Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend

Amazing night.

Drinking now , it seems, very well, as we went into the new year. So fragrant, so many levels. Much more elegant than I anticipated .Aprox 2 hr decant

Ok, but flat and short-lived in a relative sense.

I held onto this wine all night. Opened beautifully, lives up to the hype. It's like smashed rocks and five spice with cedar planks and the darkest cherries on earth. I could only imagine the full potential of a wine like this has yet to come.

Stunning.

A sleeper of a vintage. This has all the potential to be one of those wines that truly blossoms into something much more than anyone ever expected.

#delicious will improve, but showing amazingly balanced in its youth!

5th wine . medium deep ruby , touch more garnet . Slightly wider rim . Quite cool and mineral again , more grafite with some cool cassis , blackberry. On the palate this is slightly lighter in body , leaner perhaps but very elegant , fresh and quite saline, tobacco , grafite and herbal tinges on the finish . Reasonable saline length. Fine lightly grippy tannins , good acidity . This is showing quite well though would perhaps benefit from a few more years . Better in 3-5 years and drink well a further 7- 10 . The next day this actually shows a little better , elegant and refined, nothing showy , very Lafite , so I’m glad I guessed this correctly ! Overall this was a very interesting tasting , there is nothing showy or remarkable about the 2006 1st growths , they are quite classic and also showing quite a lot of structure still , with good freshness though they perhaps lack a little stuffing and intensity . They were quite even quality wise, with the high points being the Mouton (though the Lafite improved the following day to upgrade its score and draw level ) and the low point being a relatively disappointing Margaux . The vintage will continue to improve over the next 5 perhaps 10 years in general , though they may always just lack a little density and excitement .

Underwhelmed

(17.5/20) Вино темно-гранатового цвета с букетом ароматов красного яблока, вишни, персиков, сырой берёзовой древесины и нотой белого перца. Тельное с умеренной кислотностью и интенсивными, но гладкими танинами. Насыщенно вишневое во вкусе. Послевкусие продолжительное.