Tout en finesse. nez sur le tertiaire, le cuir, le sous-bois. Développe des arômes de poivron un peu d'air. En bouche, commence à être un peu fatigué mais en croire agréable. Typique BDX. A boire maintenant.
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A little bit (actually quite a little bit) tired but enjoyable none the less. Mid-palate was definitely lacking presence. I got 1 good one out of 4. But the other 3 still gave me joy. On to the next find.
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Much better than the first two. Lot of funk on the nose so i gave it 2 hours of air épaulée. Leather, oak spices and black fruited. Plenty of acidity and the fruit is still showing up to the party. Nice bottle
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The nose displays cassis, tobacco, damp earth and some slate. No TCA on the nose but the palate is rather thin/dilute without fruit but with astringent ultra fine tannins. This just ain’t right. It’s my first 1995 Lanessan but it’s got to be affected by age. I don’t find any TCA markets other than the lack of fruit and tannic finish. I’ll let it breath until meal time and hope it improves. Looks like a Fail.
Edit: never woke up. I deglazed the bavette with it and the rest will remain for cooking.
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Nose of leather, blackcurrant, mushroom, dark plum. Still a little fruit left but mostly (nearly totally) tertiary at this stage. Tannin and acid remain prominent. Fun to drink but not a patch on how the 2000 is drinking today.
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The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It tastes like blackberry , currant. The body is too,light for my taste. The acidity was out of blance. Some tertiary flavor.
Past it’s prime
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Bought recently. High fill, bottle and cork in very good condition. Medium to dark garnet colour. Undefined red and dark fruit, light vegetal notes, cedar, leather, tobacco, light earth, graphite, spices, cinnamon, and light pebbly minerality, with good acidity, partly resolved tannin, and good length. Average concentration, but decent complexity. The tannin seems a little grainy, and the wine is a little unclean and rustic overall but in an almost charming way. Only 12.5% ABV. Old school Médoc. True to the vintage and very true to its place. Should continue to soften and evolve for another six to ten years.
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12.5% - Clear, med garnet with bricking hue / clean, med intensity - stewed strawberry, cocoa powder, cedar, tobacco leaf, graphite, eucalyptus after some air / dry, med+ refreshing acidity, med- fine grained tannin, med body, med intensity, med+ length. Textbook mature Bordeaux - classic and elegant.
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1-005. I said I would finish my case in 2017/2018 but it's mid 2019 and I still have 8 bottles, so time to crack another one! Stone red color after 24 years of cellaring. Eucalyptus, menthol, fir come through very clear. Blackberry, strawberry and tar. Alcohol bites in my face a bit, the last glass smells of Christmas herbs. Nevertheless, bought for just 13 Euro, holding very well after 24 years so happy there are still 7 left!
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Garnet robe fading to rose rim. On the nose black cherry, cedar, sugar beet, liver sausage. On the palate cherry cola, dried herbs, and a whole lot of clunky tannin. Better with food than without, but just doesn't mesh.
Opened two bottles, and the bottle that bore a trace of detectable VA was more enjoyable than the one without.
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Bricking around the edges and a deep claret. Leathery nose with heavy whiffs of Medoc farmyard. Fruit fully resolved leaving some sturdy and not overly pleasant tannic structure. Not much fun to be had on the palette but decent depth for a 24yo. Strong gunpowder and pepper finish, the best bit. After 2hrs of air mellows out and plateaus into day 2. Secondary burnt brown sugar flavours. Tannins still dominate. Agreeing with below reviews this is 5 years past its best.
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D’un magnum. On perçoit l’évolution à la couleur de la robe. Le nez est essentiellement sur le sous-bois. Il reste du fruit en bouche mais sans grande profondeur aromatique ni longueur en bouche. Tout de même agréable à boire même si passé son apogée. À boire sans tarder.
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Nice wine but not much depth. Decent acidity but not much fruit. Good balance but not too long of a finish. Definitely at the tale end of the drinking window.
