1948 vintage. At Bonham’s restaurant. Very dark mahogany hue. On the nose, savoury, prune and chocolate, soy sauce, iodine and burnt caramel. On the palate, medium sweet - very integrated. Medium acidity - some VA showing. Medium body. Not a whole lot of fruit - savoury, iodine character. The finish is very unique in how it died quite rapidly, and then swung back a full 20 seconds after having disappeared, kicking in at the side of the cheeks. Not sure what to make of this as I suspect the bottle wasn’t a particularly fine example of the wine. Interesting is probably the epitaph for this specific bottle!
1948 vintage. At Bonham’s restaurant. Very dark mahogany hue. On the nose, savoury, prune and chocolate, soy sauce, iodine and burnt caramel. On the palate, medium sweet - very integrated. Medium acidity - some VA showing. Medium body. Not a whole lot of fruit - savoury, iodine character. The finish is very unique in how it died quite rapidly, and then swung back a full 20 seconds after having disappeared, kicking in at the side of the cheeks. Not sure what to make of this as I suspect the bottle wasn’t a particularly fine example of the wine. Interesting is probably the epitaph for this specific bottle!
Dec 1st, 2017
Sauternes, Graves, Bordeaux, France
