Community Tasting Note

• Dj6544 wrote: 91 points

  December 7, 2020 - Nose pretty faint, some roasted hazelnuts cured meat, leather and mint. Palate is soft, a little fabby and quite tired. This one very much over the hill I’m afraid.

  2,847 views

4 Comments

• gilrbo commented:

  12/7/20, 2:53 PM - I don't use points, but 91 doesn't seem to correspond to your description. Did you perhaps mean 81?

• PSPatrick commented:

  12/7/20, 11:20 PM - Interesting. A 14-year-old classified growth should not be over the hill. I have had 30-year-old bottles of Brane-Cantenac that were marvellous. Maybe improper storage?

• Dj6544 commented:

  12/8/20, 12:25 AM - It’s very nice. Lot of quality here. Just very far down the slope for its age.
  
  Stored at WineSoc since release, so no storage issues...

• PSPatrick commented:

  12/8/20, 7:49 AM - I see. I did not buy 2006 Brane-Cantenac, and only about a dozen other bottles of 2006s, but will check in on them. Thanks.

Add a Comment