Community Tasting Note

jdtonic wrote:

Sunday, October 29, 2006 - Ruby color. Big nose of raspberry, damp hay, sour cherries, and some toasted oak. Very hot, and tannic in the pour-off. Too young, I thought, and I opened a '98 Donjon, knowing instantly that the '03 Clos d Papes would need at least six hours to show up..(I wish that I had read the notes here earlier for this wine). The 1998 is, today at least, a full fat level above the '03 Clos in taste, texture, and concentration (as expected).
I returned five hours later to the open bottle: The nose had fleshed out noticeably: sweeter cherry, big raspberry, hints of cinnamon brush, smoke, and dirty wood...my guests were high inexperienced lushes, smoking, and dirty birds...Before I found my glass, someone asked me what kind of pinot we were drinking, and I had to work to get the pepper notes, (green and red), and hints of kirsch to correct her with any conviction. I also found vanilla bean, and meaty peat.
The wine was medium bodied, and felt a little overpriced on the mid-palate. I made a mental note to sell my second bottle if I couldn't keep it cellared for at least three more years. The finish was thirty seconds or so, and the last sip was the best. It occured to me that this wine was more 2001 that 2003 later on in the morni ng. Hold.

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