5/5/2024 - chatters wrote:

From Coravin. Blackberry, cream, a little red berry and cherry in the background, sweet spice. Juicy, a little spicy, black berry fruits, textured tannins have a powdery quality. Pleasant.

5/5/2024 - chatters wrote:

From Coravin. Pretty and jubey blue and black berry fruits, slight savoury underpin, a little almost sweet spice despite no oak. Juicy, fleshy, a little textured burr but, for this first time, this is showing the tiniest bit of volatility to accompany the brambly fruit. I will need to drink rapidly and monitor.

5/5/2024 - chatters wrote:

From Coravin. black plums and berries, a little sweet spice, a little raspberry and red cherry, touch of liquorice here as well. Juicy, fleshy, a little bitter tannic burr on the back palate, fruit and acid are far more integrated now. Very nice.

5/5/2024 - chatters wrote:

From Coravin. Red plums, slight sweet spice, a little pretty jubey note, quite lightweight nose. Juicy, fleshy, plummy, fresh, softly textured burr on the palate. a little alcohol warmth. nice

5/5/2024 - chatters wrote:

From Coravin. Peach, mango, a little citrus, polished oak, butter, a little struck match. Tangy rather than juicy; a little soft in fact, fruit slightly muted, touch of struck match, touch of butter. Okay.

5/4/2024 - chatters wrote:

I must confess this was a little disappointing - I was expecting ripe but controlled dark fruits, sweet spice, a little vanilla and oak in support. I got sharp(ly adjusted) acidity married to baked and slightly burnt black fruits, red and black liquorice. Chewy tannins and coarse and cumbersome. Disjointed and upsetting.

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas show a little barbecue meat, bonfire, Asian five spice. With agitation fresh blackcurrant backed by a little plum, touch of farmyard. Juicy, savoury, plentiful drying tannins are relatively silky textured, fruit in the background, needs protein to play nice. Woof.

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Blackcurrant over brambles, a little plums, violet, earth, leather, sweet spice, slightly meaty notes here as well as a touch of polished oak; nice nose. Slightly savoury black fruits are juicy on the palate accompany talc textured tannins and a little sweet spice, all persists long. Simple palate. nice though.

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Brambles, blackcurrants, earth, leather, sweet spice, a little baked herbs and cranberry underpin these notes, forest floor. In the mouth it's savoury with drying and slightly green tannins that close down the palate, fruit doesn’t really get a look in. Very chewy and touch. Out of whack. Meh

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Fruit tea, brambles, blackcurrant, slight plum, earth, forest floor, a little cigar box, cream, integrated oak. Nice nose (again). Juicy, savoury, non-delineated dark fruits, tannins are mouth coating, slightly drying, touch of leather on the finish, feels a little simple and one dimensional though balanced. Hmm.

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Leather, earth, sous bois, Autumn leaves, forest floor, a little bonfire smoke, slightly dried out brambly fruit has a little red berry underpin. Nice nose. Juicy, fleshy, brambly backed by a little raspberry, cranberry, textured and tooled tannic burr persists. Tertiary leather, cedar, a little truffle, very long, belies it's vintage and price point. very good indeed.

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas of cream, plums, brambles, baking spices, a little hight toned blackcurrant, biscuit, earth, sous bois with time. In the mouth it's juicy with savoury, slightly bitter, brambly fruit and drying, coarse flour textured tannins that have a leathery underpin. Touch of herbaceous hardness here as well. All travel long. Mmm.

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas are initially quite meaty & savoury with pyrazine, pencil shavings, muted and slightly sour red and black fruits, touch of forest floor, leather grows with time joined by some sweaty saddle notes. Slightly dilute on the palate with silky textured drying tannins, meaty notes accompany the muted red and black fruits, medium plus length, slightly disjointed, feels like it is on it's descent. Drink up

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas, a little meaty, tiny touch of tomato leaf, raspberry, brambles, plum, sweet spice, slight forest floor, earth, clay with time. Juicy, fleshy, the fruit has a tiny little bitter tug at the palate, tannins are powdery and in support, finishes savoury, long, nice.

