Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Friday, November 22, 2019 - Kelvin T's 40th Birthday (Imperial Treasure Teochew, Tanjong Pagar): A yummy, but rather uncharacteristic Haut-Brion. For all its mature charm, this lacked the voluptuous generosity of classic vintages. Still though, we all enjoyed this very much. The nose was particularly lovely, with notes of sweet cassis alongside wet earth, mineral and tobacco aromas. Really nice, and without a hint of the mustiness that sometimes haunts old bottles of Bordeaux. The palate was a few steps behind the nose unfortunately, coming across rather leaner than one would expect, with lemony acidity laced through otherwise pretty flavours of cassis and black cherries, again laced with a minerality and fragrant tobacco notes, especially towards the wine's surprisingly persistent finish. It was impeccably balanced, and really silky. A touch skinny I thought, but such was the purity and clarity on this that it still drank beautifully well. An old treasure; different, but still a very enjoyable Haut-Brion.

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