Domaine Henri Bourgeois La Porte du Caillou 2003

[Thomas]

Thraz,

Two things:

1. Acidity never weakens; it can't. It's there and can't go away. But what does happen is that the wine's components meld. If they meld well, the acid seems to soften as other components come to the fore. If they meld badly, the acid could be more dominant and the wine is ruined.

2. 2003 was particulalry hot in Europe. If a wine from that vintage shows a lot of acid now, odds are the melding will be on the negative side. Most wines in that vintage show less acidity than normal because the grapes came in much riper than normal. In fact, whatever 2003 Sancerre I have tasted I have not liked for lack of character (read as snappy acidity).