Community Tasting Note

sirpat00 wrote:

Wednesday, August 7, 2019 - Chappellet tasting (Napa Grill, Zurich): Part of a Chappellet tasting showing a total of 16 wines including a Prichard Hill mini-vertical (7 vintages from 1969 to 2016) attended by Cyril and Blakesley Chappellet. The one highlight I will never forget was clearly the 1969 Pritchard Hill that knocked me out of my socks. In more recent vintages the 2013-16 representatives come across less extracted and more complex that the 2007-12. The whites were decent but can't compete in the Permier League. Also had a bottle of the 2016 PNV which was unfortunately closed but showed great potential.

Tasting note:
Although generally considered very strong vintage, I found the 2017 less expressive with a narrower palette of flavours than the 2010 in the same flight. Ripe cassis marmelade fruit with a sting of fresh herbs and some sweet savoury. Full-bodied with a muscular structure and grippy tannins, but also more heat than the 2010 and 2012.

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