Community Tasting Note
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Jojala Does not like this wine: 87 points
October 4, 2013 - Underwhelming. Tight, mouth coating tannins and some heat. Not a faulty bottle though, I think. Perhaps day 2 will give more.
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6 Comments
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Ibetian commented:
10/4/13, 1:19 PM - Leo B usually takes a long time to develop. Not surprising that the 2008 is not showing much yet.
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Jojala commented:
10/5/13, 2:41 AM - ...I hope age does miracles. I tend to believe more in thinking that a good wine is always good, no matter it is opened. But perhaps this is oversimplification.
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Ibetian commented:
10/5/13, 6:17 AM - It is certainly true that some wines show well from release and never shut down, for example the 2003 Leo B, but most Bordeaux especially Leo B usually drink fairly well on release and then shut down for some years; in especially structured vintages like 2000 or 2005 it might take 15 - 20+ years for the best wines to emerge from their shells. Your note might indeed be right on; this might just be a weak vintage for LB. but my guess is that it will be better in 5 years. No way of saying for sure.
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depechemoroder commented:
10/12/13, 2:14 AM - Yes this definitely needs time. 2008 was a reasonably good vintage. Not a great one, but LB did rather well. I agree that a lot of left bank claret is interesting very young (although not my style to drink at all) and then goes through a 'teenage' phase where it is wild and unruly. 2008 was not a forward vintage like 2003 or even 2009, I suspect this won't be ready until at least 2018 and won't truly come into its own until 2020. I had a sample of this on release and it really did have that perfect combo of fruit, acidity, and tannin (if you ever have claret on release I highly recommend booking in with the dentist the following day!). I reckon you could keep this 30-40 years if you wanted.
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Bigblue commented:
12/21/13, 9:34 PM - How long did it breath for?
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Jojala commented:
12/28/13, 11:21 AM - Sorry cannot recall. It might be that it was pop & pour but drank over 2 days. No significant improvement.