Wine Sediments

Not all plans come to fruition. Just as not all bottles loveingly squirrelled away, fawned over, and stroked (OK, that’ll be just me then!) meet expectations.I have had this single bottle of Côte Rôtie in my ‘cellar’ for years. It never seemed the right moment to open it. Like many I guess the longer a wine sits in the rack, the less chance of it being opened.   

So thank goodness for Open That Bottle Night.

Or rather not, as the wine was pants.

Domaine Barge has a fine reputation for his wines; the special cuvees especially have come in for some fine praise. SO what was wrong with this ‘basic’ bottling?

The acidity in a word. The wine was sharp, aggressively acidic, practically undrinkable in fact. There was some fruit, struggling on the mid-palate, and the tannins had softened over the years to be barely perceptible. But the lasting impression was just plain horrid. Even with food, it was served with a mighty fine game pie, did little to improve it.

A disappointment but now I have a gap in the rack that needs filling, so not a total loss!