2010 Tahbilk Marsanne 1927 Vines
Community Tasting Note
graemeg wrote:
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - {screwcap, 11.5%} Still very pale; barely mid yellow. Slightly developed nose of pineapple, grapefruit, fleshy melon. Oakless, but with a greasy sort of aroma. The palate is seemingly deficiently low in acidity, certainly initially, where there’s just a grape skin quality with fleshy, thick white fruit characters. But eventually there’s a kind of scaffold of acidity which holds the structure together. That said, it’s still pretty thick in texture, furry and dense, medium/full in weight, with a medium/long finish of largely a single dimension in flavour, if impressive in length. Butter and nuts too. Almost tannic in texture. Will be interesting to see how it ages further. Tahbilk may have some of the largest plantings and oldest Marsanne vines in the world, but they’re scarcely spoken of in hushed tones of awe, which it feels though they should. Not sure this wine will be tipping point, but at only $40-ish perhaps that’s a big ask. But then, why should it be, if everything is done with an eye to the supreme achievements of quality?
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Comment posted by sjmuller50:
3/31/2021 5:15:00 AM - Really interesting note and descriptors; thank you. I hold a few of these and intend to continue to hold them for some while longer - allow me to ask - did you actually LIKE the wine/think it's a GOOD wine - in the sense that when you suggest it will be interesting to see how it ages further; do you think it needs to age further to become good/better/great; or do you doubt that it will in fact improve with further ageing?
Comment posted by graemeg:
3/31/2021 10:13:00 PM - I was expecting something a bit livelier, it seemed a bit flabby overall. In that sense it was disappointing, but it's marsanne, you know? So it's not really great now. It may get better with more age. I had a 2003 last year that was very good. It was a decent enough vintage I think. Low risk to keep them. I wouldn't open another in a hurry though. If I could get $200 a bottle I'd ship them off to auction...!
Comment posted by sjmuller50:
3/31/2021 11:30:00 PM - Too true! Thanks for taking the time. I’ll leave mine a bit longer - I think I paid $35 at the time which is remarkable value any which way you look at it for a wine that can age positively (hopefully) for that sort of length of time. Cheers, Stephan