2012 Clos Triguedina Cahors Probus
Community Tasting Note
Ran-Dom-Perignon wrote:
Monday, August 9, 2021 - At first the nose is mostly a spectrum of oak notes of different levels of toast of the barrels. There is some blackcurrants, dark cherries and bilberries in the background. Quite meh... On the palate the wine is much more interesting as it's not jammy although some sweetness is in the fruit, the tannins are very grippy and there's a decent amount of acids too. Flavours follow the nose quite well except for the bilberry tone is stronger on the palate. The nose made me anticipate more of a heavier body but it ends up being leaner than expected. Still not a light wine in any way. I'll give this wine an extra + for not being too high in alcohol.
After one hour in the decanter the wine begins to balance out, nose isn't so much dominated by the evident oak. Palate gets a bit sweeter and adds a nice nectarine peel to the aftertaste.
After three hours the palate integrates even more and some salty liquorice gets added to the palate.
If this would've been a blind tasting, I probably would've guessed everything from modern bdx to super tuscan to stellenbosch cab. This has more of a rustic structure than some of the aforementioned. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad wine quality wise, it's just lacking persona and character.
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