2000 Maucaillou
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:31 am
This wine was decanted 2 hours before lunch (grilled steak). If served blind, I would have guessed it older than its years from the color.
The graphite nose indicated its Médoc origins. Is there such a thing as a Moulis typicity? I think not. A Belgian wine writer charmingly referred to Moulis wines as "les Margaux de l’intérieur", but I think that was more fanciful than anything else.
The nose was discreet, too discreet for me, but it did had some plum and some violet overtones.
The wine was soft and resolved on the palate, but a little sharp and lacking in both depth and breadth. An elegant wine, but a little tired and too indeterminate to be memorable.
From the same year and the same appellation as Arv's Chasse Spleen, I have little doubt that the latter is the far better wine.
Best regards,
Alex R.
The graphite nose indicated its Médoc origins. Is there such a thing as a Moulis typicity? I think not. A Belgian wine writer charmingly referred to Moulis wines as "les Margaux de l’intérieur", but I think that was more fanciful than anything else.
The nose was discreet, too discreet for me, but it did had some plum and some violet overtones.
The wine was soft and resolved on the palate, but a little sharp and lacking in both depth and breadth. An elegant wine, but a little tired and too indeterminate to be memorable.
From the same year and the same appellation as Arv's Chasse Spleen, I have little doubt that the latter is the far better wine.
Best regards,
Alex R.