El miércoles, 1 de mayo de 2019, 22:15:01 (UTC+2), Lawrence Leichtman escribió:
> On 5/1/19 10:25 AM, DaleW wrote:
> > On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 6:12:39 PM UTC-4, Lawrence Leichtman wrote:
> >> On 4/30/19 8:43 AM, DaleW wrote:
> >>> 2009 Ch. Sociando-Mallet
> >>> Ripe, kirschy, wood. Not my thing. B-/C+
> >>
> >> I with Santiago here bought 3 bottles. Now sounds like a bad purchase. I
> >> normally like Sociando-Mallet and buy regularly. Bad year?
> >
> > Santiago and Lawrence,
> > A lot is going to depend on your preferences re ripeness I guess. For me this has stepped over the line, while for other's it didn't
> > JC's note from same dinner: ripe dark fruited, cedar and herbal nose that follows through on plusher styled palate than anything that preceded it, very good.
> > As we all know, taste/preference is individual, and I generally think the splits are bigger in the very ripe years. I think the '09 Cos is a WA 99-100, while my friend John Gilman gave it like a 70. My guess is my opinion will be closer to his, but that doesn't mean yours would. So good luck with your SM purchases!
> >
>
> Not a big fan of super ripe years. I tend to prefer leaner style. Maybe
> holding for a while will help and may wait until next year to even open
> a bottle.


Sociando being a rather classic Chateau one can only hope that they do not suffer that much in hotter years. We'll see. (Rather "She'll see").