Community Tasting Note

grafstrb wrote:

Sunday, December 30, 2007 - A Night of Chateauneuf in Edina, MN (Edina Country Club): I brought this wine to a CdP offline on 12/30/2007, in Edina, MN. (All wines were tasted blind, in a random order. References such as "Blind 3" or "Blind 4" have been replaced with the wines' actual names)

This bottle received 2.25 hours of in-bottle air time before the event began. This was the first of three consecutive offerrings that created noticeable excitement amongst the group. The fruitiness of this wine was a nice juxtaposition against the funky earthiness of the 2003 Charbonierre. A nice example of how much variance exists among CdP's.

NOSE: deep red fruits; hint of anise; this is a pleasure to smell - not your "classic" CdP nose.

BODY: medium-full bodied; pinkish-garnet in color - impressive depth to the color.

TASTE: Some surprising funkiness on the palate - where did this come from? There was no funkiness on the NOSE - I like this, a lot. Drinking great now, but this is clearly a youngster.

50, 5, 12, 17, 9 = 93 points.

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