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Cork intact. this was harsh. stern tannins and acid and not very much fruit depth. usually lamb will bring out the best but not tonight. opened something else
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D+0h: cork comes out intact with a butler's friend, a little bit of deposit in the filter and some in the bottle, smells of blackberry D+2h: purple red colour, on the rim a little cherry red, smells of blackberry, forest ground and smoke, medium to full body, in the mouth blackberry, forest ground and a little bit of acidity, smooth, dry, but not in a tart way, in the aftertaste blackberry and forest ground, good length (30 sec), a good Bordeaux for a fair price.
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PNP. Cork moldy at top but no signs of leakage whatsoever. Nose is mostly secondary w cedar and tobacco dominating. This smells rough, but the palate is a contradiction without a rough edge to be found. Was great w lamb chops. In a good place but plenty left in the tank despite 22yrs age
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Bought a case of 12 for 13 Euro per bottle at an auction. The wine is initially very closed, takes significant time to open up after giving it air. Beautiful red-stone color that belongs to its age; thyme and tar, douglas fir and some dried fruit. The more it stood the better I liked it. It reminds of rainy woods in winter, beautiful claret altogether, but will finish the case in the course of 2017/18 at the latest. Good value for money, great house wine to enjoy with a daily meal.
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Klar, dyp, svakt brunet rød med mild kant. Lett utviklet nese med lær, skogbunn, solbær og treverk. Slank, tørr og fast frukt med moderat konsentrasjon. Frisk, spiss syre. Milde, lett tørrende tanniner. Tørr utgang med grei lengde.
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D+0h: cork comes out intact by using a butler's friend, medium deposit in the filter, quite some deposit in the bottle, smells of raspberry, D+2h: quite dark for a 21-year-old wine, purple red, on the rim a tiny bit cherry red, smells of leather, smoke and forest floor, in the mouth graphite, blackberry and a little bit of forest floor, medium body, dry, but not in a tart way, in the aftertaste blackberry and a little bit of graphite, good length (25 sec), a good Bordeaux for a fair price
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Randy and Steve visit Cleveland (Napa vs. Bordeaux) (Colonial): This chateau is always one of the great values and it lasts and ages so well. This win is no exception although at age 21, it is starting to show some wear and tear. Ruby/purple in color. The nose is very nice with cigar tobacco and cherries. Some dried fruit as well. On the palate. layers of dried and damp forest floor with cherries. Tannins resolved. Complex but not a monster. A very good wine.
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A really satisfying Bordeaux. This isn't a big wine or a showcase of complexity - it's just really classic, old school Bordeaux that's very easy to drink, all cedar, tobacco, and mature earthy and graphite notes framing red and dark berried fruit. There's still some grainy tannin beneath but it quickly eases up with some time in the decanter, and it's wonderful to follow over a few hours.
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Better than my last bottle. This came around quickly in the decanter - a bit austere at first, but with time there's plenty of red fruit, cedar, graphite, and dusty earthiness that comes through on a medium weight frame. There's still some grainy tannin on the back end, but this works perfectly with some meat off the grill.
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very much how salil notes this experience, except i'll say that i didn't feel there was much any remaining tannin to be accounted for. i would prefer this to accompany food at this stage, i feel like the flavors would come across more positively. very good bottle and characteristic of the house style after a few 20 years or so..
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Not quite as open-knit as the '96 Lanessan - the flavours here are a bit more reticent at first and need some time in the decanter to emerge, and there's still some grainy tannin on the back end. But this is another bottle of very classic, old styled Bordeaux with plenty of fresh red and dark fruit, earth, and lots of other savoury developed flavours, and it's drinking very well right now with some air.
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PNP. Cork perfect. Color dark garnet with bricking edges - opaque. Nose smoky medicinal cherry rhubarb and a bit meaty earthiness. Initial swish showed dense tannin that persisted but softened a hair after an hour. Sipping shows ripe pruny secondary fruit with tartish finish. Was great with lamb chops but a little tiresome alone. There is still fruit but not sure it will outlive structure and if there is an upside to waiting any longer. Will drink remainders in near term.