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Brambles, slight tar, a little liquorice, fresh earth, black tea, touch of mulchy undergrowth and blood with time. The more savoury elements translates to the palate; meaty, touch of yeast extract over non-delineated fleshy fruits, tannins are a background whisper, earthy, leathery notes, mushrooms on the finish. Hmm. Nice but tidy up

5/6/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Again more red then black hued fruit initially, plums, strawberry over blackcurrant & bramble, a little almost poached rhubarb note, some cream, vanilla, with time the blackcurrant grows on the nose. That rhubarb note translates to the palate joining the blackcurrant fruit, tannins are slightly chalky, coarse, with a touch of astringency, all travels long. Okay.

5/6/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas of ripe red fruit and earth, with agitation a touch of mocha, blackcurrant, sweet spice joins cedar, savoury, a little hard; again red fruit, plentiful chewy tannins close tings down a little it's a touch astringent as well. Meh.

5/6/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Slightly oxidised caramel, earth, leather, red over black fruit, plums over currants, a little forest floor/sous bois, with time in glass black fruit gains the ascendancy with some pyrazine. Juicy, fleshy, drying tannins are talc textured but in support of the softly fleshed red and black fruits, a little leather, mushroom and earthiness in support. Nice.

5/6/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Pretty blue and black fruit, plums currant, berry, sweet spice, touch of cedar, slightly jubey. Ooh, slightly more red hued on the palate, berries, plums with a blackcurrant in the background, woody though softly textured tannins, complete the picture, funky, savoury, slightly meaty with fresh herbs. Hmm

5/6/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas, a little fresh blackcurrant with a touch of jubey fruit lozenge, a little minty herbaceous note that grows with time, freshly tilled earth. The herbaceous note is more present on the palate, the fruit more fresh/wild, tannins are drying do not dominate. Mmm, simple surprisingly long. Okay.

5/6/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Ashy herbaceousness joined by tomato leaf, a little red fruit and biscuit behind this, with time a burnt toast note. Plenty of drying tannins, a little unripe blackcurrant accompanies those herbaceous notes. One for the pot!

5/6/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Dusty black over red fruit; currant, a little red plum, cedar, leather, a touch of forest floor, graphite, pyrazine, slight blood with time. Juicy, fleshy, savoury dark hued fruits, cedar/leathery tannins grip the palate, fruit persists, finishes long assisted by non-intrusive alcohol warmth with a little creamy note. Yum

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Wet forest, brambly black fruits, touch of undergrowth, baking spice, distant bonfire, with time a little sweet fruit lozenge and blackcurrant. Juicy, fleshy, generous, a lake of black hued fruit is paddled affectionately by oaken oars, gentle black tea rasp to the tannins, long. Lovely.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Baked black fruits are non-delineated, a little lifted almost volatile note, in the background, some raspberry, strawberry notes, cedar and baked earth, slight red liquorice, touch of cranberry fruit tea. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, baked black fruits, slightly woody tannins are coarse but integrated, touch of liquorice, dried herbs on the medium plus length on the finish. Hmm

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Brambles, blackcurrant, sweet spice, nutmeg, clove, forest floor, cedar, leather, wet earth, a little dried herbs, touch of pyrazine,. In the mouth slightly sour black fruits, that pyrazine note noticeable on the palate, leather, tannins are drying, slightly coarse and, like the 1994, sit apart from the wine. Okay

