2006 Château Les Hauts d'Aglan Cahors

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  11/7/2014 - chefdilletante wrote:

  Big whiff of barnyard funk. Full of leather, earth and spice. Fruit is subsumed. Tannins have been tamed, so now more flexible in food pairing. This was pop-and-poured but recommend decanting given large amount of sediment. In a fun place right now.

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  12/27/2012 - chrisanderika wrote: 90 Points

  The RQP on this was out of sight! Nose of stewed potatoes, palate of sandalwood and plum, very interesting finish of dry silvery herbs, more sandalwood or incense, and resin. A fascinating wine.

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  6/23/2012 - wineshlub wrote: 92 Points

  Robust cherry/spice aromas. Rich palate with flavors of cassis and other, ripe, black fruits. Tangy olive and black pepper finish. Firm, well defined structure but with wild rustic undertones. There are also some tannic rough edges that may or may not mellow further with time. Either way this is wonderful right now.
  
  There was a time, back when Argentina was best known for beef, when many Cahors tended to go too far towards the dark, inky, rustic extreme. These days there is a tendency in many Cahors to try too hard to smooth out the inkiness and rusicity, the very elements that make Cahors unique. This wine strikes a very happy medium, it is Cahors at its best - which means Malbec at its best as far as I am concerned.

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  2/11/2012 - BadOyster wrote: 88 Points

  In the mouth, it's surprisingly plush up front - but not like biting into a plum, but more like a tomato due to the acid and lighter mouthfeel. The dark plummy flavors leave pretty quickly, and you're left with a very sour cherry backbone - very unlike the plush/velvety/mouthfilling Malbecs of Argentina. Medium tannins, medium body. In my opinion, it's not a wine that you drink by itself - better with foods to round out the flavor profile. Didn't get much better the next day.

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  1/26/2012 - suchitoto Likes this wine:

  ate with lamb neck sugo + pasta (paul bertolli). lovely dark, deep wine with moderate tannin and body. great dinner together with the sugo.
  
  couple days later, ate with the leftovers. tasted more moderate, bordeaux like.

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