On Mar 23, 8:44*am, "Bi!!" > wrote:
> * * WIth grilled lamb chops and new potatoes with rosemary I opened a
> bottle of 1996 Chateau Lynch Bages last night. *I was sipping on a
> glass of 2006 Ramey chard while prepping dinner so I opened and
> decanted the bottle of LB since when I opened it the bottle was about
> as funky smelling as any wine I've had in a long time. *My first taste
> of the LB showed a really disjointed mess of a wine with really off
> flavors of nail polish, old leather, wet horse blanket and tar. *I was
> tempted to find another bottle but when I checked on it again in 15
> minutes I found that most of the funk had blown off and a bit of
> cassis was peeking through. *I decided to let it sit for a while and
> we munched on lobster salad and enjoyed the Ramey. *After an hour the
> LB was rocking. *Pure cassis fruit, blackberry, blueberry, cedar and
> cigar with well resolved yet firm tannins. *This was one of the most
> dramatic evolutions of a glass of wine that I can remember in a long
> time and a good reminder to let 'em breathe. "A-"

thanks for notes. I only have a singleton of this, and plan on waiting
a few more years.
Your note is a good example of the advantages of tasting over a
period. Can you imagine if one person tasted at opening, another an
hour later? They'd think the other was a poor taster!