Community Tasting Note

MattTM wrote:

Monday, April 8, 2013 - La Commanderie de Bordeaux: 1988 Horizontal (Boneta Restaurant - Vancouver, BC): Less sweetness on the nose with more tar evident than the Palmer tasted along side. Lots of black pepper and asphalt aromas, along with black cherry, strawberry, graphite, cedar, and menthol. plenty of rich black cherry upfront on the palate, followed by spicy black pepper, cedar, leather, tar, and red currants. Firm acidity, with a medium length finish ending on notes of red currants and black pepper. Lots of tar and spice on both the palate and nose here, but the palate came up short after the promise of the nose. It just didn't have much oomph in the mouth, was a bit astringent and chalky and ended on a tart/bitter red currant note. Still youthful and seems like this could use more time in the cellar. Very good.

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