Comments on: 2005 red Bordeaux, a tasting of 27 wines http://www.bobswinereviews.com/blog/2005-red-bordeaux-a-tasting-of-27-wines Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:48:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bob http://www.bobswinereviews.com/blog/2005-red-bordeaux-a-tasting-of-27-wines/comment-page-1#comment-334 Bob Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:36:39 +0000 http://www.bobswinereviews.com/blog/?p=300#comment-334 No I haven't. Always interesting to taste barrel samples but I never review them because the finished wine can sometimes be totally different. No I haven’t. Always interesting to taste barrel samples but I never review them because the finished wine can sometimes be totally different.

]]> By: Samuel http://www.bobswinereviews.com/blog/2005-red-bordeaux-a-tasting-of-27-wines/comment-page-1#comment-331 Samuel Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:30:06 +0000 http://www.bobswinereviews.com/blog/?p=300#comment-331 Hi Bob, have you experienced some 09 Bordeaux barrel sample? Hi Bob, have you experienced some 09 Bordeaux barrel sample?

]]> By: Craig http://www.bobswinereviews.com/blog/2005-red-bordeaux-a-tasting-of-27-wines/comment-page-1#comment-321 Craig Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:37:17 +0000 http://www.bobswinereviews.com/blog/?p=300#comment-321 damn, and the only one on your list i have bought is near the bottom of the list :-) Haut-Bailly! damn, and the only one on your list i have bought is near the bottom of the list :-) Haut-Bailly!

]]> By: Bob http://www.bobswinereviews.com/blog/2005-red-bordeaux-a-tasting-of-27-wines/comment-page-1#comment-320 Bob Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:39:22 +0000 http://www.bobswinereviews.com/blog/?p=300#comment-320 You are absolutely right, Raymond, point well made. I guess traditionalists will mourn the loss of the more edgy (and often downright faulty) wines of the past but for my money I like the more modern wines. I was accused of being too "Parker-friendly" by someone in the audience for my endorsement of a wine that turned out to be Valandraud but one of the French Grand Jury members later buttonholed me and said that he totally agreed wiht my comments (mind you he was from Burgundy). You are absolutely right, Raymond, point well made. I guess traditionalists will mourn the loss of the more edgy (and often downright faulty) wines of the past but for my money I like the more modern wines. I was accused of being too “Parker-friendly” by someone in the audience for my endorsement of a wine that turned out to be Valandraud but one of the French Grand Jury members later buttonholed me and said that he totally agreed wiht my comments (mind you he was from Burgundy).

]]> By: Raymond Chan http://www.bobswinereviews.com/blog/2005-red-bordeaux-a-tasting-of-27-wines/comment-page-1#comment-319 Raymond Chan Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:36:44 +0000 http://www.bobswinereviews.com/blog/?p=300#comment-319 Is modern Bordeaux a different wine to that of the past, say two or three decades ago? Then we accepted leafiness and (over?) elegance as well as brettanomyces (before they figured what it was) as part of the style. Nowadays, ripeness is a pre-requisite. Are the wines that pass the edge into slight sur-maturite the 'norm' for today's claret? As climate change creeps on, the goal posts may change and evolve again... Is modern Bordeaux a different wine to that of the past, say two or three decades ago? Then we accepted leafiness and (over?) elegance as well as brettanomyces (before they figured what it was) as part of the style. Nowadays, ripeness is a pre-requisite.

Are the wines that pass the edge into slight sur-maturite the ‘norm’ for today’s claret? As climate change creeps on, the goal posts may change and evolve again…

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