Community Tasting Note

Ramberg wrote:

Thursday, November 28, 2013 - This is really a special and extremely rare wine!
Brought to Stockholm by Philippe Guigal for tonight’s Guigal tasting.
This Hommage to Philippe’s grandfather, Etienne, have only been made in three vintages, 1989, 1990 and 2005, and only in magnums.
150 magnums was all that was produced in 1990, that’s all.
This bottles have never been released on the market, but the small amounts that has been sold has mainly been sold on charity auctions etc., so a rare bird indeed!
Two bottles was opened tonight.
This is very mature, but have loads of life left in it.
The nose and palate both shows very Bordeaux like to me, with stable and barnyard, leather, cassis, gravel and dust, pencil shavings and tobacco.
Lovely mature Syrah, very balanced and with fine and silky tannins, a good body and a solid spine with good acidity.
Still, I must say that it is a notch below the La, La, La wines I have had during the years, and in no way being a disappointment, perhaps expectations where at bit higher from my side.
Maybe mainly because of this bottling being such a rare wine perhaps?
Very lovely and enjoyable indeed!

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