1994 Château Montrose
Community Tasting Note
Zweder wrote:
Saturday, April 25, 2015 - This is another note of the same wine on the same day. The story is that we got both wine completely blind, not even knowing it was a Bordeaux. The first glass (which is my other tasting note) came from a 0.75 bottle and this note is from the wine that came from magnum. And no one of the six tasters recognized these two wines as being the same wine. The wine from magnum showed a beautiful and smoky bouquet with dark forest fruits and beautiful luxurious oak as well as a pleasant touch of barnyard. On the palate cassis, luxurious oak, a touch of pleasant sweetness, some good chocolate, beautifully fresh acidity and soft tannin. Also this wine from magnum is fully mature, but showed just a bit more freshness and a longer future ahead. We thanked our host for pouring those two mature bottles completely blind to experience the difference because of the bottle size. This magnum wine scored one point more.
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Comment posted by EMAZurich:
7/4/2015 5:45:00 AM - Hi there Zweder, do you know if the win was decanted? What would you recommend? Thanks for your feedback, kind regards from Zurich! Edgar
Comment posted by Zweder:
7/4/2015 4:14:00 PM - Hi Edgar, I am not sure if the 0.75 bottle was decanted, but the magnum definitely was for about half, because the person who played this trick ;-) on us did not want us to know there was a magnum involved in this pair of wines. In my opinion a normal 0.75 doesn’t really need decanting if you drink the bottle with a few persons, because then you can see how the wine develops over the evening. If you want to share the wine with a group then a half hour decant will do for a normal bottle. For a magnum a decant of 1 or 2 hours will be fine. In general I am not such a great fan of decanting older wines, especially not when you have the opportunity to taste several glasses over an evening. With decanting you can lose some volatile flavors which add to the complexity and experience of tasting the wine. And when those flavors disappear, they don’t come back. It is a small dilemma every time what is the wise thing to do. Taste just a little bit usually helps me to decide. Hope this is of any help. Cheers, Zweder.
Comment posted by EMAZurich:
7/4/2015 7:44:00 PM - Many thanks for your feedback, very helpful! Edgar