On 22/06/2014 9:02 AM, DaleW wrote:
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> Thursday was some grilled sausages and leftover wine. Friday was Copper River sockeye (I love the king, but this was well priced), squash, and salad, wine was the 2006 Gouges Bourgogne. Surprising tannin for a Bourgogne (well, maybe not for Gouges), takes a while to open up. Black cherries, earth, some coffee and mushroom with time. The tannins remain pretty firm, taking away from an otherwise charming little wine. On day 2 the tannin was less apparent, but fruit seems faded and some oxidative notes. B
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By coincidence I had earmarked some of the 09 for dinner last night.
However, a Burgundy hound (who was in the process of buying 2 cases of
Bonnes-Mares) advised me to hold off for a couple of years.
Graham