- 1989 Château Lynch-Bages - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac (4/12/2010)
From a 375ml.
Tasted and decanted for about 2 hours.
On the nose some dark fruits, tobacco, leather, earth.
On the palate, cherries, blackberries, earthy notes, spices and faint iron. Layers and layers building up to a medium to full body wine.
A perfect balance of fine tannins and acidity with a medium to long finish. It kept improving over about 2 hours. Still young but quite impressive.
- 2002 Alois Kracher Cuvée Beerenauslese - Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee (4/12/2010)
From a 375ml. Nose of apricot, huge spices, sweat, smoke.
On the palate some quince, stone fruits, minerals and a good acidity. Fairly thick with a saline component and a medium to long spicy finish. Excellent.