Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - Goedhuis Tasting 2011 (Fort Canning Hotel): Third time round and very similar impressions from the last two bottles. An accomplished wine, as one would expect from a Baron, but certainly not one of the better vintages. The nose was still quite tight but clearly starting to open up just a bit. It showed dark cassis notes, tobacco, earth and spice. It took a bit of swirling and air to coax it out of its shell, but I liked it. The palate was another story though, while well-balanced and classily structured with fine tannins and fresh acidity, it was still a bit lean on the fruit side. It was almost as if the flesh was lacking and the wine showed its ribs of spice, tobacco and, above all, bittersweet mineral sticking out through layers of cassis fruit. This was a well-made wine for sure, nicely poised and very polished all the way into its decent finish, but it needs plenty of time yet - this bottle actually seemed rather leaner than the last one I had some one a half years ago which had a bit more time in the bottle to breathe before tasting. Overall, a good enough Baron, but I do not think it will ever be a great one.

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