2002 Château Péby Faugères

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  4/5/2009 - Tom_B wrote: 91 Points

  Ruby in color with notes of leather, cedar, black fruit and exotic spices. Medium bodied, with plenty of acidity, not flabby at all.

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  6/2/2008 - fallen wrote: 87 Points

  I'm not entirely sure what to think of this wine after the first bottle. My first reaction is dark in color but thin in taste. It was hard to positively identify fruit as the sour-ness (if that's a word) got in the way. It's not a bad wine, it just seems a little bit simple or amateur.

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  5/25/2008 - rockguit wrote: 91 Points

  Quite a different experience this time around. Dark inky violet color--nose of cranberries. Lots of fruit on the palate--cranberries, cassis with a spice component (can't pinpoint--herbs provence maybe?). Nice long finish--tannins still don't feel integrated, but definitely did not get that over-the-top over-extraction with this bottle. Solid 91.

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  5/13/2008 - rockguit wrote: 90 Points

  Remember that Seinfeld episode where, depending on from what angle Jerry looks at this one woman, she's either beautiful or unattractive? That's what this wine is. Over the course of 2 days, it would bounce between being a silky, balanced wine and an over-extracted fruit bomb. Splash-decanted for one hour after opening. Initially nothing but heat, raisins and stewed prunes on the nose--not great. Tannic and rough around the edges on the palate. After 2 hours--cassis and spice on the nose--much nicer. Lots of fruit--everything is integrated--though just this side of being over the top. After 4 hours, the fruit goes away--nothing but heat on the finish. Again, not great. Vacu-vinned. Next day: the best showing--pure silk with a lovely balance of black fruit, spice and oak. Two hours later--getting thinner, harsher and losing flavor. And so on, and so on. Weird!
  
  So how do you score something like this? I'll go 88-92--from its worst to its best. Average it out to 90. (However--if you time it right, it's quite a delightful wine.)

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