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D+0h: the cork totally crumbles while pulling it, quite a lot of deposit in the filter and the bottle D+1,5h: dark as ink, on the rim a little cherry red, smells intensively of blackberry and forest ground, medium body, in the mouth blackberry and forest ground, not too dry, but not sweet either, in the aftertaste blackberry and forest ground, good length (30 seconds), a good Bordeaux for a fair price
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Drinking exceptionally almost 20 years out. Classic Medoc mix of leather, herbs and earthiness. Echoing my earlier tasting note, this wine shows a level of depth, complexity and roundness in the mouth that defies its under $20 value. A slight hint of mustiness in the finish knocks this particular tasting down a notch or two. Drink now.
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Popped and poured. Color garnet w bricking edges. Nose unmistakably Bordeaux w mostly secondary showing. On palate this is mostly resolved and read to go w Finish showing tannin supporting the simple fruit. There is still quite a bit of stuffing here but I intend to drink the rest of mine in the next 2-3 years.
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Still quite young in taste and appearance, this is a full bodied, viscous wine with a thick, velvety texture. Quite a discreet nose of plums, tobacco and leather, in the mouth it envelops the tastebuds with notes of blackberry and cherry, together with mocha and pepper. There is a slight lack of fruit, it doesn't have the sweetness of a really good vintage, but still a very impressive wine. What I like is that it doesn't try to be anything it's not: it's not a budding St.Julien or Pauillac, still less a Right Bank fruit bomb, it's a good Haut-Medoc. With a little more fruit, this would have been the best Lanessan I've tasted, the body and texture are certainly more impressive than the 90, for example. The Lanessan 09 costs exactly the same as the 95 did back in 99, so this is precisely the type of wine to hunt down in the current context.
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Chateau Lanessan Vertical (55,95,96,00,01,03,05,08): This took some time to open up despite the 4 hour decant. Ruby/purple in color. With air in the glass, some cassis, tobacco and a bit of warm earth develops. Great texture. Juicy with solid tannins. Slowly unwinding in my glass. Needs time, but it is a delicious wine.
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I bought a case of ‘95 Lanessan for less than $20 per bottle and I have to say that it is hard to find a more complex, balanced, classically made wine for this price with 15 years of bottle ageing. As I characterized in an earlier tasting note, this is a great everyday house wine to serve with almost anything. My suggestion, if you are considering a more recent vintage, would be to buy a half case or so and drink comfortably over the next 7-9 years. You won't be disappointed from a value standpoint. There are plenty of nuanced flavor notes such as leather, deep sour cherry and licorice.
Eric Asimov of the New York Times did a recent article about the first growth Bordeaux and Grand Cru Burgundies that are out of reach of most wine consumers, who can’t afford to pay thousands of dollars per bottle. The point he made was that fortunately for the rest of us, there has been an explosion of good wines available that are affordable to almost anyone interested in pulling a cork. Lanessan is proof wines like this do in fact exist.
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Tested with 3+ hrs air time (including shaking the bottle initially) at 70-75 deg F. Filled in and moved from "orange-ish" taste to cherry taste with air time. Nose of this wine is quite good and better than the taste, but taste is acceptable. Alluring nose of cherry-plum, leather, smoke, graphite, stony mineral, perfume, and cola spices (nutmeg or orange peel). In the mouth tastes of slightly musty leather with sour ripe fruit (cherry, dark plum) plus some spice (pepper, orange peel, nutmeg). Finish fades of fruit and wood notes with hints of nuts and toast. Body medium minus, acid medium, tannin medium or lower.
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Wow, I am shocked how lively this still is after 15 years. Great mose full of musty blackberries and plums. Nice zip of acid still kicking around and nicely integrated tannin. Fruit flavors are a tad thin, bit nicely matured with a good balance of damp earth. Absolute steal of an aged Bdx at $20.
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The nose had green vegetables and cherry, leather and spice, and some damp earth at the end. The palate had earth and vegetables, cherry and spice, and a great damp earth finish.
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Saturdays at One - Volume 32: Tasted non blind. Opened and served immediately. Garnet to dark garnet color in the glass. clear hue throughout. Nose of aspirin, black berries, white pepper and a hint of roses. Flavors of black berries and black cherries. Medium to bright acidity, drying tannins, medium body. I'm still not sure the fruit will outlast the tannins and acidity of this vintage. It's still hanging in there but the acidity and tannins are still a little ahead of the fruit.
