Ripe and intense. Dark red fruit, tobacco, leather. Rustic compared to the 2000 alongside.
Ripe and intense. Dark red fruit, tobacco, leather. Rustic compared to the 2000 alongside.
Feb 17th, 2022A meaty, dark nose. Tobacco, plum, herbs, brooding, sweet and no sign of too much heat. Long and serious. Delicious.
A meaty, dark nose. Tobacco, plum, herbs, brooding, sweet and no sign of too much heat. Long and serious. Delicious.
Mar 26th, 2021Quite primary fruit still. Plummy dark stuff with a hint of tobacco and a sour cherry note. Relatively simple but nice and savory. Good.
Quite primary fruit still. Plummy dark stuff with a hint of tobacco and a sour cherry note. Relatively simple but nice and savory. Good.
Mar 25th, 2020Plums, briars, garrigue, tobacco. This is a lovely, complex wine. Any ripeness has great balance.
Plums, briars, garrigue, tobacco. This is a lovely, complex wine. Any ripeness has great balance.
Feb 7th, 2020Thick and intense. Really good fruit. Well defined and balanced. Dark blue fruit. Great mouthfeel. Graphite and salinity. Really good.
Thick and intense. Really good fruit. Well defined and balanced. Dark blue fruit. Great mouthfeel. Graphite and salinity. Really good.
Dec 29th, 2019
From magnum. Surprised at how well this is drinking and one of my favorite wines from a vintage I hate. No stewed fruit here.
From magnum. Surprised at how well this is drinking and one of my favorite wines from a vintage I hate. No stewed fruit here.
Apr 7th, 2018
Complex with multiple layers of dark fruit and leather notes.
Complex with multiple layers of dark fruit and leather notes.
Mar 26th, 2017
A wonderful big wine. Now a delicious mix with faded primary and tertiary flavors in one. Cherry, blackberry and ripe cranberry, saddle, herbs. A long finish that reverberates the initial flavors and adds a hint of eucalyptus. A lot going on, but all balanced.
A wonderful big wine. Now a delicious mix with faded primary and tertiary flavors in one. Cherry, blackberry and ripe cranberry, saddle, herbs. A long finish that reverberates the initial flavors and adds a hint of eucalyptus. A lot going on, but all balanced.
Feb 26th, 2017
12 years didn't do anything to this wine. For a hot vintage, theres a lot of freshness, with high tannins to balance. Dark and brooding. This wine hasn't even hit the peak yet and will live on for 20 - 30 years.
12 years didn't do anything to this wine. For a hot vintage, theres a lot of freshness, with high tannins to balance. Dark and brooding. This wine hasn't even hit the peak yet and will live on for 20 - 30 years.
Nov 1st, 2015
Silky, soft, vibrant fruit. Absolutely delicious.
Silky, soft, vibrant fruit. Absolutely delicious.
Apr 26th, 2015
St. Julien, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
