Community Tasting Note

BradKNYC wrote:

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - Terrific wines with outrageously good cassoulet as the supper club reconvenes. (Christine & Marty's.): A terrific bottle and with a more masculine and serious profile than the '89 as it shows blacker fruit, a less perfumed nose and more muscle to the tannins. There's a strong blood character on the nose and palate, slightly more pepper to the spice blend and more garrigue showing. While the black fruit is ripe and has good depth, it's a bit more subdued than the flamboyant red fruit of the '89. It bears mentioning that both this bottle and the '89 were amongst the cleanest I've ever experienced. No one at the table detected any brett, which is a frequent companion to both wines. A.

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