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Tested from a preservation machine. Complex nose with strong cherry (kirsch) notes, spices (anise), hints of strawberry or cherry cola, background mineral. In the mouth has notable and smooth acid and tannin around the rim of the tongue with smoke, graphite, and rich ripe not sweet (slightly sour) red and black fruit (red cherry, berry, and cassis or elderberry) along with a meaty undertone. Finishes with fading sour fruit and toasted oak with a metallic sheen. Dry. Body medium, acid medium, tannin medium plus. Good value as tested, USD20.
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appears dark purple with fading edges, smell soft raspberry, gentle spice, nice and soft, light touch of cedar, very nice nose, taste well-integrated, softer, fruity spice, great acid, wonderful pair for grilled lamb loin chops, wonderfully pleasant, very meaty and tobaccoesque, on day two, the wine had moved onto blunt acid with excellent mouthfeel but the favors had long faded away, nice, easygoing wine to drink now, no reason to hold onto it any longer as far as I can tell, not quite what I paid, but certainly an excellent demonstration of how lamb and bordeaux can work hand-in-hand
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Medium ruby, medium bright ruby rim. Pleasant, nicely perfumed, if not overly intense nose showing cassis, cedar and spice. Medium bodied on the palate with cool, elegant spicy blackcurrant fruit and cedar. Nicely poised with nice fresh acidity and a medium length finish with some slightly aggressive tannins. Lacking a little intensity but quite classy, now to 2010ish.
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Thanks to Mimik for saving the left over from the WS Ottawa Offline 30/09/2006. Nice ruby red with slight bricking on the edges. This one was starting to show signs of being opened for so long but it was still hanging in there !! Nice nose of raspberries, cedar and dried thyme. On the palate more fruits but with a marked acidity, still had a nice bit of tannins left to enjoy !
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A bit swampy at first opening, but it blows off. Subtle cassis, tar, mint, earth and licorice nose. Full and rich with dark berry flavours; quite firm with mineral notes through the finish. More time needed.
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1/5/2024 - Thefatbastard Likes this wine:
Tout en finesse. nez sur le tertiaire, le cuir, le sous-bois. Développe des arômes de poivron un peu d'air. En bouche, commence à être un peu fatigué mais en croire agréable. Typique BDX. A boire maintenant.
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11/22/2023 - philmtl Likes this wine:
A little bit (actually quite a little bit) tired but enjoyable none the less. Mid-palate was definitely lacking presence. I got 1 good one out of 4. But the other 3 still gave me joy. On to the next find.
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11/3/2023 - philmtl Likes this wine:
Much better than the first two. Lot of funk on the nose so i gave it 2 hours of air épaulée. Leather, oak spices and black fruited. Plenty of acidity and the fruit is still showing up to the party. Nice bottle
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10/4/2023 - philmtl wrote: flawed
The nose displays cassis, tobacco, damp earth and some slate. No TCA on the nose but the palate is rather thin/dilute without fruit but with astringent ultra fine tannins. This just ain’t right. It’s my first 1995 Lanessan but it’s got to be affected by age. I don’t find any TCA markets other than the lack of fruit and tannic finish. I’ll let it breath until meal time and hope it improves. Looks like a Fail.
Edit: never woke up. I deglazed the bavette with it and the rest will remain for cooking.
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9/2/2023 - Andehan77 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Magnum bottle. Smoth as silk with still good fruit.
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5/15/2023 - OmiyaDrinker wrote: 87 Points
Nose of leather, blackcurrant, mushroom, dark plum. Still a little fruit left but mostly (nearly totally) tertiary at this stage. Tannin and acid remain prominent. Fun to drink but not a patch on how the 2000 is drinking today.
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5/14/2023 - Marshmarsh wrote: 88 Points
The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It tastes like blackberry , currant. The body is too,light for my taste. The acidity was out of blance. Some tertiary flavor.
Past it’s prime
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4/9/2023 - dubdub wrote:
Very much over the hill, perhaps unlucky.
