Community Tasting Note
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Chris@77 Likes this wine:
March 29, 2021 - Same as 3/12 except when drunk over 2 nights 2d night bordered on sink wine ... quite tannic with loss of aromatics. I wish I'd drunk all these young. If you are holding any, suggest drinking in a single night with a 1 hour decant. Each of us decides timing and holding but my new belief is tannins are dominant in this wine. What this means is the risk of holding increases in time, could turn out stellar in 5+ years or a flame out. I lack the patience, probably time, to wait. It's enjoyable now. I'm not going to post any more reviews because nothing is likely to change for some time.
5/5 Drank up remaining bottles given no expectation the CO2 spritziness would dissipate with time, or tannins would come into bound. The tannins issue is one I've encountered with 30 year old Bordeaux. In this case I admit it is a matter of judgment. Given the spritzy wine, I moved on.2 people found this helpful 5,359 views
2 Comments
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thesternowl commented:
3/29/21, 3:51 PM - The 2010's are so young.
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Chris@77 commented:
3/31/21, 5:12 AM - Yes ... either young or maybe not balanced as much as I thought relative to tannins. Here were the initial notes on drinking.
Jeb Dunnuck
The 2010 Chateau Musar is a sweetly fruited, forward, charming effort that’s loaded with sweet dark fruits, saddle leather, and garrigue-like aromas and flavors. With plenty of ripeness, some bright acidity, and a fruit-forward style, drink bottles over the coming 7-8 years. (5/2019)
Jancis Robinson
Bright ruby. Heady, rich and gamey on the nose. Very hedonistic and accessible on the nose with real density and lifted slight gaminess. An attractive singed character on top of very ripe fruit. Great balance and freshness (but not excessive acidity) on the finish. Very neat on the end. Something rather wild and Romany about this. Already accessible even if I'm sure it will develop even more complex tertiary aromas. (JR) (2/2018)
Having read Robinson's writings and Purple Pages, she is one of the best along with Allan Meadows (extensive, intensive incl older wines). I also favored Neal Martin, and Steve Tanzer was very good (weakness in not reviewing older wines)