76 Clos du Chateau - - Perfectly mature; raspberry, cherry, strawberry cream soda, caramel, sous bois, mushroom, cedar box. With air, the fruit started to dry out a bit and it started to take on a camphor tone. 85 Chambolle Charmes -- Cherry, crushed raspberry, wild...
Double decanted and back to bottle, but impenetrable for about 90 minutes. It was worth the wait when it finally opened up, getting really floral with green apple, pear, lemon, orange zest, blossom, clove and wet stone. Rich and full-bodied, with lots of dry extract...
2010 Clape Cornas. Decanted and tasted over a couple of hours. Spicy, with a mineral core of iron and iodine, leading into notes of black cherry, black currant, plum, dark chocolate, black olive and violets. Full-bodied and chewy, but not inelegant. Just now beginning...
My WOTN from Greg's bday bash. At nearly 20 years of age, the color is still a brilliant pale gold. Initially, this was unapologetically Coche, showing a degree of gunflint reduction. After half an hour of decant, it blossomed to show bright lemon, underripe orange,...
An excellent old Pichon; among the best 78s I've had. Fully mature with bricking at the rim, but still garnet in the core. Dried currant fruit and herbaceous, with tobacco, cigar box, tea leaf, cocoa powder, truffle and dried flowers with resolved tannins. It's...