Re: Bordeaux 2018
Verfasst: Sa 13. Apr 2019, 08:44
Panos Kakaviatos:
"Exceptional, the 2018 vintage in Bordeaux? The media machine is launched; the owners want to be persuasive, all in one goal, that the whole world rushes to Bordeaux to buy them indiscriminately, as in 2015, and at a high price.
However, after more than 1,200 wines tasted at all price levels, I am far from sharing this enthusiasm, and I am not the only one.
Certainly, alcohol levels are very high, tannin levels (the famous IPT) too. And besides, they are very fresh (oh well, in a hot vintage?). But strangely enough, we never speak of a fundamental parameter, the dry extract, which is often lower than that of 2017.
I remember in passing that the 2003 vintage had been praised a bit for the same reasons and prices had exploded. Where are the 2003 today? Strangely, nobody talks about it anymore. The buyers paid for them at golden prices, but they are the stuffed turkeys today."
"Exceptional, the 2018 vintage in Bordeaux? The media machine is launched; the owners want to be persuasive, all in one goal, that the whole world rushes to Bordeaux to buy them indiscriminately, as in 2015, and at a high price.
However, after more than 1,200 wines tasted at all price levels, I am far from sharing this enthusiasm, and I am not the only one.
Certainly, alcohol levels are very high, tannin levels (the famous IPT) too. And besides, they are very fresh (oh well, in a hot vintage?). But strangely enough, we never speak of a fundamental parameter, the dry extract, which is often lower than that of 2017.
I remember in passing that the 2003 vintage had been praised a bit for the same reasons and prices had exploded. Where are the 2003 today? Strangely, nobody talks about it anymore. The buyers paid for them at golden prices, but they are the stuffed turkeys today."