Lussac St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend

Delicious with our steak tonight! Drinking very well.

Nose has moist leather, blackberry jam, grilled red pepper, dried blueberry, dry cedar shavings, dried black cherry, dried rose and dry gravel.

Palate has dried blackberry, dried blueberry, sauted red pepper, minor cedar box, Cuban cigar, ripe plum, lingering acidity and mild tannins. Overall in a quite nice spot this evening.

Perfect pair to homemade burgers from a local farmer in Columbia Co. NY (Kinderhook Farm), cooked to a beautiful medium-rare served on toasted brioche burger rolls. Topped with the first harvest of our heirloom lettuces, it was a cool 44°F this morning so ideal timing to trim lettuce in the cold frame today. Home grown tomato topping will have to wait until August. 🤷‍♂️

Decanted 6h+ and doing just fine. Last bottle displayed heavy green pepper and herbal notes, not this bottle, more to our expectations. Can continue to hold/evolve another 6-10+ in proper storage.

95% Merlot / 5% Cabernet Franc

Restrained and structured, just what a Right Bank Bordeaux should taste like. Classic Bordeaux earthiness. 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc. This wine should age nicely.

Drinking at the peak but very nice. 2011 earthy mushroom plum , cedar - super nice right bank character

19 year old Bordeaux. Impressive. The tannins have broken down, but the wine still has good structure. It's really an art to appreciate these old wines, and I am just getting started.

Bright berry, smooth finish. Hints of tobacco

Kind of minty and cooling. Firm tannins that still need a bit to resolve. This wine has considerable evolution ahead of it. Decant for several hours if drinking now.

So classic. Refinement is defined by traditional Bordeaux #wine

An exceptionally well priced Right Bank Bordeaux showing typical Merlot qualities. Blackberry pie, mocha, leather, earth and subtle hints of green herbs.

Pretty impressive - you need a good hour or more for this to really show itself, though you wouldn't guess that on the first taste. Fairly subdued, yet fruit-forward Bordeaux. Very interesting.