This is a fantastic wine for the money and another reminder of why Bordeaux is the best value in wine and a candidate for long evolution. We are almost nineteen years in and this bottle is full of life and energy. Rustic, leafy, cassis fruited. This is a grippy, bold, authentic style of Bordeaux that conjures up pictures of farm family’s dining on great food versus fancy dressed collectors taking notes and critiques. The kind of wine to drink once a week. Bravo. (90)
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Le Bilboquet Holiday Dinner (Atlanta, GA): Tasted at Somm Guild of ATL Holiday dinner @ Le Bilboquet. Paired with Steak and Frites. Realy nice showing! Drank alongside four other Napa cabs / Bordeaux blends. Brad - heavypourwine.com
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Drank this over three evenings. On the first, it was like a grumpy friend wearing black at an 80s party, with a The Fall T-shirt, complaining about the Human League the DJ was playing - you think - come on, loosen up! Well, it only did so on the third evening, revealing some reasonably attractive dark fruit, but still very reserved and tannic. Not my favourite Lanessan, this is for those who like them dark and broody. My cellar is cold, so perhaps not representative, but for me this needs at least another three years, possibly more. The only concern is the cork - a sort of short Diam, probably responsible for the slightly low level in spite of perfect cellaring conditions since purchase.
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(Château Lanessan) Dark red violet color with pale meniscus; nice tart cassis, slightly herbaceous nose with a hint of smoke; silky textured, tart cassis and mineral palate; medium finish
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5/4/2024 - dbkitc wrote: 90 Points
This is a fantastic wine for the money and another reminder of why Bordeaux is the best value in wine and a candidate for long evolution. We are almost nineteen years in and this bottle is full of life and energy. Rustic, leafy, cassis fruited. This is a grippy, bold, authentic style of Bordeaux that conjures up pictures of farm family’s dining on great food versus fancy dressed collectors taking notes and critiques. The kind of wine to drink once a week. Bravo. (90)
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12/19/2023 - HeavyPourWine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Le Bilboquet Holiday Dinner (Atlanta, GA): Tasted at Somm Guild of ATL Holiday dinner @ Le Bilboquet. Paired with Steak and Frites. Realy nice showing! Drank alongside four other Napa cabs / Bordeaux blends. Brad - heavypourwine.com
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12/16/2023 - Julian Marshall wrote: 90 Points
Drank this over three evenings. On the first, it was like a grumpy friend wearing black at an 80s party, with a The Fall T-shirt, complaining about the Human League the DJ was playing - you think - come on, loosen up!
Well, it only did so on the third evening, revealing some reasonably attractive dark fruit, but still very reserved and tannic.
Not my favourite Lanessan, this is for those who like them dark and broody.
My cellar is cold, so perhaps not representative, but for me this needs at least another three years, possibly more.
The only concern is the cork - a sort of short Diam, probably responsible for the slightly low level in spite of perfect cellaring conditions since purchase.
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10/1/2023 - Hschmitz Likes this wine: 91 Points
holder flot - flot Bordeaux til prisen,
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9/16/2023 - Eaglet93 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Delicious
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