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Bramble, blackcurrant, forest floor, wet undergrowth, autumn berries, leather, slight bonfire, cedar, slight farmyard and a touch of rot, mushroom here as well. The palate is a reflection of the nose, surprisingly fruit sweet considering age and vintage, tannins are drying, slightly coarse and slightly apart from the fruit and flavours, not integrated though it does not detract. Nice.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Blood, graphite, fresh blackcurrant, leather, sweet spice, slightly lifted notes, confected raspberry in the background with some herbaceous elements showing almost rosemary, in the mouth the fresh black fruits are slightly sour, graphite, leather, a little mushroom in support, tannins are a woody rasp across the palate; like tongue kissing Pinocchio's cat. It's all rather oddly present.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Little bit of cellar stink, red berry and cherry, touch of bramble, wet earth, mulchy leaves, mushroom, slight cedar and cigar box, leather, savoury spice. Super juicy - medium plus intensity acidity without being sharp, those red fruits underpinned by bramble are a little closed out; an impression reinforced by the coarse flour textured tannins. Lovely, smashable.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. From half bottle. Medium minus intensity aromas of plums, sweet spice, a little blackcurrant, touch of alcohol prickle, almost a marzipan quality. In the mouth It has savoury plums and brambles, a little blackcurrant, slight bitterness, tannins are woody with a little vanilla, though quite silky textured, raw silk. Medium plus length. Okay

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Earth, blood, very slight farmyard, brambles, leather, cigar box, cedar, sweet spice, Autumn copse, nice mature nose. On the palate red and black fruits are slightly dried out but still offer some vibrancy. Touch of blood, leathery tannins are chamois soft, simple, long, charming.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Slightly leaky cork. Clove, slight menthol/camphor notes, red berries, sweet spice, sous box, a little almost orange peel, dried flowers, touch of cherry, blood. Red hued fruit but with fruit sweet core, fleshy and surprisingly generous, tannins are a silky whisper on the mid palate. All carries long aided by a touch of non-intrusive alcohol warmth. Okay.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Earth, brambles, a little blackcurrant compote, fresh herbs, raspberry, cedar, sweet baking spices; nutmeg, cinnamon, with time a red cherry note - Kirsch in fact. Juicy, fleshy but after the other wines in this bracket this is quite anonymous, a little red and black fruit with a savoury note, drying, slightly coarse tannins. Not it's best showing. Meh.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Blackcurrant, pencil shavings, polished oak, baking spice, very slight vanilla pod, blood, plums, cedar. On the palate pencil shavings, fresh black currant brambles, talc textured tannins persists long, dry out the palate but not sufficient to detract from the fruit. All travels very long. Quite traditional gentlemen's claret from a good vintage. Nice

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas of cedar, blackcurrant, savoury underpin, a little dried twigs, forest floor, brambles, slightly blood, tiny alcohol prickle. With time the fruit 'pops' a little more. And the fruit is to the fore on the palate which proves juicy and fleshy, tannins are persistent, drying but in support, all travels very long. Yum.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Pencil shavings, red and blackcurrant, cedar, earth, slight leather, touch of cream and fruit lozenge showing cherry, pretty nose. That pencil shaving note translate to the palate with the fruit. Tannins are tight, emery paper textured are drying, the flavours just about persistent past this. opens with time. Nice.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Similar to the 2005 but with more red hued fruits to the fore, fresh earth, sous bois, a little red cherry fruit lozenge note with blackcurrant lurking in the background, sweet spice and cedar complete the nose. In the mouth red and black fruits, fruit tea, cream, seamlessly integrated oak, silky tannins, fresh, juicy, medium plus intensity length but harmonious. Very good.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Initially baked black fruits, fruit tea, meaty notes, cedar, touch of almost tomato leaf, with time raspberry, a little clove and nutmeg. Fruit saturated oak on the palate, drying though not coarsely textured tannins, fruit is present but plays 2nd fiddle, touch of meatiness on the long finish. Okay.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Baked black fruits; like pie filling, sweet spice here even shows a little cinnamon, cedar, touch of garrigue; lavender, blacked earth. Ooh, it's quite austere and reticent on the palate; muted black fruits have a bit of sourness, tannins are sill bold, ripe, drying fruit doesn't persists - in fact that isn't enough fruit for the structure and I don't think time is going to help here. Hmm.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Gamey and meaty, slight oxidation lends caramel, austere blackcurrant, plums, cedar, a little backing spice, touch of blood and leather. That oxidised note translates to the palate but is a minor distraction from the fresh red and black fruits, slightly minty notes, silky tannins, all travel long...In a good spot but probably time to tidy up based on those oxidised notes.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Aromas of blood, earth, red and black fruits, a little currant, plums, fruit a little dried out, Asian five spice, soy sauce. In the mouth there are flavours of very slightly sharp blackcurrant and brambles, black tea tannins, little sous bois and Szechuan spice on the finish. Yum.

