GINI Wine Tasting

AC: This old Saint Emillion confuses me whether what a ‘fruity’ wine should taste. New world (or younger) wine is usually easier to taste the fruits in the wine. But fruits in old world wine usually does not link up with the word ’sweet’ what-so-ever so makes it much harder to detect. [...]

AC: This Grand Cru from Saint Emilion has a mix of leather, smokey nose. Quite enjoyable in the mid-palate but no surprise either. Tanin level is low telling me this is the time to drink this wine now.90

In this second installment of blogging my trip to Bordeaux in June.. Here’s Château Beau-Séjour-Bécot in Saint-Émilion, which was the first château in Saint-Émilion we visited on the first day. Château Beau-Séjour-Bécot is rated as Premiere Grand Cru Classé B in the St. Emilion Classification System of 2006.
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Slide show of my Flickr set. [...]

AC: Another typical Bordeaux wine experience. Carrying a floral tone, you cannot complain about its aroma. One great thing about Bordeaux wine is that you usually don’t have to guess how much attention it tries to get from you in the beginning but you can expect the result to be satisfying. This medium-bodied wine is [...]

Medium purple. Already showing good amount of black berry, toasty oak and tobacco. Initial entry is quite tannic but it did soften a bit over time. Open knit and controlled alcohol, it doesn’t show any overripe character from this hot vintage. Tannic medimum finish which can use couple of years. Overall pretty nice except the [...]