2006 Château Olivier
Community Tasting Note
amateurwino wrote:
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 2006 Bordeaux Tastings; 10/24/2009-11/1/2009: Estery banana bread and earth on nose; palate has rock and full decent fruit on palate. Good QPR. 85-87.
Update: had from bottle a few days later. At first, this is disappointing, with slightly plastic-tasting primary merlot fruit with a slightly green edge dominating; given an hour, however this rounds out nicely into a very decent entry level Graves - with the smoke/mineral elements coming out as the fruit melds with the other elements here. Nothing special, but decent example of the appellation, and enjoyable after given enough air. Tops out at 87-88ish level in flashes.
2nd update: the more I taste and retaste, the more an astringency comes out, the less than high quality of the fruit shows, and the oak treatment comes off as off-puttingly sweet and somewhat plastic tasting. Downgrading accordingly.
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