WTN: Sometimes "tart" is appealing

Are "tart" and "Bordeaux" considered contradictions????, but the 2004 Chateau Mille Rose Haut Medoc last night certainly had a touch of tartness to it's bright cherry fruit, highish acidity, and a baseline of nice tobacco. What a great Monday evening quaffer!

I really do like "tart" sometimes (heck...often) in a wine. Give me tart above over-ripe goopyness.

by tart you mean acidity? I think most classic claret has good acids, though there is certainly a school that thinks that lush/low acid are the hallmark of a great vintage. I like some "tartness", as long as its in balance

Yep, Dale. This is my third bottle from the producer and it showed a little more tartness than the previous two. Still, a nice dark floor of leather and tobacco and red fruit.