Community Tasting Note
-
davidandrose wrote: 97 points
May 8, 2011 - Brought in to The French Laundry as our red wine for the evening. Decanted for an hour before first taste. Exquisite wine drinking extraordinarily well. Don't have a ton of experience with well-aged bordeaux as we don't have many bdx in our cellar, but this was a real treat. Purchased from a respectable store 10+ years ago when they got a shipment of older vintages directly from the winery - fill to mid-lower neck, cork was perfect. Can't mistake the bordeaux nose, with a delicate balance of fruit and structure. Saddle leather, old tobacco, cassis, cherry were most evident flavors in a profile that was rich and gained weight as the evening wore on. As we were wrapping up our dinner 5 hours after we sat down and 90 mins after our first taste the wine was solidly in its stride. Offered a glass to the Sommelier and the kitchen staff and they were soundly impressed with this bottle. While $75 corkage is stout, have to appreciate that they brought our Reidel Sommelier stems for this.
12,290 views