Jasper Hill 1999 Georgia Jan 05

The nose is ripe with a touch of VA, prominent vanilla and mushroom together with coffee/mocha and brooding black fruit. A rock solid, full-bodied wine with abundant powdery tannins that still need years to integrate, the powerful fruit is pure and deeply seated and should be up to the task in the long term. Coffee, chocolate, mushroom, blackberry, aniseed, with a most unusual, almost burnt taste and a touch of mint leaves the palate chewy and dry. Rated as Excellent (just,) I'll leave the rest for a few years.