2011 Les Portes de Bordeaux Montagne-St. Émilion
Community Tasting Note
Mike Kopanski wrote:
86 Points
Monday, November 4, 2013 - We opened this yesterday, took a small taste and decided to decant and drink the next day. Upon opening, flavor was hard to find. It tasted very rough and unforgiving. So here we are 24 hours later, and it is showing some promise, but still considerably rough. The best characteristic is the finish. When you get past the rusticity, the finish has a lead pencil meets orange peel flavor this works. Not really a fruity wine. The fruit we do get is a fine tuned, almost maraschino, style of cherry. The color has that Merlot magenta. There is some considerable French oak, which may not yet, like the fruit be ready. This is one for the vinturi, decanter and the cellar.
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Comment posted by Ombibulous:
1/31/2015 7:45:00 AM - Mike what do you estimate might be the end year of the drinking window? Not going to wait long, and I know it won't improve with age, but I just like to put the window on the tag when I first cellar a wine, for quick reference in the future in terms of comparing which wine to drink first and which later. Any estimate you can give would be helpful. Thanks! Cheers! Tim.
Comment posted by Mike Kopanski:
1/31/2015 12:45:00 PM - In response to mulligan452, Tim, trying to be intelligent and logical. My guess is that for a wine of this caliber, an over night decant is equal to approximately 1 and half years of bottle age. This review is 15 months old, and one night just barely opened it up, so a does a drinking window in late 2015 through 2016 seem unreasonable?