2001 Mas de Gouronnier

[TheEngineer]

I've had a few of these between the first posting and now. This bottle is the first one that is substantially different than the others which were very consistent with the original note.

Nose was tight and missing the floral fruit sense that characterized this for me. A first sip showed only the strucure of the wine and very little of the fruit. After decanting for about an hour, the fruit started to come back it the wine appears to be much different, much deeper and fuller, alcohol note seemed to be more noticeable at the end (even though its only 12%). It's even got a bit of a chocolate note at midpalate now. I'll have the rest of the bottle tomorrow and sample this again in another few months.

To be honest, I prefer it this way, more full and mouth filling, more like a southern France wine.

[This message has been edited by TheEngineer (edited 04-02-2005).]