Community Tasting Note

moods wrote:

Thursday, July 14, 2011 - Wine Education Service Chateau Langoa Barton Vertical (Imperial College, London): Easily the wine of the night in the LB vertical. Lives up to the vintage hype. This wine is a supernatural thriller. Dark, brooding, intense and forbidding colour. Initially quite restrained on the nose. Early aromas are those of stones and minerals; chilling, almost sinister. Then comes the temptation. With time the sour cherries, plums and cassis notes begin to rise from the inky black depths of the tasting glass; all the earlier warning signs are forgotten and you just have to take a sip. First comes the wonderful pleasure of the intense ripe blackcurrant fruit. Then the palate comes alive with the fresh acidity. But it's too late, you're now in the wine's clutches, any attempt at escape is futile. The tannin bites. Your mouth dries and puckers. You've committed infanticide. But you know you can't wait to come back for more. A great wine.

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