Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Friday, July 23, 2010 - Dinner at Moomba (The Moomba, Circular Road): Good enough wine, especially if you like your Bordeaux on the modern side, but it needs time. Not completely to my taste though. I miss the old Pape Clement style. This wine was 54% Cab, 46% Merlot spending 18-20 months in 100% new oak - and it told. Lots of vanilla and mocha notes on the nose, almost like fresh coffee grounds, along with whiffs of rich plums and cassis. Far more modern than the L'Evangile we had alongside, and even more modern and oaky than the Aussie Parker Terra Rossa First Growth. Palate had plenty of refinement in its smooth, plush tannins and lush balance, but was clearly on the richer, voluptuous side, with rich blackberry, cassis and plum wed to touches of tobacco and pain grille. there was a bit of Graves minerality here and there, but it was the fruit that spoke the loudest on the day. There certainly was quality though, which the nice length and power on the finish attested to. Here again, there was more mocha and vanilla. A bit primary at the moment, all oak and fruit, but it should make for a really good drinking experience a decade or more down the road. No rush with this one.

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