2005 DRC event
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Echézeaux 1986
Decanted a half an hour before service and tasted
over the course of the next hour. Served
alongside the Romanée-Saint-Vivant 1986.
The nose on this is not clean at the start. It has
none of the concentration or evolved aromas of
the Romanée-Saint-Vivant. The cork is damaged
and I think the wine is as well. After a half an
hour some of this blows off and some interesting
layers emerge but it is still not as captivating as
the others. This is the only wine of the night
that does not seduce on many levels and I cannot
believe that other bottles are not better.
Decanted a half an hour before service and tasted
over the course of the next hour. Served
alongside the Romanée-Saint-Vivant 1986.
The nose on this is not clean at the start. It has
none of the concentration or evolved aromas of
the Romanée-Saint-Vivant. The cork is damaged
and I think the wine is as well. After a half an
hour some of this blows off and some interesting
layers emerge but it is still not as captivating as
the others. This is the only wine of the night
that does not seduce on many levels and I cannot
believe that other bottles are not better.
| Comments from Aubert de Villaine: DC: What causes a wine to shut down after bottling? (In reference to the 1986’s) A. dV: Wines come to life in barrels and they learn to breathe during the first few years of growth. When the wine is bottled, it does not know that it has received a life sentence in prison. It must learn to adapt to the constraints of the bottle. It must get used to its new living quarters, just like you would if you found yourself in a cell. This is a difficult period. Some wines learn. Those that do not will never wake up. Finesse and elegance is the result of the process for those that do. I know I use a lot of imagery to make the point, but I feel that this is a process every wine goes through. |
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