Community Tasting Note

Sunday, September 9, 2012 - The Ultimate BBC (Burg, Bordeaux and Champagne) Dinner (Absinthe, Boat Quay): This was the most disappointing of the wines on show. Still a decently good wine all things considered, but you would expect much more than that given the Chateau's reputation and the corresponding price tag. It did have a nice enough nose, with notes of plum, toasty cigar smoke and something that smelt like talcum powder along with a lilt of green capcisum and vine stems. It was the palate that was a bit of a let down. I very much liked the feel of the wine, with its silky tannins and well-judged acidity, but it was unfortunately also a bit insubstantial as it wafted through the mouth in otherwise pleasant flavours of black seasoned with more tobacco and capsicums. It was just a bit weak at the finish too, where the dark fruit notes subsided behind a layer of toasted almonds and a touch of mocha. A supremely elegant wine, but unfortunately lacking in authority. Time to start drinking I would say - while rather pedestrian, it was at least very pleasant.

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