Friday, May 29, 2015 - Opened one and slowox for some 6h, stored cold. Nice complex nose but thin and coarse palate, must be an off bottle. Just no sense of the balance I remember. So, open a second bottle with much hopes for different experience. Straight from bottle but 100% similar to the first bottle. What is wrong? These are pretty close to undrinkable. very long taste actually but nothing in the pleasant sphere. Dare not open a third!
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Comment posted by Jojala:
5/29/2015 10:52:00 AM - Bitterness I read from some fellow tasters notes. Yes, this is it, but it hits in the early palate and continues long. Bitterness sounds like an understatement to waste of money...
Comment posted by spkaiser194:
5/29/2015 1:34:00 PM - I have a bottle, sounds like I better give it a shot me.
Comment posted by BUBBA DAWG:
5/29/2015 3:43:00 PM - your bottles appear to be flawed, i have had several bottles and they've all been very solid and consistent
personally i think the 05 is among the top 3 vintages for SHL in the last 20+ years along with 09 & 10
Comment posted by Purple Tooth:
5/30/2015 10:04:00 AM - I agree with Bubba! The 2005 SHL is un-doubtingly one of the best SHL's produced without being overblown like the 2009 and 2010...Its a great representation of Pessac Leongnon and a bargain next to an Haut Brion...Dont give up, try again, you probably had a bad bottle.