Community Tasting Note

sirpat00 wrote:

Thursday, August 12, 2021 - Bordeaux 2016 5-years on: Small horizontal of Bordeaux 2016 five years on. We tasted 8 wines in total from 4 appellations with 2 each in every flight. The setting was single-blind. All wines were at least double-decanted. Top performers were Ausone, Pichon Lalande and Figeac, making St Emilion the best performing appellation. Pomerol, on the other hand (VCC, Conseillante) didn't shine. St Estèphe was surprisingly ready. Pauillac felt early, but incredibly structured. We kicked off with a Selosse Substance and finished with Yquem 2013 and I also snuck in a Pichon Baron 1923. Ranking of all wines included in the tasting story.

Tasting note:
Roasted coffee beans, red and dark, dried herbs. Incredibly finely layered, also showing earthy notes. Seductive, intense and juicy palate. Tasted right next to Ausone, this showed more depth and came across more ready and showing more vigour. Going back to previous notes I can't say I'm surprised that in 3 rounds of 2016 tastings, Figeac came out on top twice! That said, I would anticipate Ausone to overtake this with more bottle age.

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