Community Tasting Note
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Chainthroer wrote: 97 points
December 25, 2013 - Nortonnose and I have communicated concerning this wonderful wine and it appears that he and I were both fortunate to appreciate this phenomenal drink on Christmas day. This time I took the wine from the cellar and stood it upright for two hours and left it in a Sharper Image cooling unit at 64 degrees. Then opened and poured the wine just before cutting dry aged prime rib, which was immediately served. This time I used the newer Riedel "heart to heart" Bordeaux drinking glasses as opposed to Les Impitoyables # 1 red glass. The wine appeared as a dark mature ruby color, with apparent bricking; browning at the rim. The wine was just as magnificent as I remembered multi-tastings from the late 90's thru about 2010. It seemed more intense than from my last tasting on 4-25-2011, possibly due to the #1's aerating this older wine too much last time. Anyway, it's an obvious Cheval Blanc nose. Cherry, blackberry, cedar, violet, earthy, tobacco leaf, leather. Rich and highly complex. Velvety in the mouth. Superb balance, A long complex and lingering finish of about a minute. Last time, I mentioned the wine being at the later parts of its drinking plateau, but it did not seem especially so now. It's seems at it apogee, not in decline, and with multiple years left for appreciation. Score 97-98.
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poppons commented:
8/17/14, 10:43 AM - Chainthroer,
What flavor or other thing makes cheval taste like that you could separate it from other wines in a blind tasting? Poppons@aol.com