2003 Bourgueil, Domaine des Ouches, Les Ouches
Posted: 09:44 Tue 22 Jul 2008
From the Beaujolais thread:
2003 Bourgueil, Domaine des Ouches, Cuvée Les Ouches.
I purchased some bottles in 2005 and wanted to have an overview of its evolution. Pretty dark, nearly opaque, this wine is pure purple. Smoky Cabernet Franc fruit with a lot of liquorice, rather close otherwise. On the palate tight, dure and closed. On day two it opened a bit more and lost some durability. Surely, this one will not run dry over the years but it will need at last another 5-10 years to blossom out.
Michael
Agreed, another pretty underrated region (not only refered to France) and a vast and fascinating cosmos. Yesterday and the day before yesterday we had the following Red.mosesbotbol wrote:... Not much else in France outside of Loire gives such a value.
2003 Bourgueil, Domaine des Ouches, Cuvée Les Ouches.
I purchased some bottles in 2005 and wanted to have an overview of its evolution. Pretty dark, nearly opaque, this wine is pure purple. Smoky Cabernet Franc fruit with a lot of liquorice, rather close otherwise. On the palate tight, dure and closed. On day two it opened a bit more and lost some durability. Surely, this one will not run dry over the years but it will need at last another 5-10 years to blossom out.
Michael