1997 Duff Gordon LBV
Posted: 12:57 Fri 01 Oct 2010
Bottled in 2002, won at auction last sunday (so not sure about provenance, and it has been in bottle for 8 years already). Bottles all look pretty good still with driven corks.
Although I've been around this forum for a while, this will be my first (or one of my first) tasting notes, so bear with me.
Colour, deep dark red, lightens a little towards the edges. The nose has lots of ripe red fruits, some darker tones. Taste is nice, what can be expected judging the nose, fruit, a little heat/alcoholic taste (nut enjoyable, not overwhelming) and some spices. Finish is on the short side, but nice enough. it showed something we call in Dutch "zondoorstoofd" (means something like basked in the sun for quite some time, one can taste the wamth of the sun in it).
This particular bottle has one of the lowest levels of the bunch (I have 12 of them) and the cork showed almost some seepage through, but it doesn't seem to have affected the wine yet, so I'm curious about how the others bottles will turn out.
I'll give it a 75/100 score.
Although I've been around this forum for a while, this will be my first (or one of my first) tasting notes, so bear with me.
Colour, deep dark red, lightens a little towards the edges. The nose has lots of ripe red fruits, some darker tones. Taste is nice, what can be expected judging the nose, fruit, a little heat/alcoholic taste (nut enjoyable, not overwhelming) and some spices. Finish is on the short side, but nice enough. it showed something we call in Dutch "zondoorstoofd" (means something like basked in the sun for quite some time, one can taste the wamth of the sun in it).
This particular bottle has one of the lowest levels of the bunch (I have 12 of them) and the cork showed almost some seepage through, but it doesn't seem to have affected the wine yet, so I'm curious about how the others bottles will turn out.
I'll give it a 75/100 score.