Community Tasting Note
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fokker Likes this wine: 93 points
November 9, 2014 - Still purple at the rim, but not the typical dark as night opaque Aussie shiraz. Nose of smoke and cloves and herbs. Tasted soft and silky, with fruits of blackberries and flowers--the viognier probably had something to do with this. Killed the Mouton 79 after it.
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5 Comments
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OzRog commented:
11/10/14, 2:02 AM - I live in Oz and if there is any Bordeaux I always get it in people's glasses before the Southern Hemisphere blockbusters.
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fokker commented:
11/10/14, 2:48 AM - The last 79 Mouton I had in September 14 performed much better than the bottle last night and I thought it could take on the Run Rig. Well, as they always say, bottle variations.
Also, I served a dish of Vietnamese style cold beef salad first (you know, lime juice, fish sauce, palm sugar, fried shallots and garlic mix) and we needed a more spicy wine to go with that. The Mouton was meant to accompany the milder tasting dish of grilled Okinawa dry-aged pork chop served as the last course, with a warm salad of mixed crunchy vegetables. The Mouton would have worked if it was as good as the one 2 months ago.
FYI, I lived in various cities in Australia for more than 12 years. -
OzRog commented:
11/10/14, 12:24 PM - 1979 was a very under-rated vintage in Bordeaux.Pichon Lalande and Petrus both superb.
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fokker commented:
11/11/14, 2:45 AM - Yap, both 78 and 79 are under-rated indeed. The big guys are good, but it is surprising that the smaller ones like Beychevelle, Giscours and litte Branaire also tasted superb when I lasted had them a few years bac,.
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OzRog commented:
11/11/14, 3:50 AM - Glad you mentioned the 1979 Giscours - I had forgotten what a brilliant wine it was.And cheap! A lot of people forget how good Giscours is.The 1970 used to wipe the floor with the first growths in blind tastings every time.Ah - happy days! To me it was and probably still is the greatest wine from'70.