Community Tasting Note

KRB wrote:

Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - Perhaps one of the great restaurant wine list finds of all time, this was purchased and consumed tonight for $138.

This was bought on release and stored in a very cold Massachuseets cellar and it showed. The wine is an adolescent really. That said, out of the bottle and into the decanter it showed a remarkably bright, clear, ruby color with absolutely no bricking on the rim. Into the glass immediately after decanting it immediately showed it's youth. Almost nothing in the first 15 minutes. From there, it was like a small 4th of July fireworks show. With time, air, and much vigorous swirling, single rockets started to burst. An hour in small combinations of explosions came in waves and finally after 3 hours the grand finale in all it's glory. This was an incredibly youthful and vibrant wine with a rich smooth unctuous mouthfeel, layers and layers of fruit and a very long finish- I absolutely could not believe it was an 83. Secondary characteristics were only just begininng to develop. It showed hints of cigar box and leather and perhaps a tough of earthiness, but always the fruit remained at the front. This wine made the 82 Leoville Barton tasted last week look like an old geezer and that is saying something as the Barton clearly still needs 10 years. Really everything I could want in a wine except that it probably still needs 15-20 years to really, really sing- I venture to say it may approach perfection then. I plan to find out as the owner/Maitre D' really hit it off so to speak and I think he will sell me a couple bottles for the cellar. As a side note it went extremely well with a perfectly prepared Beef Wellington. I was in Hog Heaven. What a great way to wind down 2005.

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