Community Tasting Note

eboracum wrote:

Saturday, September 13, 2014 - This estate, like Mas Jullien and Aupilhac, is a Languedocien classic, but, unlike the other two, has gone through ownership changes which affect consistency. Varietal composition is Mourvèdre, Syrah and Grenache. I had a great experience with an '89 and a bottle of this '95, made by the second owner, was still very good 3 years ago, if not on the level of the '89. I wrote in my TN that it showed no signs of incipient decline but, on the evidence of this bottle, I was wrong. Colour was still very deep but the nose, after a promising moment when I thought I detected CndP-like complexity, stayed subdued and veered towards the metallic. Compared with my memory and TN of the bottle 3 years ago, this one seemed to have lost weight, flesh and length although there remained enough dark fruit, Mediterranean herbs, forest floor and tar for overcoming the metallic streak and for the experience to be enjoyable. Still quite good and an interesting insight into Mediterranean complexity, albeit somewhat senile.

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