Community Tasting Note

smackinnonmd@gmail.com wrote:

Friday, February 19, 2016 - The one bottle I had was gifted to me maybe 10 years ago by a friend. It remained in my cellar at 57 degrees Fahrenheit since and I opened it tonight to complement a steak. I had already consumed two glasses of an inexpensive but robust syrah, so my palate had already seen something bold. On opening this bottle I decanted it. Color: deep purple, garnet, no hints of amber at the edges. Nose was profound with hints of tobacco, anise, roasted root vegetables and a hit of new leather. I waited about five minutes before pouring, the decanter spent time near the hot stove so as to warm up a bit. In the glass, still very full bodied, almost viscous. On the palate I only detected pleasure. This is still a full bodied, round, voluptuous example of claret at it's finest. I drank this wine over the course of two hours and each sip only improved. often times, when I taste a wine that I feel is still evolving, I'll leave some in a glass overnight to taste the next day just to see how it held up and I had every intention on doing this tonight, but I ended up finishing the bottle (with friends). I love to drink old bordeaux, big boys from the old vintages like 82', 86', 89 and 90'; this bottle stood up solidly to many first growths that I drink from those old traditional vintages. As Oscar Wilde once said, there may be no great wines but there are great bottles. i wonder if I went out to find this wine, would I enjoy it as much as I did tonight?

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