Community Tasting Note

drwine2001 wrote:

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - Straw, light yellow. Initially, this shows a lot of talc and some lemon, but as it opens, rather toasty oak tones begin to take over. Similarly, starts out tasting quite tight, lean, and youthful, but over time it picks up the weight of the wood, which gives the wine a somewhat artificial volume and roundness with a gap in mid-palate. Not bad, but definitely not of Grand Cru depth or complexity; the material here is not enough to support this oak treatment. I tired of this after the second pour and two of us could not come close to finishing the bottle. This is the second consecutive Fevre from early in the decade that has shown excessive wood, and I plan to keep a close eye on this. Not a positive development from my oak-averse point of view.

Retasted on the second day. The wood is even less subtle. Oh well.

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