Community Tasting Note

drwine2001 wrote:

Saturday, November 17, 2012 - A Really Nice Bordeaux Tasting Including 1986 Haut Brion and 1990 Climens (K&L Wines, San Francisco): Dark color. Not much in the way of aroma right now. Smooth, oaky base but overall, medium weight and not too fat. Cedary on the palate, roasted but not overripe fruit, powerful acidity, round tannins. Closes with olive flavors and some welcome austerity that is partially due to the wood but entirely appropriate for this young age. When I tasted the 1990 later in the series, it was amazing to reflect upon how much the style of vinification had changed over the intervening 20 or so years. This was very good but much more marked by the oak than by sense of place.

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