Community Tasting Note

• Collector1855 wrote: 95 points

  September 16, 2016 - 66x Parker 100-Pointers from Bordeaux 1947-2010 tasted blind (Switzerland): Tasted blind. Dark purple. Very modern nose with aromas of flowers, bakery, cherries. Soft tannins and full bodied palate, freshness is there too. May be I am too stingy with my 95 points here but next to the Petrus and Le Pin 2009 the aromatic complexity is clearly a step below. Very good Merlot nevertheless. Group score: 17.58, group rank: 37/64

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• rashcar commented:

  9/24/16, 8:48 AM - Hello Collector1855 and thanks for the many great tasting notes. I appreciate it. Tonight I am going to open a 2009 Beausejour bottle. How long do I need to decant it for in your opinion? Thanks again. Robbie.

• Collector1855 commented:

  9/24/16, 5:35 PM - Not fully sure but with the 2009 Merlot I would do 1-2h, make sure the temperature of the wine stays low otherwise the high alcohol gets even more noticeable.

• rashcar commented:

  9/26/16, 2:15 PM - Thank you. The 2009 Beausejour bottle was everything I expected and more. After 4 hours of decant some much aromas. Well concentrated wine with a long finish. However it is so so young. I would say it need 10 years.

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