1st barrel tasting

Mark and I tasted our wine today with Tim, Edwin and my wife Lena. This was the first time to taste our wine since it entered the vessel in early October 2008. Here are some of my notes:

*excellent color (nice purple hue)
*good structure and nice tannins
*wonderful oak notes in the nose
*smooth finish
*soft on the palate

New French Oak (Alain Fouquet) was a great choice! Everything is progressing very nice. Kian mentioned we might want to bottle early (wait and see) and we might want to consider blending with Merlot and Cab Franc.