1995 Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)
Community Tasting Note
La Cave d'Argent wrote:
Friday, April 30, 2010 - This wine was purchased upon release and cellared in pristine fashion. It was presented to our tasting group as part of a St. Julien single-blind theme tasting. My taste was unblinded. The wine was double-decanted, initially allowing one hour in decanter. Moderate sediment was noted. Upon arriving to the tasting, the wine was re-decanted and serially tasted over the ensuing three hours. Opaque red-garnet color. The nose showed moderately intense aromas of assorted dark fruits, exotic spices, vanilla and cola. Full-bodied on the palate, with medium acidity, somewhat coarse tannins and flavors similar to the nose. The finish is medium in length and a bit astringent. Hopefully all this needs is a bit more time in the bottle to tame the tannins, although I hope that the fruit doesn't die out before the tannins settle down. If the tannins soften and the fruit holds, it may merit a higher score. Drink 1/13-12/20.
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Comment posted by KristianT:
5/4/2010 12:53:00 PM - I had this recently, and found it to be in much better balance than you describe here. Perhaps it was decanted to much for a 15 year old wine?