2007 Offley LBV
Posted: 22:24 Thu 08 Jan 2015
I forgot all about my case of this and found it tidying up the cellar after New Year. Opened earlier in the week (Sunday maybe?) and only drunk slowy until now, perhaps two or three glasses at most.
This really is lovely. It's purple, with a deep opaque core and a very thin clear rim. The nose has many, many things going on: first, kirsch cherries, edged with cedar, then redcurrants and blackcurrants, spearmint, a rather classic and lovely mélange. In the mouth all these flavours reveal themselves. Medium bodied, currants, mint, cedar, lovely gently explosive mouthfeel, with elegant acids. The tannins are somewhat powdery and the medium length, acid finish is accordingly a little granular, I doubt this would last particularly long so clearly I need to make sure to drink these soon enough.
This really is lovely. It's purple, with a deep opaque core and a very thin clear rim. The nose has many, many things going on: first, kirsch cherries, edged with cedar, then redcurrants and blackcurrants, spearmint, a rather classic and lovely mélange. In the mouth all these flavours reveal themselves. Medium bodied, currants, mint, cedar, lovely gently explosive mouthfeel, with elegant acids. The tannins are somewhat powdery and the medium length, acid finish is accordingly a little granular, I doubt this would last particularly long so clearly I need to make sure to drink these soon enough.
