Community Tasting Note

mflesh wrote:

Sunday, April 21, 2024 - The star of the show was a 1988 DRC St. Vivant. Oh man what a wine. This one had rather good provenance per discussion. Poured a nice ruby red to the glass. Initially I think this one was showing a lot of dusty funky "grandma's closet" kind of notes, but 4-5 hours later this one was definitely not there anymore! The whole cluster on this wine is quite apparent from the nose to the palate, and is a note that I have come to really love about pinot noir. Out of the glass, bright red fruit perfume, stemmy, intoxicating. The palate was red licorice, raspberry cola, even a hint of watermelon. As it sat on the palate, black tea, tobacco leaf started to emerge. Was served with a seared grouper and was the perfect pairing. The wine finished with rather nice rounded edges for a wine that is 35 years old. Still with moderately chewy oak tannin, you can definitely tell that the tannin are starting to fall out a bit here. I think this one, if properly stored, has another 15 to 20 years at optimal drinking before the secondary and tertiary notes start to take hold. My first DRC experience with awesome wino friends to celebrate a 70th birthday. What a nice celebratory bottle indeed!

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