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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.7 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 327 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by AMDalTX on 4/6/2024 & rated 92 points: Drank with friends. Notes of red fruit like strawberry with an equal wash of acid, which contributed to a clean finish. Delightful. Even buying 26 year old bottles, it has a good QPR. (138 views) | | | Tasted by Jason on 1/25/2024 & rated 90 points: Solid aged Bordeaux. Cedar shavings on the nose. Earthiness and dark fruit on the palette. Well integrated. At peak but no need to rush. If you haven’t had an aged Pauillac, this is a good approximation. Cellared since 2007. (477 views) | | | Tasted by kfrench150 on 1/2/2024 & rated 86 points: Long cork broke on extraction. Decanted off quite a bit of sediment. Full garnet gradation from deep in the heart to thin at the edge. Mature nose of dried sour cherry, black currant leaf, some green pepper, pencil shavings and dusty cellar floor. Medium-light bodied, high acid, low but astringent tannins, moderate alcohol, thin, dry finish. Flavours of thin dried sour cherry and red currant, pencil shavings and strong black tea. Quite grippy on the finish. Overall this has lost whatever fruit it had and is pretty austere now. Drink up. (498 views) | | | Tasted by HeavyPourWine on 12/19/2023 & rated 93 points: Le Bilboquet Holiday Dinner (Atlanta, GA): Tasted at Somm Guild of ATL Holiday dinner @ Le Bilboquet. Paired with Steak and Frites. Wonderful aged Bordeaux. Drank alongside four other Napa cabs / Bordeaux blends. Brad - heavypourwine.com (626 views) | | | Tasted by JChan on 11/24/2023 & rated 90 points: Breath for 1 hr, still juicy with sweet red fruits, silky and easy drinking. (629 views) | | | Tasted by Jake Barnes on 6/13/2023 & rated 90 points: Sixth of twelve from a case purchased this year as a late release. This was another bottle that was in fine form.
Aging but not elderly cassis and red berries, as well as classic undergrowth, juicy acidity, and a good amount of unresolved tannins for texture. Are things looking up for this case? We’ll see… 12.5% ABV (very good/***/15.5/90) (854 views) | | | Tasted by Jake Barnes on 5/28/2023 & rated 91 points: Fifth of twelve from a case purchased this year as a late release. The first four bottles had slid pretty far down the mountain (complete duds), but this was back on form—better, in fact, than the good test bottle that encouraged me to buy a case.
This was actually better on day two after vacuuming and refrigerating. It showed a bundle of aging but not elderly cassis, red berries, and plums, as well as undergrowth, perfect acidity, and lingering tannins. Couldn’t ask for more from a twenty-six-year-old $39 US bottle of cru bourgeois. Too bad the whole case isn’t like this, but then it is a twenty-six-year-old cru bourgeois. 12.5% ABV (very good/***/16/91) (675 views) | | | Tasted by Oliverl1 on 5/18/2023 & rated 91 points: Decanted for one hour was sufficient. Fabulous, fully mature Médoc! A recent purchase from retail. $39 a bottle is bloody good value for the enjoyment. I mean, that’s the right price given it is nothing special of a producer, but these bottles had been kept very (cork perfect), very well, hence the enjoyment. I suspect most other bottles will not be like this unless they have been stored properly. (690 views) | | | Tasted by Jake Barnes on 5/10/2023 & rated 82 points: Fourth of twelve (from a case purchased this year as a late release) with a base neck fill and a cork only soaked on the end. The test bottle I bought before pulling the trigger on this case was quite good (91), but this case is proving to be quite dead. All four bottles have been headed for the nineteenth hole. All drinkable but not enjoyable. 12.5% ABV (poor/*/13/82) (583 views) | | | Tasted by Jake Barnes on 5/1/2023 & rated 83 points: First of twelve (from a case purchased this year as a late release) with a base neck fill and a cork only soaked on the end. If tasted blind, I would have pegged this as a bottle of dying Bordeaux from the late 1970s or early 1980s. The test bottle I bought before buying this case was quite good, but this was dead. Better on the nose than the thin, acidic palate. A little air helped bring out what there was—wet dead leaves; very light, red berries; and a touch of cassis. 12.5% ABV (poor/*/13.5/83) (530 views) | | | Tasted by jdp89 on 3/9/2023: Garnet with bricking at edge.
Nose tends tertiary with leather, earth, pencil (wife: no pencil), dried flowers, old book vanilla, hot wet rocks, some fainter fruit in the dried red fruit vein.
Silky elegant and savory on the palate. Carries medium plus acidity and fine grained medium tannins. Body is medium minus. Alcohol not noticeable. Continuing the theme on the nose the palate, while not without fruit, tends more toward savory leather, earthy, soy sauce/umami character with some graceful lingering presence from faintly floral inflected cherry, strawberry, blackberry fruit.
