Community Tasting Note

• sirpat00 wrote: 90 points

  May 11, 2023 - Bordeaux 2022 barrel tasting event (Papiersaal Sihlcity, Zürich): Main takeaways: 1/ Despite a considerable amount of hype, this came across as bi-polar vintage with for every insanely good wine at least one dead-on-arrival counterpart. 2/ High alcohol levels, over-extraction and cooked fruit appear to be common pitfalls. 3/ Top wines were 1. Figeac (98), 2. Brane Cantenac (97), 3. Les Carmes Haut Brion (96). Full list of 20 wines and scores in included in the tasting story.
  
  Tasting note:
  Ripe fruit profile with leathery complexity and marginal heat. This is a decent wine, but unusually concentrated and lacking elegance for Rauzan-Ségla. After a 4-year winning streak (since 2018) it seems they misfired a bit in 2022.

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