2003 Château d'Armailhac
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Friday, December 25, 2020 - "Deo Gracias" Interlude 10 in Britten's Ceremony of Carols. Amen
Cork looks like it was inserted yesterday. The nose is warm, sweet, smoky, ever so seasonal. The color - I consulted color charts - dried blood saturated burgundy (the color not the wine) with strange sightings in the glass, slight rim browning which magically goes away. The taste, comforting, warm, almost "sweet" palate coating with fuzzy slipper kisses bestowed by old Bordeaux and Burgundy. If I drank this every day, that would mean I was sharing St. Peter's Cellar.
A few comments to share.
Few readers will have the opportunity to taste and enjoy well aged Bordeaux and Burgundy.
Why? vintage quality, storage conditions, cost, patience, palate education.
Not every taster will enjoy old wine; the sweet vibrant fruit of youth mellowed, grapes or raisins?
Perhaps, old wine is best reserved for old people. We can think about how a bottle has been treated by age and look in the mirror.
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