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| Drinking window: Drink between 2016 and 2024 (based on 6 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.2 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 44 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Marshmarsh on 8/2/2023 & rated 87 points: Light bodied.
1-2 hrs open bottle
Dried red berry, earthy, mushrooms, minerality at end
Not too complex. Makes for weekday wine (558 views) | | | Tasted by stamperb on 2/8/2023 & rated 92 points: Nose: Sweet tobacco, soft floral notes, musty earthiness, faint dried cherry. Palate: Balanced and light-bodied; earthy cherry that lingers in the background, grainy tannins, plenty of acid; faintest bit of yeasty honeysuckle on the finish. Was still good on day two suggesting that there's still plenty of life left. (835 views) | | | Tasted by daveyk39 on 1/21/2023 & rated 88 points: I fear this may have passed its prime, or is very close to it. Still enjoyable and reasonably priced. But it feels thin compared to prior tastings. (839 views) | | | Tasted by Emma_h on 10/17/2022: Very stiff at first, but given 2-3 hours breathing it came into it's own. Beautiful colour and surprisingly light on the palette. (989 views) | | | Tasted by GHRM002 on 3/12/2022 & rated 89 points: Opened up after 20-30 mins - excellent (1261 views) | | | Tasted by NickA on 9/18/2021 & rated 86 points: This was pretty rubbish. Thin, green and weedy - the bad side of the 2007 vintage, or perhaps like a poor-quality Chinon. We didn't have with food, but I don't think it would have particularly helped if we had done. (1705 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 8/13/2021: Old-school Bordeaux, opens up with a nose of cedar, smoke, olives. Lean in structure, almost chalky, with marks of dark fruit, leather, smoke, pencil shavings (I eat and drink pencil shavings often). The Cabernet Franc is obvious here and provides a green note, veggies. Susanne didn’t really care for this, but I love it. Not sure this will improve from here, but it will last for many years. (1586 views) | | | Tasted by aficionado-dk on 5/18/2021 & rated 89 points: Classic Bordeaux, even if a bit on the light side. Earthy at first, becomes thin if you let it stand in the glass. (1422 views) | | | Tasted by aficionado-dk on 4/10/2021 & rated 87 points: Lovely wine, typical Bordeaux, earth, chocolate and berries, but the taste is not very strong; drink 2021 or early 2022. (1353 views) | | | Tasted by aficionado-dk on 4/3/2021: Quite a streng taste for this vigtige at this point in time. Notes of chocolade (1130 views) | | | Tasted by aficionado-dk on 3/30/2021 & rated 88 points: Nicely rounded, very mild, but still with a lot of substance, perfect for medium-done lamb and soft cheeses. Drink within less than 2 years (2021-2022)
The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells a little bit like cranberry. (781 views) | | | Tasted by radiolysis on 12/24/2020: Didn't get a lot of fruit, but it was leather and good farm smells. Sure, it wasn't super layered, but was a very fine bottle nonetheless. Sealed under agolomerated cork so hopefully no worries about TCA. (963 views) | | | Tasted by Maphill01 on 3/18/2020: Not too complex, but stupid good QPR as a daily drinker BDX. Open from the get go. Black currant, light oak, and a bit of earthy leather. Medium light body, balanced tannins and acidity. Delicate nose, but giving good fruit on the palate. (1277 views) | | | Tasted by havana4 🍾🍇 on 7/31/2019 & rated 89 points: Very nice wine for the price. A true Bordeaux nose on this with crushed rocks, cedar, touch of smoke. tannins fine and integrated. Acidity medium to low. Fruit definitely present but maybe a touch low bring this wine slightly out of balance. Actually this is my new personal fave for a daily drinker Bordeaux! No brainer. (1675 views) | | | Tasted by Kubiskisk on 5/26/2019 flawed bottle: I have a case of this, where all bottles so far are off or flawed in some way. (1759 views) | | | Tasted by OaktownRush on 5/19/2019 & rated 90 points: Tomato, cherry, barnyard -- very earthy nose. High acid on the palate with brighter red fruit and spice. Medium (+) finish. Good value. (1682 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 5/18/2019: K&L Bordeaux Tasting (San Francisco): Medium center, light rim. Very cedary. Elegant weight, transient sweetness of fruit, then it falls apart rapidly, turning lean, herbaceous, and dry. On a downward path, I'm afraid. (1793 views) | | | Tasted by slanum on 5/18/2019 flawed bottle: (Tasting only.) Brett; undrinkable. Surprised this wasn't pulled from the tasting. (1565 views) | | | Tasted by daveyk39 on 1/6/2018 & rated 91 points: 90m of air, and kept improving in the glass.
