Two lovely wines showing really well
1998 Vieux Chateau Certan: decanted for two hours prior to serving. Nice nose but rather thin palate on initial tasting, lacking any mid palate richness at all. Since it smelt rather good, I left it alone. After two hours, it opened up completely. Lovely bouquet of fragrant plums with some smokey elements, also some tobacco notes as well. The palate was rich and full bodied with excellent ripe and perfectly balanced plummy fruits with earthy tones. Silky fine grained tannins and nice acidity provided freshness and structure to the long finish. This was a fragrant delicious, balanced, refined wine. At the very beginning of a long drink window for me. This was excellent.
1999 Donnhoff Oberhauser Brucke Beerenauslese: An auction wine. Pale yellow colour, an intoxicating bouquet of honey / mead with some floral notes. You could (and we did) enjoy smelling this wine for 10 mins before taking a sip. This is a meditation wine for me. Take it very slow and take time to appreciate all it has to offer. The bouquet follows the nose with lovely honey / mead characters, some exotic spice elements, quite full bodied and moderate acidity. Long long finish that left you mouth wanting more. Another sip. A memorable experience and another excellent bottle.
Double yum with a high five if I am scoring these two!
Brodie