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3/6/2022 - PSPatrick wrote: 89 Points
Bought recently. High fill, bottle and cork in very good condition. Medium to dark garnet colour. Undefined red and dark fruit, light vegetal notes, cedar, leather, tobacco, light earth, graphite, spices, cinnamon, and light pebbly minerality, with good acidity, partly resolved tannin, and good length. Average concentration, but decent complexity. The tannin seems a little grainy, and the wine is a little unclean and rustic overall but in an almost charming way. Only 12.5% ABV. Old school Médoc. True to the vintage and very true to its place. Should continue to soften and evolve for another six to ten years.
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6/16/2019 - SiR wrote: 90 Points
12.5% - Clear, med garnet with bricking hue / clean, med intensity - stewed strawberry, cocoa powder, cedar, tobacco leaf, graphite, eucalyptus after some air / dry, med+ refreshing acidity, med- fine grained tannin, med body, med intensity, med+ length. Textbook mature Bordeaux - classic and elegant.
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5/26/2019 - Keldertje wrote:
1-005. I said I would finish my case in 2017/2018 but it's mid 2019 and I still have 8 bottles, so time to crack another one! Stone red color after 24 years of cellaring. Eucalyptus, menthol, fir come through very clear. Blackberry, strawberry and tar. Alcohol bites in my face a bit, the last glass smells of Christmas herbs.
Nevertheless, bought for just 13 Euro, holding very well after 24 years so happy there are still 7 left!
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4/28/2019 - BouzyRouge wrote:
Garnet robe fading to rose rim. On the nose black cherry, cedar, sugar beet, liver sausage. On the palate cherry cola, dried herbs, and a whole lot of clunky tannin. Better with food than without, but just doesn't mesh.
Opened two bottles, and the bottle that bore a trace of detectable VA was more enjoyable than the one without.
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3/1/2019 - Weinberg Falls wrote: 87 Points
Bricking around the edges and a deep claret. Leathery nose with heavy whiffs of Medoc farmyard. Fruit fully resolved leaving some sturdy and not overly pleasant tannic structure. Not much fun to be had on the palette but decent depth for a 24yo. Strong gunpowder and pepper finish, the best bit. After 2hrs of air mellows out and plateaus into day 2. Secondary burnt brown sugar flavours. Tannins still dominate. Agreeing with below reviews this is 5 years past its best.
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12/24/2018 - Oeno_PHIL wrote: 87 Points
D’un magnum. On perçoit l’évolution à la couleur de la robe. Le nez est essentiellement sur le sous-bois. Il reste du fruit en bouche mais sans grande profondeur aromatique ni longueur en bouche. Tout de même agréable à boire même si passé son apogée. À boire sans tarder.
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10/7/2018 - macliii Likes this wine: 86 Points
Nice wine but not much depth. Decent acidity but not much fruit. Good balance but not too long of a finish. Definitely at the tale end of the drinking window.
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10/2/2018 - chcook wrote:
Cork intact. this was harsh. stern tannins and acid and not very much fruit depth. usually lamb will bring out the best but not tonight. opened something else
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12/17/2017 - "Rhône Rider" wrote: 91 Points
Vesentlig mindre utviklet enn 1998 og 1999.vinner trolig på mere lagring. (magnum)
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11/10/2017 - Butzemann wrote: 90 Points
D+0h: cork comes out intact with a butler's friend, a little bit of deposit in the filter and some in the bottle, smells of blackberry D+2h: purple red colour, on the rim a little cherry red, smells of blackberry, forest ground and smoke, medium to full body, in the mouth blackberry, forest ground and a little bit of acidity, smooth, dry, but not in a tart way, in the aftertaste blackberry and forest ground, good length (30 sec), a good Bordeaux for a fair price.
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10/29/2017 - chcook Likes this wine:
PNP. Cork moldy at top but no signs of leakage whatsoever. Nose is mostly secondary w cedar and tobacco dominating. This smells rough, but the palate is a contradiction without a rough edge to be found. Was great w lamb chops. In a good place but plenty left in the tank despite 22yrs age
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12/21/2016 - Keldertje wrote:
Bought a case of 12 for 13 Euro per bottle at an auction. The wine is initially very closed, takes significant time to open up after giving it air.