This is a very enjoyable fully mature claret. It is probably on the downslope given the diminished fruit presence but is still alive. Would not want to buy a case but am glad I picked up two bottles.
Wife likes. (581 views) | | | Tasted by Jake Barnes on 3/7/2023 & rated 89 points: From a 750ml bottle with a base neck fill. Purchased as a single bottle from a late release case. The typical Lanessan conglomerate cork was only soaked on the very end.
This was very dark in the glass, and although it was showing heavy bricking upon pouring, it was in no way in decline. Very fresh and lively, it was showing aged red berries, leather, pencil shavings, cigar wrapper, and undergrowth on the nose, as well as blackberries, red currants, and leather on the focused, long, intense, slightly rustic, peppery palate. Although this is firmly in its tertiary phase, the fruit was plentiful and easily identifiable as fruit, even if highly aged. The wine still had very good tannic presence, and I’ve no doubt the relatively high acidity has helped keep it going. Almost unbelievably good for such a modest, old wine. An amazing buy at $39 US per bottle—so I bought a case the day after tasting this. 12.5% ABV (very good; compelling/***/15.5/89) (332 views) | | | Tasted by JChan on 2/28/2023 & rated 89 points: Last time I tasted this should be 10 years ago. This wine is still fresh. Good smell with sweet red fruits, juicy with a little bit of vanilla. Smooth and balanced. (688 views) | | | Tasted by TenchCoxe on 1/6/2023 & rated 93 points: This ‘96 finally opened a bit. Opened 2 hours before drinking. Not decanted. Lively nose. Tannins well balanced with alcohol and residual fruit. Beginning to show tertiary notes. I look forward to tasting her in another 30 years. (802 views) | | | Tasted by Rick & Ilsa on 8/1/2022 & rated 90 points: First time with this wine and happily surprised. Intact cork came out completely cry with only the bottom showing color. Nose and palate of wet forest floor, tobacco, plum, dark berries and spice. Tannins resolved and plenty of fruit showing still. Plenty of acidity, medium bodied, went well with grilled filet. (1336 views) | | | Tasted by Brian Glas on 5/4/2022 & rated 91 points: This is my last bottle after enjoying 3 cases of this wine over the last 20 years. This is still going strong. An excellent bottle. Some earth and cigar box. Savory. Some bricking near the rim. Medium garnet. Some nice mid palate lift. Finishes with some savory fruit that hangs on the palate. Very nice for a 26 year old wine.... (1380 views) | | | Tasted by Brian Glas on 9/29/2021 & rated 93 points: Tasted after 1 hour of air. Dark red berry fruits. Some cigar box. Earthy notes. The round fruit is balanced by the firm acidity. Tannins have faded away. This still holding together nicely. I have gone through about 3 cases of this and this is the best bottle of all. Medium plus on the finish. An excellent bottle. (1649 views) | | | Tasted by Brian Glas on 5/16/2021 & rated 89 points: Classic Bordeaux. Fruit has faded somewhat but still good sweetness. Drying tannins. Still has some life left. Nice balance. Excellent QPR as I got these for $12.99 at Wine Exchange. (1990 views) | | | Tasted by _water.into.wine_ on 5/7/2021 & rated 88 points: Nice to try and see how it ages. But this was sadly past its prime, even with good storage. Quite funky. Drink up. (1852 views) | | | Tasted by chcook on 4/25/2021: PNP. Cork intact. Color browning. Nose all secondary. There is still plenty of tannin but it is integrated and this is drinking a well. Wouldn’t hold much longer. This still has fruit but worried that will fade. My last bottle and well timed I think (1535 views) | | | Tasted by Brian Glas on 3/23/2020 & rated 91 points: An excellent bottle. Tasted on day 2. Still plenty of life left. Some earthy notes. Red berry fruits. Refined tannins. Good balance. Medium finish. (2562 views) | | | Tasted by tazerowe on 9/23/2019 & rated 85 points: I wasn't as impressed as others. This wine was fairly closed, with little fruit left but no real tertiary development. I might have guessed a modest California cab with a bit too much age. Alcohol was peaking through and the finish a bit short, so I am not sure waiting is the answer. I also think maybe I don't get post-1994 or so Bordeaux. (2370 views) | | | Tasted by cweiss on 8/27/2019: Chatham with Bakers. Decant and pour. Drinking very well now. Classic Bordeaux. Finish a little short and the only sign of its modest pedigree. (2209 views) | | | Tasted by Nicholas4370 on 1/26/2019 & rated 90 points: 2-3 years older then needed (2435 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 5/22/2018: Negotiant Imported Wines (Marriot on Pitt Street, Sydney): farmyard, dirty horses, slightly sour blackcurrant, leather, dusty…tastes like a wet aged Bordeaux, tannic burr on the mid palate, a little short though (3939 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| 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
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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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