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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.3 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 339 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ivannikiforovitch on 4/23/2024 & rated 90 points: Bought a case at auction on the back of David Peppercorn's comments in 2004. "A wine for those who love Medocs for their own sake and are not slaves to labels". Medium body, pleasantly acidic, sufficient fruit remaining, though initial richness disappears perhaps a little too quickly. This might be my go-to wine for 2024. Can't see it getting any better for keeping. (452 views) | | | Tasted by pavel_p on 12/17/2023 & rated 88 points: Had a total of three bottles of the 2000 Lanessan over the last 6 months or so. A correct Bordeaux but not much more in my eyes - but then Lanessan is neither a Grand Cru nor a Cru Bourgeois so I guess thats ok at age 23 even in a very good Bdx vintage.
Garnet with a fairly wide clear rim in the glass. Quite a pretty nose with wood spices and dark fruit. On the palate there is not enough meat on the bone for further development. A bit thin and acidic, a touch of dark fruit, integrated tannins, short finish. This will not fall of the cliff anytime soon but will not improve either. so drink up. (1036 views) | | | Tasted by Isaac L on 5/25/2023 & rated 90 points: Fully tertiary. Showed really well. Best with food. (1804 views) | | | Tasted by beef1020 on 3/24/2023: Opened and decanted for 1 hour, continued to open up over 3 hours. Still has plenty of acid and tannin, fruit is starting to drop off. Tertiary development is starting, nice notes of sous boi, leather, some cedar notes. Good length, but subdued intensity. Nice wine for the price. (1802 views) | | | Tasted by Whidah on 11/24/2022 & rated 95 points: A Thanksgiving Day treat. I can’t fault this wine in any way, especially in terms of value. Sure you could pick up another WS point or two for $200 and MAYBE get 5 times the enjoyment. But my own peasant palate would never notice the difference and it’s complementing our feast delightfully. (2144 views) | | | Tasted by Skymech on 10/14/2022 & rated 88 points: An interesting and well preserved bottle that shows the quality of an good, solid and inexpensive producer in Bordeaux. Lots of tannins still at the 22 year mark and could actually go a while longer I imagine. It is still a bit strict, though, and the fruit is fading. But it is very enjoyable and amazing that this inexpensive wine is this long lived. Great QPR and a solid example of aged Bordeaux without spending a heck of a lot. (2341 views) | | | Tasted by Oliverl1 on 9/22/2022 & rated 89 points: Classic example of a fully mature, reasonably-priced left-bank Bordeaux. Nothing outstanding, but extremely enjoyable with a really nice finish! Excellent QPR at $39 a bottle. A recent purchase and it had obviously been stored very well. Excellent fill level. One of the only wines in recent memory which did not require decanting. (2375 views) | | | Tasted by OmiyaDrinker on 7/7/2022 & rated 93 points: Red plum, blackcurrant, forest floor, some stewed fruit (but certainly not excessive), garrique, barnyard coming through with air. On the palate, smooth and relaxed. At first, I thought the fruit had faded a little too much in the face of the remaining tannin but that’s not the case for my palate. While the tannin remains prominent, the whole palate comes together with the bright acidity and a linear spine of fruit that extends into a long finish. Popped and poured. I’ve had various bottles of this over the red and there has been considerable variation - when you get a good one, it is exceptional value and I’m delighted that is the case for this bottle....which might be my last. (2202 views) | | | Tasted by SimonG on 2/21/2022 flawed bottle: Gareth’s ‘Cru Bourgeois’ @ Hawksmoor: 2 bottles with consistent notes. Slightly maderised nose and a stewed, porty palate. Atypical. (2546 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 2/7/2022 & rated 88 points: Gang of 4 in Covid19 times; Haut Medoc (@ RW): Pleasant and mature bouquet with rustic impressions. On the palate red berries, chocolate, sweet spices, earth and autumn forest. A lot of acidity. (2185 views) | | | Tasted by red_man on 12/15/2021 & rated 90 points: level lower neck, perfect cork, 3+ hour decant, colour still relatively youthful, practically no brown even at the rim, classy, linear St Julien nose, fine fruit, real intensity and concentration, very good indeed, palate with lovely lift, cool fruit, excellent length and long aftertaste, a really top Lanessan, probably the best bottle so far, punching above its weight, great for current drinking but will hold (2042 views) | | | Tasted by Rick & Ilsa on 12/4/2021 & rated 91 points: Best bottle of this for some time. Decanted 3 hours prior to serving with grilled filet. Traditional aged Bordeaux with fruit and some tannins still, spice and plenty of that aged Bordeaux dust. Really a surprising bottle. Wish they all aged like this. (1915 views) | | | Tasted by Jd6725 on 10/10/2021 & rated 92 points: Another great bottle of this, a little less rustic than the last. Great vintage for this wine, at a great age. (1667 views) | | | Tasted by tadams66 on 9/12/2021 & rated 93 points: This was a wonderful wine. Decanted 5 plus hours. Nice integrated tannins. A nice lush mouth feel. It had structure but was not in your face. It was comfortable and inviting like an old friend you hadn’t seen in a while but you really missed. There were currants, blackberries and a hint of leather. This is drinking great but still give it some serious time to open to see the wine at its peak. Wish I had more. (1740 views) | | | Tasted by Jd6725 on 5/31/2021 & rated 92 points: Fairly fresh. Great QPR. Some structure left, with a bit of fruit. Also a tad rustic. Good spices, good balance and acidity. No hurry to drink up but i don't see it improving. (2086 views) | | | Tasted by Loathesome on 5/29/2021 & rated 89 points: Very deep red. Intense currant fruit on nose and palate. Despite being a 21 year old Cru Bourgeois still