Community Tasting Note

Saturday, January 13, 2024 - The nose has a good helping of blackberry, a little cherry, some cedar and pencil case. A lot of reviews say graphite but for me it’s certainly more remnant of the pencil, rubber and protractor set you had when you were 12. It doesn’t dominate too much however unlike some other Pauillac classroom collages I’ve had.

The palate has prominent underripe green fig with black cherry, tobacco, pencil case and a distinctly herbaceous character. It’s very much dry and in fact borderline bitter, which along with any green notes I attribute to me knowingly infanticiding the bottle. The tannin is grippy and aggressive yet the fantastic structure is clearly evident and I find myself enjoying this very much indeed.

Leather, flint and rose on the finish, like a bouquet bought fresh from the quarry by a miner in chaps.

I’ve had Batailey before but can’t quite remember enjoying it anywhere close to this one. Good vintage was it? I would absolutely love to revisit this in say half a decade’s time, if not a little longer. Great stuff.

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Comment posted by Lemmy-W:

1/13/2024 9:37:00 PM - You seem to like it so wondering if 85p is a typo. Saw you rated Leoville-Barton at 95.
Comment posted by theraredram:

1/14/2024 2:33:00 AM - I use the whole scoring scale. I find the thresholding that all wines are between 88-100 a bit bizarre.
Comment posted by Lemmy-W:

1/14/2024 7:21:00 AM - Yes, but it helps scoring if everyone is using the charts recommended by CT. I don’t see how one could make a difference between a score of 73 and 74 if you use the whole scale. CT guidance is as follows:
CellarTracker uses a 50-100 point scale for rating wines.

Score Grade Meaning
98-100 A+ Extraordinary
94-97 A Outstanding
90-93 A- Excellent
86-89 B+ Very Good
80-85 B Good
70-79 C Below/Average
50-69 D Avoid
Comment posted by theraredram:

1/14/2024 8:24:00 AM - By that logic I’d argue it would make much more sense just to reduce to a 1-10 scale. If you just imagine to yourself my scores are between your 89-100 then we can both live in ignorant bliss.
Comment posted by J. Valk:

1/16/2024 12:31:00 AM - Maybe you can live in ignorant bliss in this way. I can't, and I don't think other users of Cellartracker can. You can use your own scale if you like, when you have your own platform, with readers who know you and your scale. This however, is not that platform. That's why it's recommended to Cellartracker users when they give points to a wine, to use the scale described above. I'd be grateful if you do.
Comment posted by theraredram:

1/16/2024 1:43:00 AM - YouTube has some really good videos on number lines when you’re ready to count past 12.
Downgraded from 85 to 80.
Comment posted by Thomas Fairfax:

1/16/2024 11:57:00 AM - Parker queens getting trolled