Community Tasting Note
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Rich.Herbs Likes this wine:
April 26, 2013 - Similar to my January taste - Currants nose with some pleasant but subdued fruit, balanced, and a medium finish. Still feels incomplete - either dormant or in decline.
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CDH commented:
5/1/13, 5:05 PM - Thank you for the review. Can you or any CT members out there advise how to distinguish dormant vs in decline? I would think a Cos should last longer than this...
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Rich.Herbs commented:
5/11/13, 6:19 AM - CDH: Not all Bordeaux vintages are age the same, and I think the 1998 vintage is shorter lived. Perhaps there are other definitions, but to me, a dormant wine has a sound structure but can't be teased out of the glass (all the components are there, but muted) , whereas a wine in decline has lost its balance (one component dominates the others - for example the fruit is faint and the acid takes over). Preparation and decanting can help bring out a dormant wine, but the best is to wait and let the cellar do its work. In the case of the '98 Cos, I was hurried through my recent tasting, and I hope my 9 remaining bottles will do better.
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CDH commented:
5/11/13, 1:45 PM - Thanks - very helpful