Consistent with last tasting of this wine a year ago. So easy. So effortless. So evolved. Earthy and leathery. Fully mature. Tertiary aromas and flavors are great. Good wine.
A nice surprise. Exceeded my expectations. Still had depth and fruit. Still in balance. Excellent perfume of mature tertiary aromas layered over fruit. But in the sunset of its life. As good or better than the Lynch Bages 1997.
An uninspiring wine, memorable only for its mediocrity. Tired. Strong asparagus notes. Fully mature years ago. I wrote a tasting note two years ago stating that this wine was in the sunset of its life. The sun has set.
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Open compared to the Trotanoy. Lush and modern. Still quite young, but rounding out. Perfumed. Good focus and precision. Fresh and pure fruit flavors. A "clean" wine.
Still young and tight. Unevolved in its flavors and aromas. But it has rounded out enough to make it accessible. Not giving up much, though. Not recommended to drink now. Solid core. Precise. Focused. More elegantly styled than expected - as opposed to sheer power.
1997 Château Cantenac Brown
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Dried out and austere. Certainly drinkable, but not very pleasurable. Fruit is gone, leaving only tannin and tertiary aromas.
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1997 Château Lynch-Bages
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Consistent with last tasting of this wine a year ago. So easy. So effortless. So evolved. Earthy and leathery. Fully mature. Tertiary aromas and flavors are great. Good wine.
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