Cork was red to the end but no obvious damage. Nose, gravelly, after a while you get a hint of camp fire, bramble. On the palate - there's still a tautness here, like the tannins aren't fully resolved. Some freshness, even lightness but this doesn't seem fully happy in its skin. Over the course of a couple of hours it opens up but never starts to sing.
Opened after a grander 99, this was a lovely surprise. A hint of tobacco leaf, damp garden shed on the nose, and a lovely gentle palate which slowly resolves into something quietly lovely. If you stuck your nose into the glass and sniffed you got the whole forest - if you have a bottle of this, it's drinking just lovely right now.
1999 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Cork was red to the end but no obvious damage. Nose, gravelly, after a while you get a hint of camp fire, bramble. On the palate - there's still a tautness here, like the tannins aren't fully resolved. Some freshness, even lightness but this doesn't seem fully happy in its skin. Over the course of a couple of hours it opens up but never starts to sing.
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1993 Château Carbonnieux
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Opened after a grander 99, this was a lovely surprise. A hint of tobacco leaf, damp garden shed on the nose, and a lovely gentle palate which slowly resolves into something quietly lovely. If you stuck your nose into the glass and sniffed you got the whole forest - if you have a bottle of this, it's drinking just lovely right now.
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