Chateau de May de Certan 1992
There is an almost infinite fascination when trying a wine blind. The brain starts rotating quite fast, trying to find equivalents to wines that we have tried before, to specific grapes, similar aging development and, not the least, a brief analysis of the person who has brought the wine. The same way that my friends often suspect that I offer them Portuguese wines, in this case I first assumed that I would have a Bordeaux in glass. But as I have first felt it, I directly tended to an aged Pinot as it was aromatically pretty delicate revealing some earthiness along with fine vanishing cherries. As my friend smiled and said it was no Pinot, I needed a complete mental reset as I was almost sure I was right. After rethinking the wine again from scratch I tended to Rhone as it seemed to me to have some leathery notes which time have made softer. Wrong again. I have to confess that it was quite a long time since I last felt I had no idea what could be in ...