TN: Potel Bonnes Mares 2005

Nose: pleasant but light

Body: medium

Taste: very nice but ordinary-came on after 2 hours

Aftertaste: very little-again came on later

At first 15/20

At end 17/20

  • since not that great at first opened a Remoissenet Bonnes Mares 2005.

TN:

Nose: light

Body: medium

Taste: very nice

Aftertaste: slight

16/20.

I hate to say it but what do you expect opening such things at this stage??

That’s some young Bonnes Mares there, John.

Tom:

Why not-I’ve opened many 2005’s-great pleasure just like opening

the 1982 Bordeaux’s in the first 5 years(the best drinking ever).

I do not believe in holding wine for 20 years.

I loved the great 1996 white burgundy’s-I drank 7-8 cases in the

first 3 years(I lost 2 bottles ?-can other say they lost less.)

Yet you’re buying expensive 2005 Burgundy, which are all shut down so hard that until age 15-20 they will probably give less drinking pleasure than the lowliest Santenay red from any recent vintage… (yes I speak from personal experience).

So…

How come?

I think Potel excelled in 2005. Imagine the BM fairly tight. Thanks for the note.

Nick:

I’m 70 do you think I should hold them for 20 years?

Sorry just provoking you-but I believe what I said.

Forty-one years of drinking fine wine is my reason.

Not to be

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But what’s the

Deal with all the carriage returns?

Berry:

Forty-one year of drinking wine.(IMO)

In our Burgundy Group there was one guy who only liked the

oldest (IMO gone wine) so I know different people have different

tastes but its not 1870-wines are more ready to drink early(in bord

bad but in Burgundy I think good.

John

Andrew:

My style- if you don’t like it don’t read it.

John

yeah, really. guy takes the time to post about it. good to know – for what it’s worth.

i never understand questioning what other people open and when? who gives a shit either way?

and asking “how come” the guy doesn’t believe in holding wine? seriously? is there any answer under the sun that would suffice? that would have you say “oh yeah, that makes sense, bro. I too will no longer age wines.”

strange stuff.

JV - thanks for the updates.

I think you guys should fight to the death over this.

I just read the subject line and thought “Baby Killer!”

i think they did - haven’t heard a peep outta any of em.

Gee is this the old Parker site [cheers.gif] ?