From the immoveable object to the moveable object

The blog title is a reference to the difference between the the '05 and '06 Vissoux Moulin a Vent "Les Deux Roches" although the 2006 is named "Les Trois Roches." The 2005 of which I have two in the cellar was like drinking a hard rock the couple times I tasted it with lots of hard unresolved tannin. There was a nice core of material under there but what was needs ten years minimum to show. To contrast the 2006 is a lovely drink today. On Day 1 it was all soft yet sleekly structured red and black fruits with a lovely velvety texture. It squished in the mouth as the acid melded with the fruit beautifully. The nose offered raspberry, blueberry and occasionaly some baking spices plus some lovely earth. Capped it back up and went to sleep and the next day the tannins spread out more on the palate but it did not lose one bit of its focus. There was a more meaty savory element to the nose and it became distinctly more sauvage with that still outstanding purity of fruit. It still retained that tiny berry squish which I loved from day one. I say this has 4-8 more years of life ahead of it but is a lovely drink today and no crime to pop open a bottle with some cote de boeuf.