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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.8 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 363 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by HeavyPourWine on 12/19/2023 & rated 92 points: Le Bilboquet Holiday Dinner (Atlanta, GA): Tasted at Somm Guild of ATL Holiday dinner @ Le Bilboquet. Paired with Steak and Frites. Realy nice showing! Drank alongside four other Napa cabs / Bordeaux blends. Brad - heavypourwine.com (1088 views) | | | Tasted by Julian Marshall on 12/16/2023 & rated 90 points: Drank this over three evenings. On the first, it was like a grumpy friend wearing black at an 80s party, with a The Fall T-shirt, complaining about the Human League the DJ was playing - you think - come on, loosen up!
Well, it only did so on the third evening, revealing some reasonably attractive dark fruit, but still very reserved and tannic.
Not my favourite Lanessan, this is for those who like them dark and broody.
My cellar is cold, so perhaps not representative, but for me this needs at least another three years, possibly more.
The only concern is the cork - a sort of short Diam, probably responsible for the slightly low level in spite of perfect cellaring conditions since purchase. (1206 views) | | | Tasted by Hschmitz on 10/1/2023 & rated 91 points: holder flot - flot Bordeaux til prisen, (1493 views) | | | Tasted by Eaglet93 on 9/16/2023 & rated 94 points: Delicious (1505 views) | | | Tasted by VDLT Wine on 8/11/2023: The aromatics of this are terrific and classically Bordeaux. But either it needs more time to overcome its disjointed palate or it’s overwhelmed by brett. With air the ashiness subsides somewhat. For now it’s more impressive than enjoyable. (1532 views) | | | Tasted by Hschmitz on 8/9/2023 & rated 90 points: holder stadig meget fint (1203 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 7/31/2023 & rated 90 points: Continues to box above its weight class. Authentic, cassis flavored Bordeaux with proper structure and backbone. Drinking very well now but no hurry. (90) (1315 views) | | | Tasted by cwiebe on 6/22/2023 & rated 92 points: Wish I had another 6. Well balanced, a little more Parker in style, but not a plummy attack. Very enjoyable with a variety of dishes over two days. (1109 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 5/25/2023 & rated 90 points: This continues to drink beautifully. I paid $18 for this wine on release and can’t think of a better example of why Bordeaux is the best value region for fine wine in the world. Deep garnet color still. The nose is classic swampy cassis fruit with some wet tobacco in the mix. Ash. The palate is still somewhat tight - a bit of tannin on the finish. In the middle is a core of concentrated fruit. Decidedly classic in profile, a slightly rustic Bordeaux to drink over the next 10 years. (90) (1251 views) | | | Tasted by cbuhlman on 3/28/2023: magnum
Still drinking remarkably well. Well balanced, traditional Medoc with clean medium weight cabernet fruit. light cigar box, slightly savory spicy finish.
showing no signs of decline.
really good, not just for a humble Medoc, but with higher priced classifieds.
