Pierre Bourée Fils Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru

Tasted better tonight but still over the hill. The remaining half bottle was decanted and has been sitting in my nitrogen system for 5 days. The cloudiness has disappeared....since most of the sediment has decanted out and/or settled out on the bottom. The color is now a medium density brownish red with no cloudiness. Tasting somewhat oxidized but still quite drinkable. Some bitterness left but it got quite a bit less when the sediment settled out. Would still be good …

Bought with many other wines at auction a few weeks ago. This was one of the sorrier looking bottles. Level down to high shoulder. Capsule seemed almost glued on from dried leaked wine. Cork was funky looking, shrunk somewhat and broke in half when removed. Wine was brownish ox blood in color and quite cloudy from sediment that had been unfortunately disturbed in bringing it to dinner. Nose was not offensive but was more earthy mushroomy...no fruit to speak of. …