Hello, good gentles all. Yesterday, mad man Mårten had the night-school for an extra lesson, centred around French reds (I vill be back - with taste notes). However. One of the wines, brick with near black center, obviously very mature, barnyards etc - to me came across as tar, smoked sausages,on the nose, and same on the palate - gorgeously concentrated wine - length etc - but, according to himself the dominant aroma was overripe strawberries. Strawberries? Yes, it was a Bourg, a Morey St Denis from 1953 (this is true!). I re-sniffed, swirled, sniffed, tasted - and not a shred of strawberries could I find. We were 9 in the class room and I put it to the referendum - and discovered that 3 of us were completely unable to discern any over-ripe strawberries (the English guy offered to bring a jar of his strawberry jam for comparison). We were two who identified tar and smoked victuals, while the English guy smelt chocolate (oak, no doubt). Personally, I have no problems smelling strawberries, and raspberries, in young Bourgs (and am, unashamedly, enamoured with red Savigny-les-Beaune). This bottle could hardly qualify as young, even with Mårtens v. exacting standards. HAs anyone here had similar experiences? How does Morey St Denis (even if not half a century old) smell to you?
Cheers
Nils Gustaf