Deep Ruby color. Pronounced complex bouquet, with aromas of brambly fruit, oak, petroleum, white pepper, espresso and green tobacco. Medium- to Light-bodied, with delicate fruit and earthy/umami flavor coming through. Fine tannins, bright acid and a medium/short finish, which gets a little bitter toward the end.
Very enjoyable. (2129 views) | | | Tasted by "Rhône Rider" on 12/17/2017 & rated 88 points: Blindt:
2007. Ch Lanessan
Lukket nese, dyp rød, litt tårer, kirsebær, litt spice. Kirsebær, stein, lær, kaffe. Mye fat, litt alko tross 13%. Veldig utypisk rik Lanessan. 88 (1861 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 11/8/2017: Classic Bordeaux in a leaner style with cool blueberry fruit, tobacco and some green notes. Needs about an hour or so to unfold. Good balance and structure here. Would benefit from a few more years in the cellar. (2122 views) | | | Tasted by ex-sommelier on 11/2/2017: Color was healthy and young, a rich velvet red. Nose was a bit weedy on opening, but fleshed out with air though green tobacco and herbs were quite dominant with only a modest underpinning of red fruit making itself known. Palate was medium bodied with relatively light ripe tannin and still good freshness. Pleasant with dinner but needs five more years for my taste. (2103 views) | | | Tasted by Mads Eriksen on 10/11/2017 & rated 91 points: Meget klassisk Bordeaux. Lidt kødfuld, animalsk i næsen der hurtigt forsvandt. Derefter klassisk bordeaux. Virkede som at den sagtens kan ligge i lang tid endnu. Efter tre timer var den faldet fint til ro. Køb mere. (2166 views) | | | Tasted by il_diavolo on 8/4/2017 & rated 90 points: Really rather nice for the vintage and price point: cedar, earthy and a bit herbal, in a good way. Nice old fashioned, unpretentious wine. 90pts and really great QPR. I will seek out other vintages on this showing. (1524 views) | | | Tasted by partylikeakennedy on 12/26/2016 & rated 91 points: You literally cannot go wrong with this. Sutter Home price for decent ass Bordeaux. (2327 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Château Lanessan Producer website | Read more About Chateau LanessanRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Haut-Médoc Read more about Haut Medoc and its wines Long-standing fame The legally created division into Médoc and Haut-Médoc dates from 1935. But as long ago as 1815 a Chartrons broker, whose word carried weight, spoke of great red wines in the Haut-Médoc, so recognizing the high quality successfully achieved by this region's growers in the eighteenth century. The same Bordeaux broker revealed that the business world of the Chartrons and the great Bordeaux proprietors had established a sort of league-table of the parishes in which the vine-growing communes of today's Haut-Médoc appellation showed up well.
The Haut-Médoc appellation stretches over some thirty seven miles from north to south, from Saint-Seurin de Cadourne to Blanquefort. Within this area, certain zones produce wines exclusively with the Haut-Médoc appellation. It has terroirs of remarkable quality. And although we may note a certain predominance of layers of gravel (essentially Garonne gravel) from the Quaternary, all these sites are characterized by their wide diversity. Today in the southernmost communes of the appellation, the suburbs of Bordeaux, numerous vineyards which existed at the beginning of the twentieth century have disappeared, victims of urban expansion. But the vines live on... because man has retained his devotion to them.
The astonishing variety of different terroirs, the result of the very extent of the area, explains the diversity of Haut-Médoc wines, a fact which is rare within one and the same appellation.
But, over and above the differences, linked to this mosaic of climatic and geological influence, all these wines have the same family traits of character.
Alert and lively, full-bodied without being too powerful, and harmoniously balanced, they acquire a rare bouquet over the years.
In order to have the right to the Haut-Médoc appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the communes of Blanquefort, Le Taillan, Parempuyre, Le Pian, Ludon, Macau, Arsac, Labarde, Cantenac, Margaux, Avensan, Castelnau, Soussans, Arcins, Moulis, Listrac, Lamarque, Cussac, Saint-Laurent de Médoc, Saint-Julien, Pauillac, Saint-Sauveur, Cissac, Saint-Estèphe, Vertheuil, Saint-Seurin de Cadourne "excluding all the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (48 hectolitres per hectare).
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