Beautiful red-stone color that belongs to its age; thyme and tar, douglas fir and some dried fruit. The more it stood the better I liked it. It reminds of rainy woods in winter, beautiful claret altogether, but will finish the case in the course of 2017/18 at the latest. Good value for money, great house wine to enjoy with a daily meal.
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12/11/2016 - -E- wrote: 89 Points
Klar, dyp, svakt brunet rød med mild kant. Lett utviklet nese med lær, skogbunn, solbær og treverk.
Slank, tørr og fast frukt med moderat konsentrasjon. Frisk, spiss syre. Milde, lett tørrende tanniner. Tørr utgang med grei lengde.
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11/11/2016 - Butzemann wrote: 90 Points
D+0h: cork comes out intact by using a butler's friend, medium deposit in the filter, quite some deposit in the bottle, smells of raspberry, D+2h: quite dark for a 21-year-old wine, purple red, on the rim a tiny bit cherry red, smells of leather, smoke and forest floor, in the mouth graphite, blackberry and a little bit of forest floor, medium body, dry, but not in a tart way, in the aftertaste blackberry and a little bit of graphite, good length (25 sec), a good Bordeaux for a fair price
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10/10/2016 - AV2012 wrote: 88 Points
Juicy, lively, fruity and mild. Tannins resolved, very nice.
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5/26/2016 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 90 Points
Randy and Steve visit Cleveland (Napa vs. Bordeaux) (Colonial): This chateau is always one of the great values and it lasts and ages so well. This win is no exception although at age 21, it is starting to show some wear and tear. Ruby/purple in color. The nose is very nice with cigar tobacco and cherries. Some dried fruit as well. On the palate. layers of dried and damp forest floor with cherries. Tannins resolved. Complex but not a monster. A very good wine.
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12/9/2015 - salil wrote: 90 Points
A really satisfying Bordeaux. This isn't a big wine or a showcase of complexity - it's just really classic, old school Bordeaux that's very easy to drink, all cedar, tobacco, and mature earthy and graphite notes framing red and dark berried fruit. There's still some grainy tannin beneath but it quickly eases up with some time in the decanter, and it's wonderful to follow over a few hours.
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10/31/2015 - salil wrote: 90 Points
Better than my last bottle. This came around quickly in the decanter - a bit austere at first, but with time there's plenty of red fruit, cedar, graphite, and dusty earthiness that comes through on a medium weight frame. There's still some grainy tannin on the back end, but this works perfectly with some meat off the grill.
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10/12/2015 - SoundinBetween wrote:
very much how salil notes this experience, except i'll say that i didn't feel there was much any remaining tannin to be accounted for. i would prefer this to accompany food at this stage, i feel like the flavors would come across more positively. very good bottle and characteristic of the house style after a few 20 years or so..
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10/11/2015 - salil wrote: 89 Points
Not quite as open-knit as the '96 Lanessan - the flavours here are a bit more reticent at first and need some time in the decanter to emerge, and there's still some grainy tannin on the back end. But this is another bottle of very classic, old styled Bordeaux with plenty of fresh red and dark fruit, earth, and lots of other savoury developed flavours, and it's drinking very well right now with some air.
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6/3/2015 - chcook Likes this wine:
PNP. Cork perfect. Color dark garnet with bricking edges - opaque. Nose smoky medicinal cherry rhubarb and a bit meaty earthiness. Initial swish showed dense tannin that persisted but softened a hair after an hour. Sipping shows ripe pruny secondary fruit with tartish finish. Was great with lamb chops but a little tiresome alone. There is still fruit but not sure it will outlive structure and if there is an upside to waiting any longer. Will drink remainders in near term.
