2009 Château Branaire-Ducru
Community Tasting Note
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 - 4th growth in medoc, st julien. Such a joy! Save this wine for when you are ready to enjoy - special moment, good friends over, nice dinner or simply when you can focus on the wine, give it time and enjoy.
Popped and poured a small glass on night 1. Nice nose of plum, albeit a bit one dimensional.
Put away for a day and opened up on night 2 to find a beautiful wine and excellent articulation of 2009. Powerful, yet round, silky red fruit. The nose and flavors start with cassis, blueberry, blackberry, followed by cigar, cedar, wet forest, providing it with depth. Enjoyable savory aftertaste lingering for 35-45 seconds. Simply enjoyed on night 2 with some French olives. Would go very well with steak. This wine has enough structure to hold for another 5 years.
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Comment posted by Mark1npt:
9/18/2022 5:32:00 AM - Wow.....nice notes here! Was wondering how it would do with a 5-6 hour full decant vs keeping for night 2? Any thoughts?
Comment posted by Explorateur:
9/18/2022 10:33:00 PM - @Mark1npt - I certainly expect 5-6 hours to be sufficient for the wine to open up and get the same effect I experienced. Let me know. Looking forward to reading your tasting note!
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
9/19/2022 5:21:00 AM - Awesome! May have to try one soon. Thanks for the follow-up, cheers!