Tonight, sitting to the last of summer fare, I decided to revisit a wine that I bought by the case a year or so ago. It's a village level wine, a 2005 Domaine du Prieure Bourgogne that I picked up from Vino. Bought it by the case, to watch it evolve through time.
The first bottles, enjoyed in 2009 and 10, reflected a kind of bitter cherry, acidic wine. Good but not exceptional. That seemed appropos since I paid about $10 a bottle for it and expected little else.
Tonight, however, the wine is showing a much brighter face. Tonight this wine personifies the expression "soft mouthfeel", as it literally feels like silk. The body is the definition of soft. The nose is not dissimilar to previous tastings: iron, blood, cherry. But it's in the mouth and on the palate that things have appreciably changed. The cherries have become brighter, more fruitful; not in a fruit forward new world way but in a settled defining way. Still bitter fruit but more of a true cherry flavor. Iron and blood still have a home here, but in more of a contextual way than in a dominant fashion like initial tastings.
The wine is very clear and taking on some brickish color; still some lingering tannins so I know we have a little while longer to enjoy the remaining few bottles. Paired splendidly with a steak, corn and potato salad; all in all a delightful somewhat picnic like wine.
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