2009 Château Gloria
Community Tasting Note
Ozen Does not like this wine:
88 Points
Friday, March 27, 2020 - Although way ahead in bouquet compared to the Lynch Moussas 2005 (and nowhere near to the perfect Leoville Poyferre 1990 the same evening), after having had 8 bottles so far of this wine and another 44 in the cellar I am getting a little bit concerned: This is extremely dry, lacks fruit, and has virtually no aftertaste. I am not convinced this is going anywhere. I may be spoiled but see no joy in drinking this wine. Gloria has been 'glorified' by several critics. I hate to say I am on the sideline. Lets see whether this is still too young and closed down. I hope so!
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Comment posted by SLOFred:
3/28/2020 10:25:00 AM - Wow, this has been my experience with some really well reviewed Italian reds! I look on line and in CT and they have these great reviews, high scores and high prices. I then open them up, they have no flavor, no body, lots of tannin, and it ends up in the vinegar bin. This is why I now only buy wines from producers I have had over the years and limit my purchases to new producers to 3-4 bottles. That way if it is crap, I don't feel so bad, if it is good, they I will buy future vintages. I feel for you to have 44 more bottles of wine you probably paid $50 for. Ouch.
Comment posted by SLOFred:
3/28/2020 10:25:00 AM - Wow, this has been my experience with some really well reviewed Italian reds! I look on line and in CT and they have these great reviews, high scores and high prices. I then open them up, they have no flavor, no body, lots of tannin, and it ends up in the vinegar bin. This is why I now only buy wines from producers I have had over the years and limit my purchases to new producers to 3-4 bottles. That way if it is crap, I don't feel so bad, if it is good, they I will buy future vintages. I feel for you to have 44 more bottles of wine you probably paid $50 for. Ouch.
Comment posted by Ozen:
3/28/2020 1:00:00 PM - i think it is one out of the potential list of issues below:
- We just drunk to early (I doubt in the case of this Gloria 2009)
- We should have let it breath longer (By the way for Italian wines my experience is they do benefit dramatically from breathing even for a day or more sometimes). In the case of Gloria 2009 it did help but it still has this kind of bitter unpleasant aftertaste in a largely dry wine with subdued fruit or just lacking it alltogether)
- We are just spoiled because we ave had so many incredible wines and this is simply ok
- Its just not a great wine
- we are palate-handicapped and don't know what good tastes like (yeah right)