Light yellow gold in the glass - bone dry on the nose, with hints of salinity and a nuance of oak. Somewhat austere on the palate; pleasant enough, but off tonight’s showing I’d say this wine is at least five years too young (at least that’s when I will be trying my next bottle).
Bob,
Thanks for the note. Can I send you a pm in 5 years, when I am thinking of cracking my first, or would it be more courteous and appropriate of me to give you a heads up in five years that I am going to crack and post? 
BTW what your feeling on the acidity/balance?
I have been disappointed, certainly vs. the cost and past bottles with the 05’s I have tried by this producer. Perhaps they will come around, I am not sure. Time will tell.
Well, with the admitted caveat that I think to some degree everyone guesses at where a wine will eventually end up, I do think that this wine has the requisite raw materials to develop favorably in the future. In other words, I wasn’t worried about the quality in the bottle. That said, if we just stick with vintage, in terms of “baby wines”, I liked the infantile Raveneau Butteaux in '05 a lot more than this wine from Fevre.
I actually broke out another bottle of this wine last night (so much for waiting five years ![[pwn.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/3/3d5d493eaefe29f8a37971ea1ffbb65a4e2b21aa.gif "pwn"){kind=small}
), and with the caveat that you never know how bottle variation impacts a wine, I was much happier “one year later”. This is still drinking as a very young wine, but I could also see someone pulling a cork and enjoying the way the wine shows now. It has pulled together and lost that touch of austerity I mentioned last August, and while the nose is still reticent, the fruit & acidity are now harmonious on the palate. Tasty, if still an infant.
We had a mag of this on Saturday evening, and it was fantastic. I left before the rest of the group, however, tried it after 5 hours of being open, and apparently it killed after all that time.
I picked up the 2007 from Brocard last week, plan to open it this Saturday, along with the 2008 Servin M d T. I’ll put some notes up on Sunday. Given your comments, perhaps too soon to drink the Les Preuses but we’ll do it anyway.
Can SOMEONE please bring back my Frankie??
This French imposter is pissing me off!
(once someone brings back the real Frankie, I’m gonna steal all this French wine!)