A bunch of friends came over last night. A few wine bums and one guy who knew nothing about wine, so I asked him to pull bottles out of my cellar and serve them to us blind (my best bottles are in cabinets). This was really tasty, with pencil shavings and cherries on the nose, and racy acidity (in a good way). So much so that I thought it was Portuguese:-& Steve pinned it as an ‘82 Cru Bourgeois from St Estephe or Pauillac, which was quite something given how atypical it was.
A bunch of friends came over last night. A few wine bums and one guy who knew nothing about wine, so I asked him to pull bottles out of my cellar and serve them to us blind (my best bottles are in cabinets). This was really tasty, with pencil shavings and cherries on the nose, and racy acidity (in a good way). So much so that I thought it was Portuguese:-& Steve pinned it as an ‘82 Cru Bourgeois from St Estephe or Pauillac, which was quite something given how atypical it was.
Jun 16th, 2018
Nice, complex, full bodied, yet not too bold.
Nice, complex, full bodied, yet not too bold.
1 person found it helpfulOct 4th, 2015Interesting to find this on a wine list as I don't see it very often and have four bottles of the '82 kicking back in the cabinet for imminent drinking. It was good but generally quite a muted effort. Is the chateau perhaps situated between the graves ridges of St Estephe? Or is it simply closed at the moment? In any case, it was a good food wine - plenty of tannin and acidity to go with the veal-stuffed octopus but rather lacking in fruit, on nose as well as palate.
Interesting to find this on a wine list as I don't see it very often and have four bottles of the '82 kicking back in the cabinet for imminent drinking. It was good but generally quite a muted effort. Is the chateau perhaps situated between the graves ridges of St Estephe? Or is it simply closed at the moment? In any case, it was a good food wine - plenty of tannin and acidity to go with the veal-stuffed octopus but rather lacking in fruit, on nose as well as palate.
1 person found it helpfulJul 22nd, 2015
Lovely, solid tannins, w good complexity. Great price to quality. Drink now
Lovely, solid tannins, w good complexity. Great price to quality. Drink now
1 person found it helpfulOct 23rd, 2013Not bad at all. Over the top and seriously underwhelmed by the company but not a bad drop. Well-heeled blackcurrent compote with a healthy ceded and tobacco nose. Just a bit hard to sing after Pavarotti.
Not bad at all. Over the top and seriously underwhelmed by the company but not a bad drop. Well-heeled blackcurrent compote with a healthy ceded and tobacco nose. Just a bit hard to sing after Pavarotti.
Dec 5th, 2015
Region: Saint-Estephe Grape Variety: Bordeaux Blend Red ABV: 13.5% . "Ruby red with violet reflections in colour, on the nose, aromas of plum and cassis with notes of spices. On the palate, dry, oaky, smokey, spicy, fruity, hint of tobacco, touch of leather and toast, delivers red fruits character, balanced, lengthy, soft, silky, layered, mature, earthy, persisted, rich, firm. It has a long finish."
Region: Saint-Estephe Grape Variety: Bordeaux Blend Red ABV: 13.5% . "Ruby red with violet reflections in colour, on the nose, aromas of plum and cassis with notes of spices. On the palate, dry, oaky, smokey, spicy, fruity, hint of tobacco, touch of leather and toast, delivers red fruits character, balanced, lengthy, soft, silky, layered, mature, earthy, persisted, rich, firm. It has a long finish."
Aug 25th, 2024
St. Estèphe, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
