1982 Château La Dominique
Community Tasting Note
jordanj wrote:
Saturday, January 30, 2021 - Initial sniff - bruised red apple and not much else. Initial taste. Surprising. Fresh, smooth, Smokey with polished tannins and a clean streak of acidity. Palate gives me hope this will open up nicely.
As the wine benefited from a decant and air the roles reversed. Odd. The nose developed a beautiful complex detailed bouquet of dried cigar tobacco, smoke, loads of herbs both fresh and dried, antique dresser drawer, a pot roast (think dried beef with a slight vegetal character), soy and old leather baseball glove. Intense and containing plenty of that hmm what is that? However, the palate became thinner, had some strange aged cheese taste. Still led to a long spicy finish. Keep in mind, there is little to no fruit to grab hold of. Past it’s prime but still a delight to drink, perhaps more so sniff anyway. A very easy cerebral 92-93 points.
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