Showing posts with label cigales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cigales. Show all posts

01 January 2009

turkey on new years day ... the bird not the wine

1) museum real cigales reserva 2000 (tempranillo)[cigales] blood; plummy, bit of pepper, creamy vanilla; ripe plum, woody, bit one dimensional; medium/full bodied; medium length; lots of fine tannins and nice amount of acid; oodles of ood, can imagine what it was like young ... uurgh. thought it was a borossa shiraz, hey, what do i know? POP!




2)chateau segonnes 2004 (margaux, am told from the lascombes stable)
ruby: blackcurrent, plum, a little vanilla, smoke; follows onto palate; fine tannins; could do with a little bit more acid; light/medium bodied; medium length; methinks made for early drinking;
POP!