I know what you are thinking.. "a wine review?????!?!!?" Yes. I have, much to even my own surprise, been buying and drinking some wine recently. So I thought why not review it as well?
I found this bottle about 2/3 full in the hotel one evening. I always take leftovers and brought this home with me. The average retail I could find was 80-115 dollars for a bottle! I wonder why someone didn't drink this all.
The wine is a very dark violet. Only right around the edges of the glass can you see this color. The rest is inky, dark, mysterious.
The aromas are incredible. Pour a glass and you can literally smell it throughout the whole room. Dark berries and fruit, a touch of oak, spices, and fullness and roundness. The taste is out of this world. Mouth coating, unctuous, but also a nice acidity at the same time. Medium to full body with a finish that hangs around for a few minutes. A great sipping wine as this finish can make each sip taste like it is several minutes long.
I would recommend decanting as I have found the end of each glass tastes noticeably better than the start.
When this wine came out it was around 45 a bottle and the lowest rp rating it has gotten since 1997 was a 93. Those things considered, this would be a great wine to buy a few bottles of to enjoy over the years. I believe I read the 2008 will be released soon. It would be a great deal, as I can find this comparable to the Mouton Rothschild I got to sample at work, though at a sixth of the price.
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