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4/25/2015 - Butzemann Likes this wine: 89 Points
D+0h: the cork totally crumbles while pulling it, quite a lot of deposit in the filter and the bottle D+1,5h: dark as ink, on the rim a little cherry red, smells intensively of blackberry and forest ground, medium body, in the mouth blackberry and forest ground, not too dry, but not sweet either, in the aftertaste blackberry and forest ground, good length (30 seconds), a good Bordeaux for a fair price
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10/23/2014 - EirikM wrote: flawed
Corked
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8/2/2014 - pepmi wrote: 88 Points
Drinking exceptionally almost 20 years out. Classic Medoc mix of leather, herbs and earthiness. Echoing my earlier tasting note, this wine shows a level of depth, complexity and roundness in the mouth that defies its under $20 value. A slight hint of mustiness in the finish knocks this particular tasting down a notch or two. Drink now.
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1/9/2014 - asgerG wrote: 85 Points
Decanted 20min.Very mature, to the lean side, mature tannins. Drink now
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5/22/2012 - chcook wrote:
Popped and poured. Color garnet w bricking edges. Nose unmistakably Bordeaux w mostly secondary showing. On palate this is mostly resolved and read to go w Finish showing tannin supporting the simple fruit. There is still quite a bit of stuffing here but I intend to drink the rest of mine in the next 2-3 years.
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5/16/2012 - Julian Marshall wrote:
Still quite young in taste and appearance, this is a full bodied, viscous wine with a thick, velvety texture. Quite a discreet nose of plums, tobacco and leather, in the mouth it envelops the tastebuds with notes of blackberry and cherry, together with mocha and pepper. There is a slight lack of fruit, it doesn't have the sweetness of a really good vintage, but still a very impressive wine. What I like is that it doesn't try to be anything it's not: it's not a budding St.Julien or Pauillac, still less a Right Bank fruit bomb, it's a good Haut-Medoc. With a little more fruit, this would have been the best Lanessan I've tasted, the body and texture are certainly more impressive than the 90, for example.
The Lanessan 09 costs exactly the same as the 95 did back in 99, so this is precisely the type of wine to hunt down in the current context.
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3/9/2012 - kuwrede wrote: 90 Points
Hat seinen Höhepunkt überschritten,kann aber in einer größeren Runde
noch bis 2015 gut getrunken werden.
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1/13/2012 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 90 Points
Chateau Lanessan Vertical (55,95,96,00,01,03,05,08): This took some time to open up despite the 4 hour decant. Ruby/purple in color. With air in the glass, some cassis, tobacco and a bit of warm earth develops. Great texture. Juicy with solid tannins. Slowly unwinding in my glass. Needs time, but it is a delicious wine.
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12/1/2011 - pepmi wrote: 89 Points
I bought a case of ‘95 Lanessan for less than $20 per bottle and I have to say that it is hard to find a more complex, balanced, classically made wine for this price with 15 years of bottle ageing. As I characterized in an earlier tasting note, this is a great everyday house wine to serve with almost anything. My suggestion, if you are considering a more recent vintage, would be to buy a half case or so and drink comfortably over the next 7-9 years. You won't be disappointed from a value standpoint. There are plenty of nuanced flavor notes such as leather, deep sour cherry and licorice.
Eric Asimov of the New York Times did a recent article about the first growth Bordeaux and Grand Cru Burgundies that are out of reach of most wine consumers, who can’t afford to pay thousands of dollars per bottle. The point he made was that fortunately for the rest of us, there has been an explosion of good wines available that are affordable to almost anyone interested in pulling a cork. Lanessan is proof wines like this do in fact exist.
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3/16/2011 - oedipamaas wrote:
interesting, healthy amount of brett, well past peak; would not buy this vintage again
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9/12/2010 - dynowine wrote: 89 Points
Tested with 3+ hrs air time (including shaking the bottle initially) at 70-75 deg F. Filled in and moved from "orange-ish" taste to cherry taste with air time. Nose of this wine is quite good and better than the taste, but taste is acceptable. Alluring nose of cherry-plum, leather, smoke, graphite, stony mineral, perfume, and cola spices (nutmeg or orange peel). In the mouth tastes of slightly musty leather with sour ripe fruit (cherry, dark plum) plus some spice (pepper, orange peel, nutmeg). Finish fades of fruit and wood notes with hints of nuts and toast. Body medium minus, acid medium, tannin medium or lower.
