2017 Château Lanessan

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  4/30/2023 - ajburgess88 wrote: 88 Points

  Pretty boring, may develop some more character but given the vintage wouldn’t be so sure. Slightly alcoholic. Ok as a lunch wine

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  12/11/2021 - Costes76 wrote: 89 Points

  Medium deep ruby color. Medium emerging nose of typical black fruits and oak. Dry, full acidity, brash tannins, palate (fruit forward and linear with tannic edge) follows through. Medium body. Ok balance (tannic edge). Medium finish.

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  5/18/2021 - ChateauShiny Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Blind tasting. Nose of cherries, strawberries, pine/forest floor, vanilla, and black pepper. There is a decent whiff of eucalyptus from the alcohol. The wine is medium-light bodied, dry, and balanced acidity. The fruit palate of this wine seems to be muted, but matches the nose. The tannin structure is heavy with angular and dusty tannins. Finish has oak undertones but are all lost due to the methanol and alcohol. When I was allowed to look at the wine it was dark ruby in color.
  
  Not sure what this is. My first guess would be a Central Coast Pinot Noir given the fruit and oak profile. Somehow in the back of my mind it doesn’t feel right. This wine should rest for a few more years so that the tannins integrate better.
  
  Pulled out of the bag, and I have a Chateau Lanessan 2017 Bordeaux – boy was I wrong about my guess. My partner said he decanted this for 3 hours prior to us tasting. As it warms up from cellar temp, I start to notice more herbs on the finish. This needs more time to open, but I will hold by blind notes that years of rest. Day 1: 87pts.
  
  Day 2 – 89pts: Nose developed and brought cherry, raspberry, leather, mineral and earth aromas. Tasting much more Bordeaux today. Elegant cherries, raspberries and strawberries interweaved with minerals and oak. Round tannins that outlast the finish. Still a bit of an alcohol warmth on the finish, but much better than day 1.

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  11/22/2020 - Andre Brattland wrote: 88 Points

  Fresh with a little perfumed redberry fruit of plums and blackberries. Some licorice and leather in the background. Medium-bodied wine with a good mouthfeel of blackberries, blackcurrants, a little barrel spice and with a little green herbal overtone. A little easier in the step this time, but the fruit is fresh and the tannins give the right bite. Not for the long haul, but a good wine.

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  11/15/2020 - GL Rhone Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Pop and pour and consumed over 3 days. Sealed under Diam. Quite shy nose, blackberries, cassis and some unobtrusive notes of (old) oak. Palate is light to medium bodied, very fresh with some slightly spiky tannins and tart almost savory fruit, some green pepper on finish. Showed best on day 3: nose has gained focus and precision, with smoke, tobacco, red fruits. Palate has a more complete feel. Traditional and nothing spoofy going on here! 89+ points for today, but I feel this has plenty in the tank and will be best with a few more more years on it

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