Château Cap de Magnet 2005
Shoe shops are fine places, especially if, like me, you like shoes. There is nothing like the smell of a shoe shop. Intoxicating and attractive, but I don’t eat shoes, I wear them.
Which brings me to the wine in question, Château Cap de Magnet 2005, Bordeaux Superieur. I’ve tried quite a few early release 2005 simple, cheap, country red wines, mostly with great results.
When I opened this bottle I caught a strong whiff of leather. The smell of a new pair of leather shoes, worn for the first time. Slightly warm when you take them off, a certain human smell, some beeswax, but mostly just the smell of new shoe leather.
In fairness the wine was quite fruity – mainly plum flavours. But the shoes kept coming back. I thought of Paolo Nutini and his song New Shoes which I quite liked until I saw him live at Live Earth, Wembley. He was rubbish. He didn’t engage with the audience at all. He looked down at the floor like a hunchback searching for a lost contact lens. So I didn’t enjoy it.
Much the same with this wine sadly. Too much leather.