2000 Château Belgrave
Community Tasting Note
johnrm Likes this wine:
Saturday, March 7, 2015 - Brambles on the nose (4h after decanting) with some subtle spice. Much later, tobacco and an almost sherried character on the nose (nice).
Excellent, mainly black, fruit on the palate - cherries, some damsons. Vanilla developed, then faded to be replaced by spicy notes.
Lovely balance of fruit, acidity, soft tannin and not as 'sweet' as the last bottle (perhaps down to the food - it accompanied grilled fillet steak very well and handled Bearnaise sauce).
Difficult to describe accurately because it developed so much in the glass and showed different characteristics with food. With Cambazola cheese, I got some oranges (as mentioned in my last note) and my wife got bitter cherries.
Lovely wine. Ready but not as urgent to drink as I thought previously.
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Comment posted by chatters:
3/7/2015 6:19:00 PM - thank you, Johnrm, for your excellent note...I'm down to my last bottle of this and am saving it for a special occasion (though some would argue opening the bottle is special occasion enough) and it's great to have a comprehensive note on the state of the wine. cheers, chatters
Comment posted by johnrm:
1/18/2017 3:17:00 PM - Thanks for your comment, Chatters. Much appreciated. As you will see from my note of January 2017, I think it is holding up well. Apologies for the slow response to your comment......
Comment posted by chatters:
1/19/2017 12:02:00 AM - Ha ha, no worries John, and thanks for taking the time to reply. Yes, I saw you note and it made me happy that I'd resisted the temptation to plunge in to my last bottle. cheers, chatters