Charles Shaw Nouveau - 2009

Color: Similar to some Pinot Noir, bright ruby red.

1st Glass
Nose:

Aggressively fruity on the initial progressing with iron and graphite minerals blending with soft clay like mud damp after an over night rain with a distant city or lightly populate area.

Taste:

• Initial: Seemingly, unabashed, unapologetic, and proud to be fruity.
• Mid: Shows no sign of letting down it's pride carrying on to be a bit much more louder about it being a fruit bomb with soft edges and light acidity.
• Finish: Still fruity fruit juice with sour apple, pear with a touch of the damp clay like mud.
  

1st Hour
Nose:

Still boldly fruity that has gone in a much darker direction with the earthy tones of the clay mud softening as ground black pepper comes to be prominent.

Taste:

• Initial: Remains consistently fruity, however, now featuring a slight hit of cream, dash of black pepper, and a hint seasoning.
• Mid: The fruitiness progresses from the initial as the cream with the cream transitioning more towards a cream made from half and half as the acidity begins to pick up.
• Finish: Fruits, and fruits, and fruits galore mixing with a sweet apple, pear and chocolate similar to popular candy bars as cream and acidity from mid palate continues to follow through ending with a grape flavor common in children's medicine.
  

1st Day
Nose:

What was once boldly fruity now comes together as a fruit and berry pie with cinnamon and spice carefully dolloped with sweet creme as the earthy minerals maintain consistency.

Taste:

• Initial: The earthy notes from the nose now carries into the initial palate and flows into the mid.
• Mid: Maintains consistency from the previous times of tasting it; though in addition to the fruit, berries, and cream, earthiness of soft soil, acid and spice enters the fray.
  
• Finish: The mild earthiness as found from the mid palate enters the back ground and begins to leave the stage as the fruits become more profound with sweet apple, pear, and cream.
  

Notes: After a day or two, the fruits starts to move towards a dried fruit and raisin like flavors as the earthy notes begin to enter center stage.

Evaluation: Worth a try, [85].

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