Community Tasting Note

sirpat00 wrote:

Wednesday, August 7, 2019 - Chappellet tasting (Napa Grill, Zurich): Part of a Chappellet tasting showing a total of 16 wines including a Prichard Hill mini-vertical (7 vintages from 1969 to 2016) attended by Cyril and Blakesley Chappellet. The one highlight I will never forget was clearly the 1969 Pritchard Hill that knocked me out of my socks. In more recent vintages the 2013-16 representatives come across less extracted and more complex that the 2007-12. The whites were decent but can't compete in the Permier League. Also had a bottle of the 2016 PNV which was unfortunately closed but showed great potential.

Tasting note:
A ripe, brandy type of red fruit. Some herbal components and medicinal aromatics. Could imagine this was bursting with power, but maybe also heat, back in the day. Full bodied with tertiary aromatics on the palate. If I had to complain I would point to an imperfect balance on the palate. Needless to say that at >45 years of age this is amazing, and Cyril pointed out that vines were still very young with only around 6 years of age, but in the line-up was just simply put in its place by the outstanding 1969.

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