Bordeaux Redux Monsieur

I keep on trying new wines, Spanish, California Pinot Noirs, and French Cote du Rhone & Bordeauxs. Some are good, but most of them have been average. That is not to say that they are bad, but they have nothing spectacular, nothing singular about them that makes them shine above the rest. Granted I am looking for wine bargains below $25. $15 I am sold.

I did manage to find a bottle that sparked my interest enough to recommend it, buy another bottle of it and to write this post about it.

It's an unassuming Bordeaux that even the prestigious wine shop I bought it at was unaware of? One person said they never heard of it and the other never tasted it. Odd. I think I am on to something with this wine. It might be that it was pushed out of the 90's with a score of 89. But it's character alone should make it a 90-91. I would dare to say if it had a longer, more perfumey finish it would be a 94-5.

Open a bottle of 2005 Chateau de Rochemorin Pessac-Leognan Rouge

and let it breath in your glass or decanter for as long as you can bear, maybe 20-30 minutes. This is a dark red wine with wonderful flavors of dried plum and black fruit intertwined with the slightest amount of earthy, forest floor goodness. Maybe it's a little tobacco and cocoa added to the balance. This gem is not acidic, nor tannic. It's ready to drink, but if you can wait a few more years, it should develop into a dark, earthy, dried fruit powerhouse.