2003 Château Léoville Las Cases
Community Tasting Note
Charlie Carnes Does not like this wine:
74 Points
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - Modern yuckiness; this combines red fruit and eucalyptus oil and finishes with a hint of ashtray. The eucalyptus oil stays on the lips for quite a while after the sip.
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Comment posted by sandwich:
5/22/2013 6:47:00 PM - Either you got a bad bottle or you have an inexperienced palate. If I had to guess you live in the south and love the Cheesecake Factory.
Comment posted by Saint-Julien:
5/22/2013 7:27:00 PM - Either a flawed bottle or a counterfeit bottle
Comment posted by Charlie Carnes:
5/22/2013 7:32:00 PM - Geez sandwich, there is a third option. The wine sucks to me. And it ain't (I am from the South) flawed. It just sucks and I don't like it, and I am very sure of my palate. Thanks for your quippy assumptions!
Comment posted by Charlie Carnes:
5/22/2013 7:53:00 PM - Alex, bottle is not flawed. Also, it has a perfect storage history since I bought it en premier as futures. Granted, I generally do not like modern(ish) wines, and have been very disappointed in 2003 Bordeaux. But, I did really enjoy the Calon Segur 2003 that was ordered, delivered on the same day, stored right beside the LLC in the same box and drunk on the same day years later. The LLC just had all of the markers of overripe, over made, spoof that has high price, high points, high pedigree, and in the end just ain't that good. TOO ME!
But at least you didn't disdainfully call me a Southern Cheesecake Factory lover with a bad palate, so we can have a civil discourse. Tell you what, I was going to sell the rest of my bottles, but I'll pull a cork on another one just to see if second bottle is better than first.
Comment posted by sandwich:
5/23/2013 4:32:00 AM - CM - I was making a joke. If I offended you, I apologize. I still think something is off with your bottle because I am very sensitive to eucalyptus and I've never even gotten a hint of it in an LLC.
Comment posted by Charlie Carnes:
5/23/2013 6:42:00 PM - Sand, you caught me off guard. The darn wine tasted like something one might get from the cheesecake factory. At any rate, the wine was surely overripe. It also had an oily astringency that I used to get with too much of the spoof I used to buy and chase. You can find plenty of notes of mine lauding this type of wine a few years ago. That is why I don't think it is flawed because it has so much in common with so many other wines like it. I think this is just how the wine is supposed to taste. Further, I could get this down, say, if I was on a deserted island or something.
Comment posted by fingers:
5/23/2013 8:25:00 PM - Given the pedigree, CMCARNES, wouldn't it be wise to hold off on popping another for awhile? These things do change with time and maybe it will hit a spot more to your liking. I sure hope that I have a different experience when I decide to open one of mine :(
Comment posted by sandwich:
5/24/2013 7:09:00 AM - CM - I will open one of these tonight and publish a tasting note. I'm really curious to see how it shows.