Community Tasting Note

Monday, February 1, 2021 - 1st Feb 2021
Last bottle in collection. Decanted in bottle for 20mins.
Colour is still strong and deep claret; not much legs. Nose has a hint of fruit. First mouthful delivered a balanced and well made wine. It is medium to slightly full-bodied and the finish drags to entice another mouthful. Patience paid off handsomely, we worry the cellar time.

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Comment posted by Brentw1:

2/9/2021 9:36:00 AM - Last bottle, that’s a shame. Only just started drinking mine as this has the stuffing for another 10 years at least. 2010 is still a baby in my opinion. Most SM’s are built by Jean for the long haul.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

2/9/2021 7:20:00 PM - Agreed, Brent.....probably good til 2040! Still, I've enjoyed 1 or 2 already....just going to go through diff stages from here on out.
Comment posted by willmark:

2/18/2021 7:52:00 PM - Thank you @brentw1 & @marknpt for your respective feeeback. I have cellared past vintages beyond 10 years. Though these wines increased in balance I find that the increased balance do not sufficiently make up for the loss of youthful vigour which I savour. The best ratio for enjoyment, for me at least, appears to be between 8-11 years.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

2/19/2021 1:04:00 AM - Wm......therein lies the biggest single factor for those of us who like good wine! I have friends who only love their Napa cabs youthful and exploding with fruit and others who only want reduced wines with no single overpowering element. The same applies to us BDX drinkers, too. Drink them when YOU personally like them, not when Parker or some other snob on here, like me, lol, tells you too! My personal sweet spot for some wines is in their secondary phase and not those final tertiary years when everything goes to raisins or prunes. Drink what you like when you like and ignore those who say "you must.....". Cheers! Mark
Comment posted by Brentw1:

2/19/2021 1:28:00 AM - Whole-heartily agree folks! Drink it when YOU like it. Also (teaching you to suck eggs of course!), the vintage is particularly important with SM. I've actually got through half of my 2011's, not touched the 2012's and drunk/given away a few of the 2013's.

My Coravin is a wonderful tool for seeing "How we are doing!"
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

2/19/2021 1:50:00 AM - Agree, the coravin is a very useful tool! Nice to be able to see where a wine is at any point in time. I find however that I usually must return and finish the bottle without too much time passing. I've lost a few bottles to slow ox even when using the small vintage needle.