Unexpectedly received this wine as a gift from a very generous Berserker that I have never met in person but have come to call friend. Amazing the depth of relationships one can form on such a convivial website.
As you can see from the pictures, this bottle is pristine. The long cork dislodged firmly but easily, completely intact. The funk blew off rather quickly, and even on pop and pour this wine was lovely. An elegant perfume of mostly red fruits, forest floor and dried wild mushrooms. Medium weight on the palate, crispy and tart red fruits, some sweetness, shortish, crimped finish. Not a great wine by any stretch, but a very lovely, elegant, honest wine that I am thrilled to have tried at this waning juncture of its life. A relic of how Bordeaux was once made. Starting to fade after 1.5 hours…
Ha, that yucky 2005 Columbia Crest note I posted gets more traffic than this beauty. This wine had me surfing the web this morning looking for some more mature Bordeaux. I keep saying I need to backfill and yet keep on buying more new new. Tough as it was, I drew the line on the 2011 Dunn HM, which was priced ridiculously.
