Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 1997 Burgundy Grand Cru Dinner (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): Seriously good, this was perhaps my favourite wine of the night after a smashing Dujac Echezeaux. It had a wonderful nose, full of spicy nuances dancing around a core of bluberries and flowers, with shades of orange peel and still a little smack of sweet oak trailing away somewhere in there. Really lovely. The palate was just about perfectly put together. While not tremendously complex at this stage of its development - it was still dominated by deep tones of bluberries and mulberries on the attack and midpalate - this was wonderfully integrated and superbly balanced, with soft, lush tannins and fine acidity woven beautifully into the supple, luxuriant textures of the wine. Such a joy to drink. Past that and into the finish, lovely little notes of meat and spice and flowers drifted out to greet the subtly deepy fruited tones, just before a slightly more austere tail of tannins and acidity peeked out right at the end. Lovely, lovely stuff - a very complete wine in every sense of the word. It is drinking very nicely now, but I think a couple more years will actually see it developing even more.

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