2006 Château La Conseillante

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  10/2/2023 - sirpat00 wrote: 93 Points

  20-vintage La Conseillante vertical (Fribourg): Part of a 20 vintage vertical (key takeaways in the tasting story). Extracted red cherry fruit but with well controlled intensity. Broad herbaceous base that combined dried and fresh herbs. Uplifting floral notes which contrasted beautifully along with a mineral fundament. Nice density without adding too much weight, mouthcoating tannin but felt soft and well-integrated. Plenty of primary fruit.

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  10/2/2023 - Cailles wrote: 92 Points

  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: Dark and blue fruit, quite fresh fruit. Some coffee notes too, some meaty hints. Quite interesting. On the palate this has the freshness of a cooler of vintage, not much ripeness but it isn’t underripe either. Not highly complex but with good precision. The structural frame is fine and so is the balance. Overall, good but not great. 92pts.
  
  Decanting: The bottle was opened a few hours before consumption but not decanted. A short decant should be sufficient.

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  9/29/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 92 Points

  Chateau La Conseillante 1947-2020 tasted blind: Discrete nose, relatively ripe with some licorice and cooked fruit. Still quite a bit of structure to resolve.

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  5/17/2023 - SonnyChiba wrote: 93 Points

  Very rich, but absolutely delicious wine... Tons of ripe fruit, bit of weight to it but still has some elegance. starting to show some age, but barely.

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  3/15/2023 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

  Splash decanted. Notably more bricking than the 08 LFP. Cooler, redder fruited but a bit dry on the finish. Shorter finish too.

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