Community Tasting Note

clayfu wrote:

Thursday, August 17, 2023 - I don’t love DRC ech. With age. When young. When in the middle. It just doesn’t really hit the buttons for me. Especially at the price now.

I remember when it was $1000 a btl on secondary and I was shocked ppl were paying that much. Now I’m triply shocked.

When young the oak is overbearing. With 30+ years of age the fruit doesn’t outlast the structure (in general not as an absolute of course). In the mid term it doesn’t have the breadth of complexity of its siblings.

BUTTTTT. This 2012 was very nice. Drc oak stemmy spice and sweet cherry were very fragrant and powerful. One of those particularly alluring perfumes that are so intense it overshadows the palate. It’s not that the taste was bad - it wasn’t it. It was a touch closed. But still quit quaffable. Just the nose was so nice you didn’t even need to drink the wine to enjoy it.

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