Community Tasting Note

pavel_p wrote:

Friday, December 6, 2013 - Opened after a 98 Tardieu Cote Rotie and the difference in color was striking. While I would describe both as garnet, the Tardieu was clearly leaning towards the orange / brown spectrum whereas this was on the purple side.
Decanted half of a bottle for 30 min and drank it over the next 2h. Not sure it's me or the wines but just like the Tardieu I did not find this really satisfying either. Dark fruit, menthol/eucalyptus, and then lots of oak and spice give this wine at this point in time a sharpness I don't really care about and which I find in a lot of much cheaper Australian Cab Merlot. Fine to medium tannins and medium finish. I recall the 2000 Cullen as being much more balanced and pleasant. Will see how the rest of the bottle shows tomorrow but for the time being would say hold for another 3-4 years and hope for the best. 89+
After those couple moderately successful experiments recently, is it time again for a good Bordeaux perhaps...?
PS: No concerns in terms of the wine not having the structure to last (as speculated below). Did not feel like finishing the wine and put my last glass of it (which had been decanted for about 3h by then) into the fridge and it showed no signs of decline whatsoever 12h later for lunch

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