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Last bottle of this (of 4). It’s turned into a solid Pessac and in my view it’s close to peaking (though admittedly I tend to favor wines on the younger side than many Bordeaux enthusiasts). It’s for that vaguely-vegetal tobacco-y / cigar box note I like, as well as some nice ripe fruit and some metallic minerality on the nose. Medium-bodied on the palate (surprisingly for an ‘18), and quite dry, but with a lot of cling in the finish. Nice tannins (soft) and decent acids.
Last bottle of this (of 4). It’s turned into a solid Pessac and in my view it’s close to peaking (though admittedly I tend to favor wines on the younger side than many Bordeaux enthusiasts). It’s for that vaguely-vegetal tobacco-y / cigar box note I like, as well as some nice ripe fruit and some metallic minerality on the nose. Medium-bodied on the palate (surprisingly for an ‘18), and quite dry, but with a lot of cling in the finish. Nice tannins (soft) and decent acids.
Solid Pessac. Cigar box, a little pleasant vegetal note, nice plummy fruit underneath. Soft and with a lot of brickish savoriness, this is probably a wine for pleasurable consumption over the next 5 years.
Solid Pessac. Cigar box, a little pleasant vegetal note, nice plummy fruit underneath. Soft and with a lot of brickish savoriness, this is probably a wine for pleasurable consumption over the next 5 years.
These are night 2 notes. Much better than my earlier bottles, which I drank too young. Nose showing a classic Pessac profile of green tobacco leaf, cigar box, loamy gravel, deep cassis and berry fruit. Soft, rich, and earthy in the mouth. Starting to drink very nicely. I should have laid off the other bottles!
These are night 2 notes. Much better than my earlier bottles, which I drank too young. Nose showing a classic Pessac profile of green tobacco leaf, cigar box, loamy gravel, deep cassis and berry fruit. Soft, rich, and earthy in the mouth. Starting to drink very nicely. I should have laid off the other bottles!
This one is delicious! Would absolutely buy again. 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and 50% Merlot. Juicy and ripe plum. Oak. Leather finish. Balanced. Enjoyed with steak
This one is delicious! Would absolutely buy again. 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and 50% Merlot. Juicy and ripe plum. Oak. Leather finish. Balanced. Enjoyed with steak
Pessac-Léognan, Graves, Bordeaux, France
