2010 Château Haut-Bailly La Parde de Haut Bailly

Community Tasting Note

JohnMcIlwain wrote:

Sunday, May 29, 2022 - Day one with a couple of hours open, this is a lovely bottle—all berries, cassis, cedar wood, cigar wrapper, and plummy spice on the nose with fine, if rich, texture and plenty of dark fruits and sweet ripeness on the palate with fine-grained tannins and enough acidity to prevent this from veering from velvety to jammy/chocolatey. I’m afraid that day two open reveals the brûléed oak tannins as the fruit and dry extract drop off. Perfectly enjoyable with a bit of air, but I don’t suppose long term balance is here. Not that one should hold on to 2nd wines from Bordeaux beyond 10 or 12 years. That said, if you have a some grass fed lamb chops and a short window for decanting, this is not wholly disappointing. Damning with faint praise here, but I suppose I expect more from Haut Bailly.

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Comment posted by chatters:

5/29/2022 7:28:00 PM - Hi John,

thanks for your great note. I just had one question - how did you store the wine in the interim period between your day one and day two tastings?

cheers,
chatters
Comment posted by JohnMcIlwain:

5/29/2022 7:32:00 PM - @chatters Corked in Eurocave at 55 degrees more or less (wine fridges being what they are). Not under Coravin as I opened at work for colleagues.
Comment posted by chatters:

5/29/2022 7:38:00 PM - thanks, much appreciated.
Comment posted by JohnMcIlwain:

5/29/2022 7:44:00 PM - @chatters You are welcome. And I should emphasize that my expectations for a 12-year-old 2nd wine aren’t sky high. But the bottle was really delicious on day one. The drop-off is surprising. Cheers!