Community Tasting Note

theusualsuspect wrote:

Saturday, March 2, 2019 - For now. This wine carries the Georges Mugneret label. Not sure it makes a difference. The wine has been stored at 47 degrees give or take a few degrees higher in a hot Summer since acquisition upon release - basically in a refrigerator. Upon opening, the stinky 1990 tannins are up front. After five hours, those tannins are still present, but what has emerged underneath is a really seriously extracted red fruit burgundy. As we know, storage is everything in aged wine. Not well stored, this wine is over the hill. Storage is very much made clear in this wine. When it comes good in maybe 8 years give or take, it will be in the mid 90's.
Left the half full bottle on the sideboard overnight and retried with dinner tonight. Still in fine shape. Not a hint of ageing. Tannin still dominates, but the tasty red fruit pinot is much more in the picture. Patience will be rewarded.

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