2009 Château Lalande-Borie

Community Tasting Notes (44) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  5/5/2023 - stet Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Color: medium ruby
  Nose: at first, brett. Then. After about two hours of air, the fruit is dark red, ripe but not too much, and there is a clear earth and stone smell to this along with pencil shaving. A slight leather and fig scent here as well, and there is some belpepper though quite tempered
  Palate: medium-high acidity, medium tannin that is smooth and close to resolved, medium body really. Alcohol here is perceptible. Confirms the nose
  Finish: medium
  
  A good wine. No trace of sweetness, close to balanced, serious aromas that give real pleasure. Needs two hours of air imo. Then it delivers a solid though not profound Bordeaux experience. Good with food, can go another few years in cellar but I doubt it'll get much better

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  3/26/2023 - bobbylion Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Great nose. Freshness and maturity at the same time. First impression was 92-93, but it has a disappointing short finish. Kind of over promised and under delivered. Still a very nice wine in a fantastic place now.

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  5/6/2022 - comnsense Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Very pleasant and has aged well.Better than the last bottle

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  4/29/2022 - jcb_pim wrote: 92 Points

  so sad this was the last pair of bottles of my case, bought EP. in such a good place right now - tertiary starting to push through but fruit in balance. lovely wine at this price (even now; EP it was a steal) and i just wish i'd bought more.

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  10/3/2021 - Wine_Bear Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Perfectly ready. Immediate bouquet of Berries, cherries, huckleberries, boysenberries, raspberries, strawberries. Hint of pepper. Taste of cashews. Then Walnuts.

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