Claire Voorhees

9.5

Preferred to La Mission
Smoother tannins; Ripe
Smoother finish
Toasted dark berries and tobacco, cigar box
Greater aging potential
No citrus that La Mission possesses
43 merlot
14 cab franc
43 cab sauv — 9 years ago

Claire Voorhees

9.0

Blind taste -1982 chateau branaire
Brick color - color of roof tiles
Truffle nose, full nose
Not much difference Btwn 1st and 2nd sniff
Age is apparent
Minimal oak
Very evolved aromas- mushroom
Smooth tannins - could last another 3 years but ready to be drank now
Left bank — 9 years ago

Claire Voorhees

8.7

tannins taste more stoney
-finish has promise with age
-moral floral and vegetal with some vanilla
-smells of sweet fruits — 9 years ago

Claire Voorhees

9.1

Smell slight fruit and toast
43 merlot
48 cab sauv
9 cab franc
Tannic spine
More chocolate and fruity, more feminine — 9 years ago

Claire Voorhees

8.1

Could age more
Good tannic back bone but ripe and ready to drink now too
Majority cab and some merlot
Can find in USA for ~$40 — 9 years ago

Claire Voorhees

7.2

2010
Drinks well now but Will take more time
Black currant
tannic spine — 9 years ago

Claire Voorhees

9.7

Tasted 10/5/2015
Favorite of the first evenings dinner — 9 years ago

Claire Voorhees

9.8

Almonds, perfect amount of sweetness
Sweet but fades away. The perfect paradox — 9 years ago

Claire Voorhees

9.9

Tasted 2005 - photo is of different tasting. Tasting notes 2005: Absolutely to die for. Perfect tannic structure, ripe and round
Could age 20 more years but still wonderful
North of medoc and you'd expect deep and dark, but actually the most feminine and elegant and beautiful of poulliac wines
Black currants
Balanced finish
Not overpowering at all — 9 years ago

Claire Voorhees

9.8

Tasted at Chateau Prieure Lichine over the most exquisite lunch at the winery.
-The 2009 vintage is complex, and this is one of my favorite wines tasted and the winery was one of my favorite in all of Bordeaux. ---Tasting notes 2009:
Vanilla
Could wait longer but great now
Prunes
Tannins
More spicy than the 2007
benefited from the very hot weather. ---notes on the 2001 vintage: Velvet excellence
High tannic structure
Smells smoky
Extraordinary length - high quality
Less vanilla than the 2007

notes on the 2007: fabulous - best of the 3
Heavier tannic structure - sharp
Black currant / more acidity
Worse weather contributed to the Slow maturation of the Cabernet
Ready for drinking
Creamier
Get more volume in middle mouth, not strong on the attack

— 9 years ago