Community Tasting Note

sirpat00 wrote:

Monday, March 20, 2023 - Grand Bordeaux 2003 horizontal tasting (Fribourg): Bordeaux 2003 vintage horizontal hosted by a private collector and moderated by Jean-Marc Quarin. Main observations: 1/ Average quality is acceptable, but weighted down by various low-lights, esp. on the right bank. 2/ In general a tannic vintage, lacking balance. 3/ Top 3 wines were Lafite, Mouton and Margaux (all 95). See the tasting story for a complete overview and additional vintage comments.

Tasting note:
The first impression already had a green, unripe sting to it. Iron-like minerality, some interesting elements of spice, but not much going on in terms of aging notes. The cherry-like fruit was on the one hand unripe and on the other masked. Heavy tannin load on the palate, fruit again borderline unripe. Not much fun.

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