It was in the
Club bar some time after midnight after a wine dinner I had organized for the
hospital. Some people from another wine dinner (St Julien 2000) that clashed
with mine were enjoying the last of the wines. There were the remains of a
Chateau Talbot 2000 amongst the unfinished decanters. They took two empty
glasses and offered a glass each to my wife and myself.
A nice ruby colour, the nose was acid with slight capsicum notes as well as notes suggestive of tinned tuna. The acid nose made me nervous, such that when I took a sip, I found a big surprise waiting for me. It was really quite sweet on entry with notable fruit, with acid kicking in much later, accompanied by some tannins, lasting all the way to a reasonably long finish. What was surprising was that the sweet fruit remained throughout to the finish.
They also had some Branaire-Ducru 2000 and we got to taste it too. Again acidity was notable on the nose amongst the other aromas, but again sweet fruitiness dominated the palate, though this time not quite to the finish. Perhaps this is no isolated phenomenon. I will try and breathe some good wines for an extended time (these wines had all been decanted some 6 or so hours) and see what happens.
A nice ruby colour, the nose was acid with slight capsicum notes as well as notes suggestive of tinned tuna. The acid nose made me nervous, such that when I took a sip, I found a big surprise waiting for me. It was really quite sweet on entry with notable fruit, with acid kicking in much later, accompanied by some tannins, lasting all the way to a reasonably long finish. What was surprising was that the sweet fruit remained throughout to the finish.
They also had some Branaire-Ducru 2000 and we got to taste it too. Again acidity was notable on the nose amongst the other aromas, but again sweet fruitiness dominated the palate, though this time not quite to the finish. Perhaps this is no isolated phenomenon. I will try and breathe some good wines for an extended time (these wines had all been decanted some 6 or so hours) and see what happens.
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