Community Tasting Note

BradKNYC wrote:

Thursday, August 10, 2006 - Old Huet, B. Mascarello & Chave at Dougherty's. (Dougherty's): A great example of disconnect between the nose and palate. The wine smelled terrific. Effusive and perfumed, full of roses, red cherry, beef blood and sassafras/root spices. Yet the palate shows none of the complexity and elegance the nose did, let alone any fruit. The wine was really coarse, dominated by tertiary elements with a massive acidic streak that longed for something of substance to stand up to it. The spiced duck breast did a great job of doing that, but without it, the wine just isn’t that pleasurable. I keep hearing folks say the wine often shows really well, but this is the third dud bottle I’ve tried. Low B- without food, B+ with.

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