Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 2011 Simple Series VIII: Dinner with Mark Roberson of Goedhuis (again) (Asia Grand, Odeon Towers): Very nice without quite being great, but I did think it was just a bit better than the last bottle I had. This had a glorious nose - sweet and fragrant, with subtle tobacco notes, sweet spices, plums and dark cherries seasoned with toasty hints. Really nice. This could have been a 1998 right-bank on the nose. The palate swung my guess to a 1996 Graves though. It had the beautiful fresh balance of the the vintage, and although it did not quite have the depth of say the best 1996 Pauillacs or St Juliens, it showed lovely pure flavours of cassis and black cherries. These were sprinkled with bits of spice and tobacco smoke wrapped in really fine tannins. The finish was neither the longest nor the most powerful, but it was very yummy. Good enough when first poured, it got better after a short 15 minutes in the glass; while still a bit plush and quite modern with a touch of oak at first, it opened up a bit to reveal a more classic layer of Bordeaux flavours with time. Already more rounded, integrated and together than a bottle popped two years ago, I would say that this was actually not a bad time to drink this. However, it should be even better in another 3-4.

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