sibeer wrote:
> I have always had a problem discussing tannins, can you please explain just
> what you mean when you used the term, "the tannins had fully resolved".

What I mean by that term is that the tannins that I encountered two
years ago, giving the wine a rough mouthfeel with noticeable
astringency, had now softened such that I got no roughness and no
astringency. Instead, there was a certain velvety feel to the wine that
I associate with older tannins.

HTH
Mark Lipton