Community Tasting Note

Pavie Princess wrote:

Friday, January 30, 2009 - This wine is a second growth wine from St Julien that comes from a very ordinary vintage year in bordeaux. It was made from 57% Cabernet, 30% Merlot, 7% Cab Franc, 4% Petit verdot, and 2% Malbec. The wine was opened at Bern's steakhouse for a Superbowl gathering of some fine folks and a group who was rather forgetable. The company was clearly mixed. The wine was opened in old school fashion by the sommeilier with candle lit decantation. The format was 6L and it was very impressive table side view. The wine was served to me and i immediately was taken aback by the wine's aroma. It was unpleasant brett that soon burned off with time and swirling in the glass. Color was tough to assess totally because of the poor lighting in Bern's. The wine came off with a flat taste and it was clearly thin and had a lack of acidity. The wine was passed its prime but with time it became more friendly. The smell i never found pleasant. I did not find many secondaries and I might have suffered from palate fatigue since e had tasted close to 50 wines over the last 6 days. I loved the manner in which the wine was presented but the juice was rather ordinary. I did keep this bottle for decoration.

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