Found a little satellite in the cellar… Yeah, it should have been dranken sooner, but so many wines–so little time. Heavy garnet brick in the glass, considerable bottle-funk blowing off easily to sharp spirit of equally sharp fruit, muddled down a bit into something I suppose could be called “tertiary”.
Sharp again in the mouth, a spritely haze over-shadowing what remaining fruit exists. Big fans of Bordeaux astringency and austerity will rejoice, but California-palates will assuredly defer. It’s not a glorious wine–it’s barely interesting–but there DOES exist a level of appreciation for calm, collected merlot-based acidity and structural components delivered onto the tongue. Thin and fading, but all the points of light are there for mediocre BDX. The finish goes brazen bitter and green with fruit headed South with aplomb. Still, the dusty nose is a high point, though the vague fruitiness declines all offers.
2011 CHATEAU VIEUX MOULIN ME/CF 80/20 Lussac St-Emilion Bordeaux 13.0
Stephen McConnell 