Community Tasting Note
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PBM wrote:
August 20, 2012 - Well I'd never be one, and I say that sincerely, to contradict Jeff but we definitely had a different experience with a '86 Mouton that we opened Saturday night. Before saying anything it's important to note that after quickly opening up this wine was singing. Such a beautiful expression of Bordeaux. A bit off the shoulder on the fill but not much. No decant at all. So vibrant in the glass. Like it had been bottled yesterday. Smoke and earth and dried red fruit and all things one looks for. Kept improving to the point where we set it aside for less than an hour just to make sure we could experience anything it had to offer as it progressed. It was not to be. When we went back to it the nose and taste had faded. Clearly we got the best of it and fortunately only reserved a few glasses. I realize storage and bottle variation counts for a lot with these wines but be careful. We would have been very disappointed if we had decanted for any length of time. Of course, it's possible that it could have reappeared after a spell but we weren't able to find out so we just finished her off.
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