Château Gruaud Larose
Sarget de Gruaud Larose Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend
St. Julien, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
Well balance wine, round and fruty
Well balance wine, round and fruty
Jul 30th, 2015
60 CS, 30 M, 5.5 CF, 3 PV, 1.5 Malbec
Dark and brooding, semi transparent, still youthful.
Restrained bouquet at first but after 1 hour of thorough decanting, it decided to wake up. Cassis, toasted cedar wood, lovely tobacco and tea leaf undertone.
The palate gives away quite good amount of tannin remaining. Nice balance of acidity. More dark than red fruit. A lot of secondary characters start to come out. Finish strongly on the cedary/woodsy note.
For a second wine in a heralded vintage (i.e. usually not good), this is a success. Has staying power to keep going for 5 more years easily. If pop now, need a long decanting time. It's in that very sleepy phase. 90+
60 CS, 30 M, 5.5 CF, 3 PV, 1.5 Malbec
Dark and brooding, semi transparent, still youthful.
Restrained bouquet at first but after 1 hour of thorough decanting, it decided to wake up. Cassis, toasted cedar wood, lovely tobacco and tea leaf undertone.
The palate gives away quite good amount of tannin remaining. Nice balance of acidity. More dark than red fruit. A lot of secondary characters start to come out. Finish strongly on the cedary/woodsy note.
For a second wine in a heralded vintage (i.e. usually not good), this is a success. Has staying power to keep going for 5 more years easily. If pop now, need a long decanting time. It's in that very sleepy phase. 90+
A toasted nose with discreet black currant notes. We have then a meaty/salty palate and a nice acidity which makes a moderately long wine. Where has the fruitiness vanished ? The bottle was just opened moments ago. I'all come back to it in a while
A toasted nose with discreet black currant notes. We have then a meaty/salty palate and a nice acidity which makes a moderately long wine. Where has the fruitiness vanished ? The bottle was just opened moments ago. I'all come back to it in a while
Oct 29th, 2016Kept getting better as it opened up
Kept getting better as it opened up
Feb 17th, 2016
Very decent Bordeaux. Well balanced and inexpensive.
Very decent Bordeaux. Well balanced and inexpensive.
Nov 21st, 2015Very good, smooth wine; dry but decently full bodied
Very good, smooth wine; dry but decently full bodied
Mar 30th, 2014