First bottle of an OWC-12. I bought the case on the clear recommendation of the Southwold Tasting "2012 Ten Years On" reported by Thomas Parker and published on 4th February 2022. In fact, this bottle leaves me a little bit perplexed. The nose is fine and impressive (Merlot). It reminds me rather of right bank Pomerol. But after this pretty entry, what happens then ? Hm, the wine is not green or hollow; but maybe a little weak in the middle. And the finish is hard and in fact quite short and tannic. These impressions only changed a single iota with more air (retasted some hours on the same evening and then after 24 and 48 hours and finally on the third day).
So either the wine is still too young to put everything in harmony and one has to be patient or this is the modern style of Meyney which you can't compare to the older vintages. (cf. the vertical MEYNEY-tasting 1954-2017: "Keine graue Maus mehr: Chateau Meyney 1954 – 2017", 12. November 2020 / Sebastian Schwander - https://mybestwine.ch/frankreich/reports-bordeaux/keine-graue-maus-mehr-chateau-meyney-1954-2017/
Or, there is some bottle variation ... and you try to be lucky with the next bottle!
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Came on very strong and tannic on PnP. But then (after decant and 45 mins) died off almost entirely. Don't know. I'll wait another year or two and try again.
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At the beginning of its drinking window, this needs a lot of air to open up. However, once it does, it is approachable and very pleasant to drink with cherry and chocolate notes with lingering cedar. At present the tannin on the finish does distract.
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New leather, cassis, bay leaf, baker's chocolate, fennel. Not as good as the '09 or the '16 but just entering its drinking window so it might improve. I almost scored this 92 but the bitter chocolate is a little too strong.
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1/14/2024 - jour-et-nuit wrote:
First bottle of an OWC-12. I bought the case on the clear recommendation of the Southwold Tasting "2012 Ten Years On" reported by Thomas Parker and published on 4th February 2022.
In fact, this bottle leaves me a little bit perplexed. The nose is fine and impressive (Merlot). It reminds me rather of right bank Pomerol.
But after this pretty entry, what happens then ? Hm, the wine is not green or hollow; but maybe a little weak in the middle. And the finish is hard and in fact quite short and tannic. These impressions only changed a single iota with more air (retasted some hours on the same evening and then after 24 and 48 hours and finally on the third day).
So either the wine is still too young to put everything in harmony and one has to be patient or this is the modern style of Meyney which you can't compare to the older vintages. (cf. the vertical MEYNEY-tasting 1954-2017: "Keine graue Maus mehr: Chateau Meyney 1954 – 2017", 12. November 2020 / Sebastian Schwander - https://mybestwine.ch/frankreich/reports-bordeaux/keine-graue-maus-mehr-chateau-meyney-1954-2017/
Or, there is some bottle variation ... and you try to be lucky with the next bottle!
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11/25/2023 - Philip_Bundpropperne Likes this wine: 90 Points
Rating: 4,0/5,0.
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11/23/2023 - kronfeld wrote:
Came on very strong and tannic on PnP. But then (after decant and 45 mins) died off almost entirely. Don't know. I'll wait another year or two and try again.
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11/18/2023 - djhammond Likes this wine: 90 Points
At the beginning of its drinking window, this needs a lot of air to open up. However, once it does, it is approachable and very pleasant to drink with cherry and chocolate notes with lingering cedar. At present the tannin on the finish does distract.
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11/8/2023 - Portland Seth Likes this wine: 91 Points
New leather, cassis, bay leaf, baker's chocolate, fennel. Not as good as the '09 or the '16 but just entering its drinking window so it might improve. I almost scored this 92 but the bitter chocolate is a little too strong.
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