I was going to reply to Dale's post of 3/8/07 (see below) but couldn't find
my tasting notes until today.
I opened bottles of the 97 P-Baron on successive weekends recently for 2
groups of friends, one couple having recently retired and about to depart
for Vancouver Island. I served bouf en croûte on each occasion.
Bottle #1: cassis and faint cedar, some acid, quite light bodied and a bit
short ( Dale B/B-).
Bottle #2: dark fruit (cassis not obvious) more full bodied, less acid than
#1 and moderate length (Dale B)
I was surprised at the bottle variation given that both came from the same
source and had been stored together.
I have one 97 Talbot left. The others confirmed RP's comment:"a picnic
wine"!

Has anyone tried the 97 Gruaud? I have a bottle and any comments I've come
accross are more favourable than for the above.

Graham

>1997 Les Tourelles de Longueville (Pauillac)
>From a 375. Pulled from Alex's cellar to go with the cheese. Hmmm, a
>second wine from a so-so year, where even most of the classified
>wines are fully mature. Hopes weren't high,but it was better than I
>expected. Ripe cassis fruit, a little smoke and cedar. Finish is on
>short side, and I do think this would have been better and more
>vigorous a couple years ago, but still a nice little Bordeaux. B

On Aug 11, 3:34�pm, "graham" > wrote:
> I was going to reply to Dale's post of 3/8/07 (see below) but couldn't find
> my tasting notes until today.
> I opened *bottles of the 97 P-Baron on successive weekends recently for 2
> groups of friends, one couple having recently retired and about to depart
> for Vancouver Island. *I served bouf en croûte on each occasion.
> Bottle #1: cassis and faint cedar, some acid, quite light bodied and a bit
> short ( Dale B/B-).
> Bottle #2: dark fruit (cassis not obvious) more full bodied, less acid than
> #1 and moderate length (Dale B)
> I was surprised at the bottle variation given that both came from the same
> source and had been stored together.
> I have one 97 Talbot left. *The others confirmed RP's comment:"a picnic
> wine"!
>
> Has anyone tried the 97 Gruaud? *I have a bottle and any comments I've come
> accross are more favourable than for the above.
>
> Graham
>
>
>
> >1997 Les Tourelles de Longueville (Pauillac)
> >From a 375. Pulled from Alex's cellar to go with the cheese. Hmmm, a
> >second wine from *a so-so year, where even most of the classified
> >wines are fully mature. Hopes weren't high,but it was better than I
> >expected. Ripe cassis fruit, a little smoke and cedar. Finish is on
> >short side, and I do think this would have been better and more
> >vigorous a couple years ago, but still a nice little Bordeaux. B- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Second bottle shows about what I'd have expected. Maybe alittle air in
the first? Cork is imprefect.
Agree re the '97 Talbot, nice enough but very light.
I didnt care for the '97 Gruaud at a big vertical.
Almost through with '97, only had Lafleur and Pavie-Macquin left. But
split a case of Lagrange (StJ) @$15/bottle with a friend, to pick up
soon. Liked it a couple years ago