Community Tasting Note

sirpat00 wrote:

Thursday, May 11, 2023 - Bordeaux 2022 barrel tasting event (Papiersaal Sihlcity, Zürich): Main takeaways: 1/ Despite a considerable amount of hype, this came across as bi-polar vintage with for every insanely good wine at least one dead-on-arrival counterpart. 2/ High alcohol levels, over-extraction and cooked fruit appear to be common pitfalls. 3/ Top wines were 1. Figeac (98), 2. Brane Cantenac (97), 3. Les Carmes Haut Brion (96). Full list of 20 wines and scores in included in the tasting story.

Tasting note:
After a strong 2019 and an ok 2020, this seems to be taking the elevator down to the basement with the 2022 vintage. Ripe and concentrated fruit with notable heat and a distracting nail polish feature. Not improving on the palate which felt soapy, lacked mid-palate, showed green, unripe tannin and ended in an abrupt finish.

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