Château La Confession
St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend
St. Émilion, Libournais, Bordeaux, France
Not going to expound upon vintages and weather. This is a really nice wine. Some will say this is a Janoueix play on a new World style. But I find it compellingly balanced for a Bordeaux from a generously vaunted region. The nose a mish-mash of arboreal cuts, with pine interceding, but also a slick, black, stony core that sloughs smoky, elemental suggestions. A tar and graphite mouthful, showing depth without getting gritty or pronounced, then settling on a supple note of blueberry-currant on the carry through, but pleasant and enduring like an empowering conquest! Rise above! Plenty of residual perfume to make it salacious. Dirty as you want to be.
Not going to expound upon vintages and weather. This is a really nice wine. Some will say this is a Janoueix play on a new World style. But I find it compellingly balanced for a Bordeaux from a generously vaunted region. The nose a mish-mash of arboreal cuts, with pine interceding, but also a slick, black, stony core that sloughs smoky, elemental suggestions. A tar and graphite mouthful, showing depth without getting gritty or pronounced, then settling on a supple note of blueberry-currant on the carry through, but pleasant and enduring like an empowering conquest! Rise above! Plenty of residual perfume to make it salacious. Dirty as you want to be.
Jul 24th, 2016Plummy, chocolate-y, blackberry-bone broth, mint, cast iron in an oven, pumpernickel aromas. Caraway, graphite, black mushroom, burnt beef tips, rose stem, black, burnt cherry. black currant, pepper. Deep well of shadows that fall from big oak trees across climbing black berries. This is a decidedly rich bridge between disparate styles, and the bridge is made of iron.
Plummy, chocolate-y, blackberry-bone broth, mint, cast iron in an oven, pumpernickel aromas. Caraway, graphite, black mushroom, burnt beef tips, rose stem, black, burnt cherry. black currant, pepper. Deep well of shadows that fall from big oak trees across climbing black berries. This is a decidedly rich bridge between disparate styles, and the bridge is made of iron.
Dec 8th, 2015
One of my favourite QPR St Ems 😍 08, 09 & 10 superb but 11 just good so is this £30 12 up to it? It's in between at 89-91 but still excellent for 💰 could be 92-95 given a few years 👍
🍇 76% Merlot & 24% Cab F
🍷 Opaque ruby w/ purple hue
👃 Dark rich spiced peppered plum & cherry oozing through smokey liquorice infused oak w/ minerals, earth & cocoa
👄 Med body of plump jammy plums & light blackcurrant with a mineralic backbone & fine dry tannins
🎯 Long mineral driven dark fruit slight dry 👾
One of my favourite QPR St Ems 😍 08, 09 & 10 superb but 11 just good so is this £30 12 up to it? It's in between at 89-91 but still excellent for 💰 could be 92-95 given a few years 👍
🍇 76% Merlot & 24% Cab F
🍷 Opaque ruby w/ purple hue
👃 Dark rich spiced peppered plum & cherry oozing through smokey liquorice infused oak w/ minerals, earth & cocoa
👄 Med body of plump jammy plums & light blackcurrant with a mineralic backbone & fine dry tannins
🎯 Long mineral driven dark fruit slight dry 👾
Very very nice, especially with dark chocolate. A lighter bordeaux. Patty really liked it.
Very very nice, especially with dark chocolate. A lighter bordeaux. Patty really liked it.
May 10th, 2016
Dark, burnt, coco, tar, coffee, blackberry. Nice finish. Smooth tannins. Very nice. More a new world style than typical Bordeaux. .This should come together nicely over the next 10 years but drinks well now with patience. Tasted over 3 nights.
Dark, burnt, coco, tar, coffee, blackberry. Nice finish. Smooth tannins. Very nice. More a new world style than typical Bordeaux. .This should come together nicely over the next 10 years but drinks well now with patience. Tasted over 3 nights.
May 8th, 2016
Quite young, but pretty good wisteria aroma.
Quite young, but pretty good wisteria aroma.
Apr 16th, 2016
