1975 Château La Conseillante

Community Tasting Notes (39) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  10/28/2023 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Tasted double blind from a small capped bottle as part of a zoom tasting. The nose is wow. Dark and exotic very potent and dark and impressive. Pencil lead, chocolate and florals. Plummy and wood spice. Very deep. Almost inky. A wondeful sweetness in the back. Potent on the palate and a little volatile but delicious and it holds together. Very spicy. Berry and plummy fruit. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5-5.5/6, Finish - 4.5-5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 16.5-17.5/20.

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  10/2/2023 - sirpat00 wrote: flawed

  20-vintage La Conseillante vertical (Fribourg): Part of a 20 vintage vertical (key takeaways in the tasting story). Nail polish and chemical. Palate catastrophic, only alcohol and rough, sandpaper like tannin left. Not sure whether to put a very low score or just flawed. Let‘s give this the benefit of the doubt and go for flawed.

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  10/2/2023 - Cailles wrote: flawed

  20 Vintages of La Conseillante (1947-2020): All wines tasted blind. I have had many beautiful Conseillantes in the past, but in this tasting the wines did not shine as expected. A few thoughts: A) Conseillante is a seductive, sensual wine, not unlike more Bordeaux-esque Napa Valley wines. In fact, it reminded me a lot of Opus One, with the blue and black forest berry aromas found in almost every vintage. B) The fruit is ripe, but never too ripe. But only in the cooler years (and 2020) is the fruit perfectly pure and fresh. C) Even in the newer vintages, the (luxurious) oak notes are still present and will need some time to be fully absorbed. D) My biggest problem (and the group had the same one) was that almost all of the newer vintages showed alcohol notes that weren't noticeable en primeur or in the Arrivage tastings (and the wines were served at a perfect temperature or rather a little too cold). E) There were some beautiful wines, complex and seductive, but La Conseillante is not a wine for classic Bordeaux or Left Bank lovers. Conseillante is the hot one-night stand, not the elegant and intellectually appealing wine I want to drink every day. F) The best wine was the 2020 (96pts, the only score above 95pts), confirming my impression that it is a better, less ripe Bordeaux vintage than 2019.
  
  TN: A difficult bottle. Was it slightly corked? Or reduced? Not sure but this was not good. Maybe a lot of air would have helped to turn things around.

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  9/29/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: flawed

  Chateau La Conseillante 1947-2020 tasted blind: Unfortunately with a light cork.

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  9/28/2023 - BradE wrote:

  These have been in the zone since about 1995, and still are. Beautiful wine.

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