Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Chateau Gazin 1966
This was part of a mixed lot of '66s purchased at auction earlier this year; we drank through most of them at a big tasting, but there were a few duplicates and this seemed perfect to accompany a rib-eye the size of my head.
It was uncorked, but not poured, 4 hours before serving in accordance with the "Audouze method." It's impossible to say whether it would have been an improvement on a standard treatment, since we did not have a second bottle to handle that way, but the wine showed perfectly well, so that's that.
It's the kind of wine that they used to make routinely. Mid-weight, Pomerol-type earthiness when it was opened, later developing some red fruits. Traditional claret for sure; I like to think that if I'd been served it blind, I would have worked out that it's a Pomerol. It smelled great; the main problem with it is that while the attack was really nice, the flavors just dropped off a cliff, leaving us with no fruit on the finish at all, just the memory of the acidity. It's not a great wine, but it's a good one, reasonably complex, pretty tasty, without any harsh edges, interesting, and with the right amount of alcohol.
It was uncorked, but not poured, 4 hours before serving in accordance with the "Audouze method." It's impossible to say whether it would have been an improvement on a standard treatment, since we did not have a second bottle to handle that way, but the wine showed perfectly well, so that's that.
It's the kind of wine that they used to make routinely. Mid-weight, Pomerol-type earthiness when it was opened, later developing some red fruits. Traditional claret for sure; I like to think that if I'd been served it blind, I would have worked out that it's a Pomerol. It smelled great; the main problem with it is that while the attack was really nice, the flavors just dropped off a cliff, leaving us with no fruit on the finish at all, just the memory of the acidity. It's not a great wine, but it's a good one, reasonably complex, pretty tasty, without any harsh edges, interesting, and with the right amount of alcohol.
