Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - CT Bordeaux Trip, Day 3 (Right Bank & Chateau Coutet for Dinner): Some Chateau make second wines, some do prestige cuvees with big name consultants. This was one of the later, 100% merlot, and very much a Michel Rolland wine. Lovely deep nose, full of opulent chocolate, dark plum and liquered black cherry, some sweet spices, and earthy, mossy, truffle scents. Heady stuff. The palate was just starting to soften up into a plush velvety feel, with layers of pure plums and prunes, very opulent, voluptuous on the attack, but with a nice acidity and a sense of mineral and a touch of leather and meat as it moved into a surprisingly fresh and balanced finish where there was just a bit of earth, cocoa bean and spice. A good wine for sure, but not quite my cup of tea. Very nice, with a bit of elegance to it, but just a bit soul-less. Still very, very young though, and there is lots of room for development still - time will tell. It may not be the longest term wine, but it should easily age and improve over the next decade and a half or so.

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