Drank 5/26/28
#steakandclaret night. Paired nicely with a pan seared ribeye.
This is another Chateau owned by the makers of Chateau Dalem.
Nose of plums and black cherry start to reveal some earth and graphite notes with time in the decanter. Palate with more red fruits. After a couple of hours more mocha flavors emerge. Medium, well integrated tannins and a relatively long finish in the 40 second range. Like many of the '15's I've had, you can drink now for primary fruit, or age a few years. Nice, but I do prefer the Chateau Dalem for a few more dollars.
3/21/8/4/4 +50 = 90 pts — 6 years ago
From Ricky and Emily 11/26/16 with Q and S. Very smooth. — 7 years ago
Date drank: July 2021
Year: 2020
Producer: Osmote
Grape(s): 62% Leon Millot, 26% Marquette, 12% Cabernet Franc
Region: Finger Lakes
Purchased from: Provisions
Distributor/Importer: self
Natty: pet nat?
Notes: very fruity and young bordering sparkling grape juice. But chilled and in small doses it was delightful on a hot day and interesting to try a red pet nat — 3 years ago
Great retsina! — 9 years ago
A rich lemon in colour. A little honeysuckle note but not intensely varietal like a Southern Rhone white can be - aromatic and unctuous. Just medium bodied - a little elegant. Medium minus acid. First of 3. Drink the other 2 in the next year or so. Made by the long established de Pury family who are French who commenced making Marsanne at Yeringberg in the 1860’s and pioneered Roussanne in Australia in the 1980’s. A good wine but to be honest not as enjoyable as Guigals Cotes du Rhone Blanc using largely similar varietals for $24. I should add that Yeringberg make a benchmark Cabernet in the Yarra Valley. Tasted again 37 weeks later on 31/3/22 with similar notes - an apricot touch and unctuous mouthfeel. Same notes 5 months later on 26/8/22. Apricot and unctuous as stated. — 3 years ago
My favourite St Julien in great year @ £85+ that's so hard to stop drinking as it's good young & old 😍 Given 5-15 years this will be a 98+ wine but 95-96 today 👍
🍇 68% Cab S, 26% Mer & 6% Pet V
🍷 Opaque ruby
👃 Soft smokey oak through spiced blackcurrant & dark plum w/ double choc mocha & liquorice - yummy 😉
👄 Med+ bodied silky intense mouth coating blackcurrant & dark plums w/ cocoa & liquorice in fine dry tannins
🎯 Long slight dry earthy dark fruits smothered in cocoa w/ liquorice 💋 — 7 years ago
Michael Ochsner
Big, modern cab but not over the top. $26 S — 3 years ago