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9/7/2010 - jhannah27 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Wow, I am shocked how lively this still is after 15 years. Great mose full of musty blackberries and plums. Nice zip of acid still kicking around and nicely integrated tannin. Fruit flavors are a tad thin, bit nicely matured with a good balance of damp earth. Absolute steal of an aged Bdx at $20.
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8/21/2010 - RedLoverJim Likes this wine: 91 Points
Rich, red fruit flavors.
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8/21/2010 - mmurry Likes this wine: 89 Points
The nose had green vegetables and cherry, leather and spice, and some damp earth at the end. The palate had earth and vegetables, cherry and spice, and a great damp earth finish.
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8/21/2010 - wineismylife wrote:
Saturdays at One - Volume 32: Tasted non blind. Opened and served immediately. Garnet to dark garnet color in the glass. clear hue throughout. Nose of aspirin, black berries, white pepper and a hint of roses. Flavors of black berries and black cherries. Medium to bright acidity, drying tannins, medium body. I'm still not sure the fruit will outlast the tannins and acidity of this vintage. It's still hanging in there but the acidity and tannins are still a little ahead of the fruit.
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8/8/2010 - dynowine wrote: 89 Points
Tested from a preservation machine. Complex nose with strong cherry (kirsch) notes, spices (anise), hints of strawberry or cherry cola, background mineral. In the mouth has notable and smooth acid and tannin around the rim of the tongue with smoke, graphite, and rich ripe not sweet (slightly sour) red and black fruit (red cherry, berry, and cassis or elderberry) along with a meaty undertone. Finishes with fading sour fruit and toasted oak with a metallic sheen. Dry. Body medium, acid medium, tannin medium plus. Good value as tested, USD20.
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7/2/2010 - pepmi wrote: 88 Points
Drinking very nicely. Maybe a year or so past its peak.
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3/7/2009 - krispi wrote: 90 Points
Excellent for the price. Lovely, intense, complex nose. Nice, balanced mid-weight mouth
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1/3/2009 - pepmi wrote: 88 Points
A nice, claret style Bordeaux drinking beautifully now. A very good everyday "house" wine with a couple of years left to go.
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12/31/2008 - Keith M wrote:
appears dark purple with fading edges, smell soft raspberry, gentle spice, nice and soft, light touch of cedar, very nice nose, taste well-integrated, softer, fruity spice, great acid, wonderful pair for grilled lamb loin chops, wonderfully pleasant, very meaty and tobaccoesque, on day two, the wine had moved onto blunt acid with excellent mouthfeel but the favors had long faded away, nice, easygoing wine to drink now, no reason to hold onto it any longer as far as I can tell, not quite what I paid, but certainly an excellent demonstration of how lamb and bordeaux can work hand-in-hand
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12/30/2008 - Charlie Carnes wrote: 89 Points
Very nice. Soft, rounded, bright red fruits, and some aromatic woody branches.
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7/1/2007 - Paul D wrote: 87 Points
Medium ruby, medium bright ruby rim. Pleasant, nicely perfumed, if not overly intense nose showing cassis, cedar and spice. Medium bodied on the palate with cool, elegant spicy blackcurrant fruit and cedar. Nicely poised with nice fresh acidity and a medium length finish with some slightly aggressive tannins. Lacking a little intensity but quite classy, now to 2010ish.
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10/2/2006 - vinaigre wrote: 90 Points
Thanks to Mimik for saving the left over from the WS Ottawa Offline 30/09/2006.
Nice ruby red with slight bricking on the edges. This one was starting to show signs of being opened for so long but it was still hanging in there !!
Nice nose of raspberries, cedar and dried thyme. On the palate more fruits but with a marked acidity, still had a nice bit of tannins left to enjoy !
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11/2/2004 - Double-A wrote:
A bit swampy at first opening, but it blows off. Subtle cassis, tar, mint, earth and licorice nose. Full and rich with dark berry flavours; quite firm with mineral notes through the finish. More time needed.
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1/26/2002 - graemeg wrote:
Sydney MW Summer School; 1/26/2002-1/27/2002 (Sydney Airport Stamford Hotel): Cedary, even at this age. Grippy elegant tannins, old oak, subdued bdx fruit; a bit short and not especially intense. Ho-hum.
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