2009 Château Tire Pé DieM
Community Tasting Note
joncohen wrote:
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - This stuff was unbelievably tight on first pour -- so much so that I put it aside to oxidize for a couple of hours, and am only now coming back to taste it. Note to self: decant later bottles.
Medium ruby color going to pale pink at the edge; medium weight in the glass with thin legs. On the nose I get cranberry and red fruit up front, with some barnyard and a high menthol note. It has opened up significantly since opening, but is still a bit wound up. Initial red fruit flavors give way to a secondary hit of acid at the front of the tongue, followed by tar/pepper. Nice interplay between the (attractively modest) fruit and acid, with real freshness and minerality. Medium tannins are more prominent than would be ideal, while the mouthfeel is bigger than expected from a visual impression: I chalk both of these features up to the absence of filtration/fining. Retro-nasally I get floral/violet and some barnyard funk.
This is an unconventional wine -- certainly not the typical Bordeaux blend, definitely not fancy, and absolutely not international-style. On the contrary, it is a refreshingly honest wine of distinctive character that sustains interest. In all, that's a pretty compelling package -- particularly for $10.
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