far from being fully developed and so a bit 4 square at present. Another 5-7 years will see it develop and become more gentle and complex. (1927 views) | | | Tasted by Outplaying on 5/19/2021: I like this wine, and producer. Not a flashy wine by any stretch, but a pleasurable weeknight Bordeaux with some aged, earthy character. With grilled T-Bones and hand picked asparagus. (1899 views) | | | Tasted by red_man on 3/20/2021 & rated 89 points: perfect level and cork, still quite youthful colour, almost no brown and even still hints of purple, rich, fruity, open nose, doesn’t hide its charms, not really nuanced or reticent at all, palate rich, good balance, rather forward, very good indeed, wine coped remarkably well with a soft truffle-Brie cheese after the main meal, which is rather unusual, a really top Bourgeois in the positive sense, delivers great pleasure without the finesse and nuances of the upper echelons but still very good indeed, still quite youthful so no rush but at its peak, improves with 3+ hours in the decanter (2124 views) | | | Tasted by Whidah on 1/30/2021 & rated 95 points: Wonderful vibrant mature claret with not a trace of oxidation. I feel lucky still to have a few bottles. (2035 views) | | | Tasted by short and confused on 10/22/2020 & rated 91 points: Good $34 Bordeaux. Leather, red fruit, graphite. Matruing but still with dry tannin and good acidity. I like it. will not run out to buy more but happy to have another as well as a 2005. (2545 views) | | | Tasted by stamperb on 10/16/2020 & rated 89 points: Great nose of earth and tree fruit. Medium to medium light body and very enjoyable. Likely towards the end of (if not already slightly past) its peak. (2227 views) | | | Tasted by Rick & Ilsa on 6/21/2020 & rated 89 points: Perfect cork, just a bit of orange showing around the edge. Nice mature Bordeaux showing red berries, leather, earth, and graphite. Fully mature with tannins resolved, this is still drinking well even if a little past its prime. (2783 views) | | | Tasted by citizen1 on 6/21/2020 & rated 88 points: Still has life. A proper claret. Smooth. (2532 views) | | | Tasted by red_man on 6/6/2020 & rated 89 points: level lower neck, cork slightly protuberant which was a little suspicious, colour almost opaque still, almost no brown at rim, initially slight mustiness on the nose, dissipated with time, needed two hours to really come up, then very good and gradually approaching the quality of the description from 3 years ago, nose fine, perhaps a little straightforward, palate with considerable power, dry tannins and distinct acidity at the finish that went very well with the lamb, next time decant 3 hours in advance (2511 views) | | | Tasted by asparagus on 5/30/2020 & rated 90 points: Unlike the previous bottle, this was decidedly very primary. Lots of black fruit and the oak has integrated well. Few secondary nuances. Think this wine can age for decades.. (2292 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Rockss and Fruit (9/21/2003)
(Chateau Lanessan) Good stuff. Cheap B2K, hands down, are the best values for Cabernet based wines in the marketplace today. I could not believe how rich, sophisticated and complex this wine was for all of $15.99 a bottle. Astounding. Nose of cassis, red cherry skins, cocoa powder, minerals, earth, redcurrants. Gorgeous high-toned nose. Bright, juicy, ripe & rich on the palate with red cherry, cassis and great mineral complexity on the finish. Does not hit you over the head with its' power but this is an elegant gorgeously delineated wine with surprising complexity. This will age too. |
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| Château Lanessan Producer website | Read more About Chateau LanessanRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Haut-Médoc Read more about Haut Medoc and its wines Long-standing fame The legally created division into Médoc and Haut-Médoc dates from 1935. But as long ago as 1815 a Chartrons broker, whose word carried weight, spoke of great red wines in the Haut-Médoc, so recognizing the high quality successfully achieved by this region's growers in the eighteenth century. The same Bordeaux broker revealed that the business world of the Chartrons and the great Bordeaux proprietors had established a sort of league-table of the parishes in which the vine-growing communes of today's Haut-Médoc appellation showed up well.
The Haut-Médoc appellation stretches over some thirty seven miles from north to south, from Saint-Seurin de Cadourne to Blanquefort. Within this area, certain zones produce wines exclusively with the Haut-Médoc appellation. It has terroirs of remarkable quality. And although we may note a certain predominance of layers of gravel (essentially Garonne gravel) from the Quaternary, all these sites are characterized by their wide diversity. Today in the southernmost communes of the appellation, the suburbs of Bordeaux, numerous vineyards which existed at the beginning of the twentieth century have disappeared, victims of urban expansion. But the vines live on... because man has retained his devotion to them.
The astonishing variety of different terroirs, the result of the very extent of the area, explains the diversity of Haut-Médoc wines, a fact which is rare within one and the same appellation.
But, over and above the differences, linked to this mosaic of climatic and geological influence, all these wines have the same family traits of character.
Alert and lively, full-bodied without being too powerful, and harmoniously balanced, they acquire a rare bouquet over the years.
In order to have the right to the Haut-Médoc appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the communes of Blanquefort, Le Taillan, Parempuyre, Le Pian, Ludon, Macau, Arsac, Labarde, Cantenac, Margaux, Avensan, Castelnau, Soussans, Arcins, Moulis, Listrac, Lamarque, Cussac, Saint-Laurent de Médoc, Saint-Julien, Pauillac, Saint-Sauveur, Cissac, Saint-Estèphe, Vertheuil, Saint-Seurin de Cadourne "excluding all the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (48 hectolitres per hectare).
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