May 28, 2016 - Some cedar and mushroom on the nose. tart red fruit. raspberry.
August 1, 2014 - Over the hill now. Drink up.
July 19, 2014 - Opens up after several hours, good acidity, light body with some earth, bay leaf and hint of fruit. 87-88
August 21, 2013 - Big bottle variation - this tastes nothing like the last. Still cedar and chocolate, but way more secondary flavors and age on the bottle - dusty, wet earth, bret nose - more tabacco powering through on the palate too. Great wine, great buy.
July 24, 2013 - Quite a bit better than my last bottle two months ago (bottle variation?). This still showed the mature profile of leather and dried florals, but without the VA. The fruit, although light, was a bit more prominent. A nice lightweight claret that is very pleasing to drink right now.
July 22, 2013 - There was fruit remaining here with some secondary flavors as well. Had vs a 1996 Maucaillou and this offering was the clear winner. Peaking now, drink up.
May 21, 2013 - A powerful nose of acetone and banana with the former being dominant as it breathed. Decanted 1 hour prior to pouring. Worse on the 2nd day. Poured down the drain. I hope this was a flawed bottle, but there was no smell or taste of corking. Anyone else experience this?
May 15, 2013 - Slight bricking. Needs about an hour before it opens up, lots of earth and leather, little fruit but a good modest aged bordeaux.
May 12, 2013 - Nice aged notes of leather, dried florals and earth, but also an unusual hint of something chemical or artificial... almost like plastic or band-aids... not enough to annoy, but enough to detract. Well resolved structure but perhaps already on the downslope. Probably better 5 years ago. On day 2, the chemical taste seemed to really resemble VA... hopefully a bad bottle.
May 9, 2013 - Nice dark color - not really showing its age. Medium+ body and very round and mouth-filling. More on the old world side but still very gulpable and a joy to drink. Kudos to K&L for importing wines with age at affordable prices.