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Default Dunn disappointment

On May 27, 1:34*am, lleichtman > wrote:
> Have been holding onto a bottle of Dunn Howell Mountain 1998 as drank
> the other two tannic monsters. Well the tannins resolved but the fruit
> had disappeared. What a bummer. Not sure when you are really supposed
> to drink these as the other two bottles were so huge and waited two
> more years for this one. Still have two 1999 Dunn HM and wondering
> when to drink them. Probably will go ahead.


If it's any solace, I have drank a number of Dunn HM wines over the
years and still have a bottle or two of 1985 HM and I have never seen
the fruit outlive the fierce tannic structure.
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