90-92
One mag left. (1349 views) | | | Tasted by asgerG on 2/22/2023 & rated 91 points: DnP. Consistent (1353 views) | | | Tasted by asgerG on 1/15/2023 & rated 90 points: D1h. Excellent petit Haut-Medoc peaking right now but will hold on for some years more. Well balanced and typical. (1754 views) | | | Tasted by jdp2109 on 1/8/2023: Drank over a few days with a Coravin. Each glass was pretty good for about 30 minutes and then started to fall apart. I would drink up. (1535 views) | | | Tasted by james_timothy on 12/25/2022: Christmas roast beef dinner with family, where this wine shone. Acidic, playful red fruit, leather in the back tones, with light tannins on the finish, very elegant. This is bottle 6 of 12, the first of which I tasted in 2010. An opportunity to show my daughter what a St Julien-like wine is- she commented on the very bubbly front taste from the acid, where I mostly focus on the fruit to leather evolution in the mid taste, harmonious to the end. One of my favorite wines. (1527 views) | | | Tasted by Outplaying on 10/31/2022: Better than our last bottle five years ago. Just starting to gain some complexity. I'll wait a few more years before the next. (1612 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 9/28/2022: It's rare for me to have Bordeaux that has a limited life - rather it changes and transforms as it matures - awkward youth to harmonious maturity followed by the introduction of tertiary notes which grow more prevalent as it slides into its dotage. Lanessan is one of the rarities...from 8-13 years old this was mostly good - harmonious, charming - and then it fell off a cliff...a positive suicide...after a decant, on the nose there is leather, clay over earth, bretty notes dominating dried out, though sweet, fruits. The palate manages to combine red fruit sourness with alcohol warmth on the finish, tannins are negligible - a coarse, slightly leathery whisper on the mid palate. It's just not very nice. I wish I could find something more to like here as many other people have done. (1977 views) | | | Tasted by Hschmitz on 9/13/2022 & rated 90 points: holder fint (1483 views) | | | Tasted by melvinyeowq on 8/10/2022 & rated 89 points: Introducing some friends to wines: This was larger-framed than I expected, having had the 2009 before which didn't show as much warmth or alcohol. Blackcurrant fruit, cassis, this was still unyielding at the moment with the wall of structure being dominant. (2000 views) | | | Tasted by La Grappe on 6/25/2022 & rated 90 points: Our best bottle so far, as the wine continues to improve in bottle. Now quite full and rich, although still quite burly, with quite savoury blackcurrant fruit and good balance. (1655 views) | | | Tasted by tomandlu on 2/27/2022 & rated 90 points: No detailed notes. Recall this being a complete, fragrant, nicely-balanced Bordeaux with all the hallmarks of a great vintage. (2040 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 2/26/2022 & rated 89 points: Not quite up to the standard of the previous bottle. A touch more austere. Maybe a bit too much leather. With that said, this remains a very solid, classically structured Bordeaux that ticks a lot of boxes. A wine to drink with rich food - beef filet would be perfect. Tobacco on the finish. Drink over the next 10 years. Glad I have a number of these left for mid-week drinking. (89) (1947 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 1/31/2022: Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Sweet and savoury spice, a little red currant, plum, cedar, wet earth, leather, with time the fruit gets a little dried out. Sourly juicy on the palate, quite red fruit, a little bitter which, combined with the tight tannins, creates a rather hard impression. A little liquorice and raisin on the finish. Nah on this tasting. (1960 views) | | | Tasted by La Grappe on 12/9/2021 & rated 87 points: A rather burly, old-fashioned style of claret with somewhat muted fruit which is now quite savoury. Medium weight at best. May still improve. (2295 views) | | | Tasted by KVM on 11/27/2021: Couldn't see the color well. Nose has tobacco, fresh black fruit and eucalyptus. Medium body, palate shows this bottle to be at an ideal stage in its development with plenty of red and black berry fruit, forest elements, fine tannin and acid that keeps you coming back for more. (2222 views) | | | Tasted by thalver on 11/16/2021 & rated 90 points: In a very good spot right now, some evolution of flavors, tannins still present, but largely friendly. Some lingering fruit. This is evolving much better than any other of my 2005 cru Bourgeois I wish I'd bought more Easy 90-91 pts (1978 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Winedoctor, August 2021 (8/1/2021)
(Château Lanessan Haut-Médoc Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Charles Curtis MW
Decanter, Bordeaux 2005 retrospective (6/26/2021)
(Château Lanessan, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (2/23/2017)
(Ch Lanessan Haut-Médoc Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Gary Walsh
The WINEFRONT (5/13/2013)
(Chateau Lanessan) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (2/18/2009)
(Ch Lanessan Médoc Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/13/2006)
(Ch Lanessan Haut-Médoc Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (9/12/2009)
(Château Lanessan) Dark red violet color with pale meniscus; nice tart cassis, slightly herbaceous nose with a hint of smoke; silky textured, tart cassis and mineral palate; medium finish 89 points |
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| Château Lanessan Producer website | Read more About Chateau Lanessan2005 Château Lanessan75% Cabernet sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and Petit VerdotRed 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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