5/2/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. A little touch of farmyard for the first time, meaty over brambly black fruit, sweet spice polished oak, smidge of alcohol prickle. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, brambles, cassis, blackcurrant, plums, a little savoury undergrowth, drying, chewy, coarse flour textured tannins underpin this, bit of black liquorice and almost soy here, The farmyard funk does not translate here. Yum.

5/2/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Cassis, plums, sweet spice, polished oak; smells generous. Touch of pyrazine/mint here as well as a little biscuit toast note, soe fruit and Asian five spice. Juicy, fleshy, generous, black hued fruits show plums, cassis, talc textured tannins here are slightly woody and persists long with the fruit, balanced, lovely.

5/2/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Pretty, jubey red berry fruit with a brambly underpin, controlled oak, sweet spice a little undergrowth. Surprisingly generous on the palate; fresh red and black fruits, touch of red liquorice, touch of tart sourness with a herbaceous note, tannins are dying, slightly coarse, okay when considering the vintage.

5/2/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Blackcurrant, cassis, polished oak, sweet spice, a little alcohol prickle, very cedar, toast…compelling nose. Dense, concentrated but just about approachable after a small pour (30ish ml) was left I a glass for an hour…showing all the fruit, tannins integrated, travels ridiculously long. Superb.

5/2/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Blackcurrant, Crème de cassis, cedar, sweet spice, brambly underpin, tiny coffee note here. It's a little hard in the mouth; dense, concentrated, dark fruits are more savoury that expected based on the nose, tannins are tight and unyielding. Historic tastings of this vintage tells me that it needs more than 45 minutes in the glass to open up. Time.

5/2/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Black over red currant, plums, touch of pyrazine, sweet spice, cedar, forest floor with time a little jubey red berries, a little sweaty horse. Juicy, fleshy, similar fruit profile, tannins are talc textured, rasps against the tongue and mid palate, Non-intrusive alcohol warmth carries the finish. Nice.

5/2/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Damsons, blackcurrant, biscuit a little tobacco leaf/cigar box, mushroom, touch f soy sauce and tapenade, fruit tea; nose is very much open for business. Fleshy, fresh but generous, raw silk burr coats the palate, black hued fruits with tertiary notes lending complexity, long. Lovely.

5/2/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Like the 2015 there is a pretty jubey black fruit lozenge quality here, blackcurrant and brambles, plums over slightly meaty notes, sweet spice, cedar, touch of raspberry and strawberries here as well. Very pretty nose. Medium plus intensity acidity, a little more green on the palate, tannins are blocky, hard, a little green as well, fruit not that present. Hmm, nose does not translate to the palate. Disappointing.

5/2/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Non-delineated boiled black sweets have a slightly savoury underpin, a little cream, butter and cedar in support, touch of nutmeg & clove here as well as a little pyrazine. Juicy, dense, oak saturated with black fruits, cream, butter, tannins are coarse flour textured, super persistent and carry the fruit on the medium plus intensity finish. Yum

5/2/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Slightly green notes initially that blow off with time, lots of sweet spice, blackcurrant, plum, some raspberry, cedar, fresh mud, a little smoky note. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, fleshy, black hued fruits, sweet spice more contained on the palate, touch of alcohol warmth on the finish, coarse flour textured tannins are integrated, surprisingly simple, nice though.