Community Tasting Note

honest bob wrote:

Sunday, July 23, 2023 - From 37,5cl P+P, did not change much in glass. Now darker (of course) than it was 3 years ago. But the caramelisation has definitely helped this previously unattractive wine. There's still the strange "concrete dust" scent, but now I find enough ripe almond-apricot fruit to make me believe it is indeed a 1er cru classé. The mid-palate is distinctive: apricot, botrytis, peach, almond—it tastes at once concentrated and oddly attenuated; the finish is better, very persistent and moreish—even some bright acidity pokes through. I don't have much experience of rival Barsac/Sauternes from 2004—it was a pretty dodgy year elsewhere, so just possibly this is a fine achievement in a difficult vintage. Or, more likely, a middling achievement from an underperforming "1er cru classé de Sauternes"? Certainly not a "Grand Vin." 88-89P

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