Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - Dinner at Gourmet Plus with two Bordeaux Blends (Gourmet Plus, Frankel Avenue): Pretty pleasant. Alcohol was the first thing to hit me on the nose. It was always more or less present in the wine, but toned down a little with some swirling to show floral notes, some plums and prunes, smoke, gravelly earth and some minty eucalyptus. Made me think new world Cab at first. The palate added to that impression as well. Sweet, ripe, thick, plush. Not OTT though. In fact, it showed nice clean cassis tones, some mineral, some earth, more smoke and some amount of acidity. A nice elegance in spite of its size I thought. Finish was shortish and brambly, but certainly not unpleasant. Guessed it as a Graves when told it was not a new world. A very decent second wine.

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