Aside, been exploring Bordeaux wines of late; reading up, rather than drinking, ever since buying this Chapelle de Potensac, 2004, on sale at NTUC, thus reading about this Cru Bourgeouis Exceptionnel producer, and the Medoc classifications of First to Fifth Growths etc, as well as previous discussion on this thread. I know 2004 wasn't a great vintage, but decided to snap it up anyways since it was going at $26 offer (from $45) to further my Bordeaux education.
Some other Bordeaux offers now at NTUC AMK/Jurong are also second wines, Les Fiefs de Lagrange (third growth) & Prelude A Grand-Puy (fifth growth) Ducasse, at 39 bones each. Would these be good buys, if for decent vintages like 2008 & 2009? Yeah, I will take the classification hierarchy with a pinch of salt, but at the moment I just want to find out what some good Bordeaux can offer, without spending too much - as always
Passed by the Suntec wine fair yesterday, at around 10pm, when most of the promoters had gone. Saw the 2007 and 2008 Chateau Brilletes at the table, still some samplings left in the bottles so I poured for myself! Wow, the 2007 was so much more flavourful and open compared to the 2008. My question is, how do you know:
1 If this is due to the vintage of 2007 vs 2008
2 If this is due to bottle aging, ie 2007 had one more year to lie down
3 If this is due to bottle breathing, ie how long these wines have been open for on the day?
My guess is a mixture of the latter two, probably more of point number 3? Interestingly the 2007 was about 10 bucks more than the 2008, will this be because Carrefour had to release them / store them for another year? Or simply cos this is the ready to drink vintage?
