide itself at all on the nose.
Medium bodied entry, a bit on the shallow side as far as fresh fruit goes. Very hot. Muted raspberry flavour, some cherry flavour, although I would place it between a Bing and a black cherry as far as flavour is concerned. A bit peppery on the after taste, which lasts a good minute.
(I have to admit, I have read TNs which indicated peppery flavours, but never understood how that could be possible. Now I know!)
I will try to leave some for tomorrow, but it is difficult. There are a lot of new posts that I have not been caught up on over the pat 24+ hrs.
+2 hours
It doesn’t seem like this has changed much over the past two hours, but it has certainly disappeared as I come back and copy-paste my TN to the forum. The only change I can readily identify is that the plum taste has intensified, which is contrary to my previous experience with LBVs. Typically I find the tastes dull out the later it gets (and the lower the fill level of the bottle sinks.) I suppose I’ll leave a single glass-worth for comparisons sake and revisit it tomorrow.
***New Note (2007-05-12)***
This TN appears to be incomplete. I will try to rectify this - a bottle of this awaits its execution on Death Row as I type this. Tomorrow may be it's day!