Community Tasting Note

Cailles wrote:

Sunday, July 17, 2022 - 16 Mature Bordeaux Magnums 1945/47/55/59 (+Unico): Three 1947s, all from magnum. Clear winner was the Cos d‘Estournel (95+ pts). Full of life, complex, seductive and sensual. The most complete wine. The bouquet was easily on a 97 pts level, the palate showed a touch less layered, but still, this was superb. Beychevelle (92 pts) and Pichon Lalande (91 pts) were a few steps behind. The Beychevelle had more substance but was missing a bit of elegance. The PLL, of course, had all that elegance but not enough aromatic pressure and complexity. Still, all three 1947s were successes.

TN: The wine jumped out of the glass with intense dark ripe fruit, some brett notes, black truffles, wet earth and crushed rocks. Quite enchanting. With time the nose lost a bit of its initial strength but was still on a good level. On the palate this shows much lighter with fine red berries, some brighter dark berries, some brett notes, some tertiary aromas. With time more coffee and malty notes. The tannins show still one or the other edge but are of good wuality, the acidity, however, is quite high and not perfectly integrated (I was surprised how much acidity all 3 1947s showed, given the hot year), and hence the balance was not perfect. Nevertheless, this was a quite great.

Decanting: Double decanted 2+ hours before the tasting.

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