1981 Château La Cabanne

Community Tasting Notes (3) Median Score: 84 points

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  7/22/2012 - DrT999 wrote: 83 Points

  Light and thin, acidic, but not unbearably so. Nice cherry, but just one note, witha modest length

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  3/15/2009 - DrT999 wrote: 84 Points

  Took an ah-so and my widest-worm corkscrew to get the mushy cork out. On opening, a v. barnyard nose; modest color, no bricking. Moderately tannic and v. acidic, unpleasantly so, some sour cherry of moderate length.
  
  Bottle opened half an hour, no change; now decanted -- maybe a full teaspoon of sediment
  
  + 30 minutes in the decanter. Still barnyard nose. Tannins retreated from the attack although still present throught the rest of the wine. Acidity still unpleasantly high, although a bit less. Sour cherries with some darker shadings.
  
  +60 minutes decanted. Perhaps a little lengthening, but still stinky and sour.
  
  +90 minutes. Stink has finally mostly disappeared, leaving mostly mushroom and black cherry. The acidity is down and the tannins sweetened a bit. All sorts of cherry -- red, black, and of course especially sour.
  
  +120 through 270 Slowly smoothing out a bit more but never above 'good'.

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  6/13/2008 - quagland wrote: 87 Points

  Slight bricking. Mocha nose with almost a cheese and melon flavor. Drink now.

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