Chateau Wittgenstein Vintage 1918: Tight and dense. Showing potential, but only hinting at its profound depth.
Chateau Wittgenstein Vintage 1925: Hibernated and closed but with occasional violent outburst of bitter notes.
Chateau Wittgenstein Vintage 1932: Reductive in style. Long fruit, no real finish.
Chateau Wittgenstein Vintage 1945: More open and oxidative in style. Distinct notes, easy to enumerate. Complexity and majestic finish.
3 comments:
This is brilliant. I'm not sure I agree with the majestic finish of the '45 vintage, though. I'd rather call it 'ephemeral', perhaps even 'permanently delayed'.
Keep up the good work,
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Yes, "permanently delayed" is probably more it. I heard of several people - Kripke, McDowell and Wright, I think their names were - who have regularly tasted the 45' vintage from the mid-70ties & onwards and apparently they still think that it could mature more....
Then again, one must be careful not to confuse connoisseurs who can appreciate the nature of the material with those who think they can distil some essence out of it for further (mis-)use.
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