Had this Saturday night with a wonderful beef Wellington. Opened at the restaurant, brought the unfinished bottle home and had another glass that night and again the following night. This bottle just seemed tired and near dead. Very disappointing. Not much going on on the nose. Muted dark fruit on the palate, not much noticeable tannin and a somewhat acidic finish. No change later in the evening or the next day. In July of 2009 I took a bottle to our big wine event, L’Ete du Vin. Opened a bottle at home, corked! So opened a second bottle and took it to the dinner and followed the evolution over 4 or 5 hours. It was absolutely spectacular. All bottles bought at the same time and stored properly. Can’t believe this wine should be on decline, so hopefully just a bad bottle. 1 for 3 right now, wonder what the next one will show?
Anyone else had this lately?
I did start the night with a glass of Pappy Van Winkle 23 that was excellent and a 375 of Domaine Gressner Riesling Kastleberg Grand Cru 2005, Alsace, that was very nice, so we did have some decent libations with the excellent meal.