(22-07-2012 02:27 PM)vinejo schreef:  Is t ne linkeroever? Of ne rechter?

Ook al paar keer naast gezeten?
Dan ben je in goed gezelschap, dit zijn de comments bij een blinde hertasting van jaargang 2005 in Bordeaux.
Bij Ducru dacht R Parker aan een Pomerol, Troplong Mondot leek Latour, Le Gay was Médoc...

1 / Modern style wine, quite popular / / / Pavie (98+)
2 / I actually had a hard time deciding whether this was delicate or closed and, in the end, I decided on both. / quite reticent and closed and some attendees, including Parker, dumped on it for that reason / / Haut Brion (98)
3 / Modern style wine, quite popular/ From favorite wines of the evening for Parker / / Pape Clément (98)
4 / a wall of tannins, but the tannins were elegant and the wine seemed quite like Cabernet. / definitely a Medoc and probably a first growth / / Montrose (95)
5 / was drinking the best right now, truly quite delicious. / Parker suggested it was a Pomerol/ Pomerol / Ducru Beaucaillou (97)
6 / bursting with plump and juicy red fruits that I found to be stewy / / Pape Clément/ Angélus (98)
7 / an alluring nose with just a hint of Brett (think earth and horses), and a gorgeous structure with a balance of tannin from both the barrel and the grapes / / / La Mission Haut Brion (97)
8 / pretty nose of rose petal but, in my view, had a slightly confected quality on the palate. / From favourite wines of the evening for Parker / Cos d’Estournel / L’Eglise Clinet (100)
9 / another beauty and, for me, the wine of the night. Although there was another big slab of tannins, the tannins were elegant undergirding a delicate layer of dark berry aromas. Tightly wound and clearly one for the long haul, I would gladly tuck this away in my basement to enjoy decades from now. / Parker called the wine “virtually perfect,” and thought it was from the Medoc. From favorite wines of the evening for Parker / Margaux / Le Gay (95)
10 / another beauty, with a lovely herbal note on the aroma. On the palate, huge but graceful tannic structure proved that the best wines can have both power and elegance. / Parker said it was “very Medoc and very cabernet” but likely not to be a first growth and suggested, specifically, Ducru. / Ducru Beaucaillou / Latour (96+)
11 /horrendously corked wine. Fortunately, Howard found another bottle and brought it to our table. I found this pour to have a sort of char brulée note, a juiciness on the midpalate but also a nice minerally quality at the core. / Parker called it “shut down.” / / Larcis Ducasse (98)
12 / big, rich, luscious but the tannins were not a wall, rather rich, polished, and expensive, the Ferragamo loafer of tannins. I thought it was a good example of the modern style / From favorite wines of the evening for Parker (but below wines 8,9,3) / / Margaux (98+)
13 / a lovely aromatically but on the palate had somewhat sweet tannins. / Parker commented that he thought it was a first growth. / From favorite wines of the evening for Parker (but below wines 8,9,3) / Latour (or Lafite?) / Lafite (96+)
14 / I found to be overblown, a wall of tannins with overripe fruit. / Parker liked it, however, so much so that he hailed it as a first growth / Lafite (or Latour?) / Troplong Mondot (99)
15 / another gorgeous example of cabernet in a bit more modern style, rich, tarry but not to tarry. / / /Cos d’Estournel (98)

(22-07-2012 02:43 PM)de populist schreef:  Het water is precies veel minder diep tussen die oevers dan wijnboeken ons willen laten geloven.