Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Monday, January 6, 2014 - Bonneau du Martray, Ghislaine Barthod, Clos des Lambrays and other Auction Steals (Alex's place): One of the strangest and worst wines I have had in a long time. We thought it was flawed, but we could not figure out with what - most likely a particularly Dettol-smelling dose Brett - but the wine just stank, with a potent mixture of hospital disinfectant, iodine and band-aid rising out of the glass, more or less obscuring more conventional aromas of dark fruit, meat and some smoky ash. Yuck. I can think of some metaphors to describe this, but they are all rather impolite. Thankfully, the palate was more decent than the nose would lead one to expect (after we were brave / foolish / drunk enough to actually take sips out of the glass even after that almighty pong). There was actually a nice fleshy depth and good balance on the wine, with cherries and raspberry flavours tinged with a smoky, meaty tang. Very unfortunately, there was also always a suspicion of taint alongside the fruit, with that nasty antiseptic smell lingering in the nooks and crannies of the midpalate, and rising to the fore more perceptibly towards the finish. Horrid – this is something I hope I will never have to taste again. A Chambertin too – a real waste.

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