| PR Dinner (29/4/05) - Colour: deep brick red, with a medium rim. Nose: open and quite fruity, of dark berries, plums, mushrooms, leather and earth. On the palate: still tight and structure and plenty of plummy, pruny sweet fruit, along with well developed secondary characteristics of leather, mushrooms, dark chocolate, cold roasted meats sweet and a hint of coffee. Ultra smooth and silky with a lengthy finish. Over the course of dinner it continued to open up, improve and seem to get younger, with more fruit coming through! Out of all the vintages that I've tasted so far, this vintage is simply the best and lived up to its reputation as one of the top Granges. We probably were fortunate enough to have had a bottle that was good enough to showcase the wine |
