Visually dark garnet colored in the bowl with bricking at the rim. The legs are slow and and long with medium to heavy sedimentation in the bottle (had to use a coffee filter after standing for 48hrs). After an hour of breathing, the nose is a cedary and dusty bark with dark red cherry notes. The body is full with medium acidity. The wine has a somewhat still tannic texture, concentrated ending in a medium to long finish. All in all definitely a nice wine but requiring a few more years of cellaring. Paired with angelhair pasta with white truffled meat sauce.
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Classic Margaux fragrance, but low on complexity. It enters pretty smoothly with low acidity and tannin. However, despite its dark translucent ruby colored core, it's concentration is on the light side and ends in a short somewhat bitter finish. Simply put, it is a very straightforward commercially styled wine that won't improve with further bottle age. Only vaguely reminiscent of the Chateau's grand vin's style.
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On the nose: india ink, dark roast coffee and dark cherries. On the palate: still a good amount of tannins (unusual for a 2nd wine of this age), concentrated with a medium to long finish. Visually: Core of dark garnet with light garnet on the rim. Drank beautifully the first day with no decanting. 2nd day, still ok. 3rd day, declined greatly. Cellaring for another couple of years is probably ideal; hopefully the tannins won't outlast the fruit.
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2010 Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion
4/4/2024 - terrapins Likes this wine: 90 Points
Visually dark garnet colored in the bowl with bricking at the rim. The legs are slow and and long with medium to heavy sedimentation in the bottle (had to use a coffee filter after standing for 48hrs). After an hour of breathing, the nose is a cedary and dusty bark with dark red cherry notes. The body is full with medium acidity. The wine has a somewhat still tannic texture, concentrated ending in a medium to long finish. All in all definitely a nice wine but requiring a few more years of cellaring. Paired with angelhair pasta with white truffled meat sauce.
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2016 La Sirène de Giscours
10/31/2023 - terrapins wrote: 84 Points
Classic Margaux fragrance, but low on complexity. It enters pretty smoothly with low acidity and tannin. However, despite its dark translucent ruby colored core, it's concentration is on the light side and ends in a short somewhat bitter finish. Simply put, it is a very straightforward commercially styled wine that won't improve with further bottle age. Only vaguely reminiscent of the Chateau's grand vin's style.
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2012 La Dame de Montrose
10/23/2023 - terrapins wrote: 92 Points
On the nose: india ink, dark roast coffee and dark cherries.
On the palate: still a good amount of tannins (unusual for a 2nd wine of this age), concentrated with a medium to long finish.
Visually: Core of dark garnet with light garnet on the rim.
Drank beautifully the first day with no decanting. 2nd day, still ok. 3rd day, declined greatly. Cellaring for another couple of years is probably ideal; hopefully the tannins won't outlast the fruit.
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