Community Tasting Note

• Brmaso Likes this wine: 93 points

  August 27, 2013 - Secondary aromatics spew from the glass of truffle, eucolyptis, mentholly mint, leather, tobacco, wet creekbed, ink, pencil lead, baked blueberry, baked cherry, honey-dipped-cassis and a tad of kirsch liquor culminating in a glorious display of new world/high-alcohol/in your face awesomeness. Not for the faint of heart, the 03 Troplong is made in a blockbuster, low acid style with amped alcohol..but it still somehow retains its freshness. The tannin is still not 100% fully integrated and dusty, and there is still a bit of oak behind the cedar on the nose and palate. But this is still a silky wine. The finish is long, glycerin tinged and very coating. Still, I would like to see a little more fresh 'pizaz' and less muddled flavors (they were a pain to differentiate until well into my buzz). Very well made, this hot vintaged wine from one of the superstars from Saint-Emilions best terroirs should hold up well for at least 10 more years. I hope to have some to check in on in 2023 to see if it has the stuffing to last 10 more. On a different note, I will never understand why well made, big 03 BDX will be so controversial. If you are a purist who says Bordeaux has to be super classical and Bordeauxy..well..fine..but I'm not an aristocrat who drinks with my pinky pointed to the sky when I slurp (I make sure to point it downwards for that)- just tell me this, if this was from California, would it not kick ass?? Best from 2016-2022 if I had to guess, but I'm hesitant creating a drinking window for 03, especially on the right bank..

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2 Comments

• breadandwine commented:

  9/9/13, 3:44 AM - Best review ever. Drank the same wine yesterday and can't but agree with everything you said here above. Secondary aroma's, wood, leather, blackcurrants, truffle and tobacco. Very velvety on the palate with medium acidity. Tannins are still not completely integrated. Don't understand why everyone keeps bashing 03's.

• Brmaso commented:

  9/9/13, 9:36 AM - Thank you so much for the kind comment!
  
  I am glad (and jealous haha) that you were able to taste it. Its some really good juice for the money, and IMO that and Pichon Lalande are the best wines for the money in the vintage. The top few 03's (La Miss, Latour, etc) will probably achieve the highest degrees of legendary status 40 years + down the road (kind of like the 1900's, 28's, and 47's stylistically).
  
  Cheers bud!

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