Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Friday, October 30, 2015 - 1982, '89 and '90 Left-Bank Bordeaux Dinner (Imperial Treasure Shanghai, Ngee Ann City, Singapore): This was a nice start to the night. Not a perfect white Burg, but very good indeed. It had such a lovely nose, with gentle drifts of butter and cream, sweet red apples, some dried flowers, and some earthy, spicy, minerally accents around the sides of the bouquet. Beautiful. The palate was rich and round, with a surprising amount of depth for a 2007, showing a thick, almost oily fleshiness behind its well-integrated flavours of red apples and cream layered over a mouthwatering white fruit base on the midpalate. All this was punctuated with by a citrusy streak of 2007’s bright acidity, which help to keep the wine relatively tight and focused all the way into a nice finish seasoned with a little mineral and spice. My only issue is that the wine seemed a bit heavyset at points, with a touch of alcohol floating out at its edges - quite unusual given Fontaine-Gagnard’s usually spare, elegant style. Overall though, very good indeed, and it has the chops to last for many years barring any premature oxidation.

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