Maison Albert Bichot Beaune Epenottes Domaine du Pavillon

Tasting tired and older than it should. Some barnyard and dried mushrooms action with dried out currants.

Lunch at Asia Grand (Asia Grand, Odeon Towers) : At death's door, it tasted like it came from weaker vintage in the late 1970s or early 80s i.e. something that should have been drunk up decades earlier. This was clear even on the nose, which gave out tired little aromas of dried strawberries and raspberries and a little spice alongside a strong dose of earthy funk and a ring of iodine and iron. I thought the palate was all but …