The Judgment in Branchburg! 2 epic vintages, the suspense is killing me.
Looking forward to hearing about these wines.. and the CdP too
the CduP was awesome. Think we were very close on this bottle - the color was changing but no off-tastes.
Lots of black cherry, and a hint of breakfast cranberry drink. Leathery and dry. Worked well with the hard cheese,
then finishing up with some lasagna.
The St Emilion was def past its prime (at least this bottle?). After being open for 3 hours, we started our tasting. That brown color and port nose
was a bit disappointing. Not too much happening now - still has the mineral and oak going. Some tasting notes were indicating
age/drink now, but it probably peaked a couple years ago. It did get better at the 5 hour mark. More dark fruit, and chocolate. Still.....
The Mondavi did much better. Beautiful color, coffee/vanilla hints along with black cherry/blackberry, and the nice dry leather.
Quite a bit going on, we had it open for 90 minutes or so before drinking, and finished over another 90 minutes.
Really happy with this one.
The Calling is calling. See ya when you get back.