Community Tasting Note
-
MikeATL wrote: 84 points
May 9, 2015 - Brisket, Bordeaux, and Rhones: Totally dominated by green bell pepper, to the point of being unpleasant even for a lover of Loire cab franc like me.
2 people found this helpful 6,961 views
3 Comments
-
cjsavino commented:
5/12/15, 1:06 PM - I have found the same problem with my 2000 S-M. Recently had the 2005 that was very pleasant with out the bell pepper
-
MikeATL commented:
5/12/15, 1:58 PM - Thanks for the heads up. Now that I look back over other notes, I'm disappointed to learn that the bell pepper isn't a one-off occurrence, since I have 6 bottles in the cellar. FWIW, my note was from a bottle tasted blind and with good provenance, though that doesn't discount the possibility of bottle variation. I'll have to try one from my cellar soon, give it a lot of air, and see how it shows. I'll probably pull a 375ml of the 1996 soon as well.
I've been drinking Bordeaux, as well as Chinon, Bourgeuil, Saumur-Champigny, and St. Nicolas-de-Bourgeuil where some degree of pyrazines aren't unexpected, for more than 20 years. The only wines I can recall that were this redolent of freshly sliced bell pepper were Silver Oak Bonny's from the late 80s. -
ArtF commented:
5/12/15, 4:33 PM - Purchased a case based on an early Decanter reviewer being confident that the green note would be absorbed with time.