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| Drinking window: Drink between 2023 and 2035 (based on 11 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 36 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Austen on 4/19/2024 & rated 89 points: NRP - Vibrant fruit, linear; dry and dusty finish; left me wanting more. (552 views) | | | Tasted by racerchris on 2/6/2024: Drank on the heels of a 2012 Lanessan. This is more structured and fuller bodied but the same fruit profile was apparent.
Edited to add: Was popped and poured, but should have been decanted for the substantial sediment discovered near the end of the bottle. (1523 views) | | | Tasted by joseph_c on 1/23/2024 & rated 90 points: decent qpr at $20 and very approachable. it starts off a bit sweet for me but has some structure on the finish that evens it out. (1100 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 12/17/2023 & rated 90 points: Clear dark red. Medium intense nose, earthy black cherry, cedar, cassis and plum. Dry Cabernet flavours with a dry berry finish.
Decanted 2+ hours. (1521 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 11/3/2023 & rated 92 points: Medium dark red. Black cherry, berry and cassis fruit with a bit of something savoury . Dry spicy dark berry flavours and a mid weight dry finish.
I decanted for a couple of hours, it really opened up the nose and soften the flavours. (1977 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 10/29/2023 & rated 90 points: Drank with dinner. I didn’t give it a lot of thought. Delicious and young. Hold. (1900 views) | | | Tasted by Barolo Freak on 10/28/2023 & rated 80 points: I let my Lanessan sit in a decanter for three hours, and then I poured. My first impression of this wine wasn't great. The 2019 Lanessan is flat, and one dimensional. I sipped my wine over a three evening period with consistent notes. I don't think that time will improve this wine either. Is it worth $25 a bottle? Probably not. (1490 views) | | | Tasted by kronfeld on 10/22/2023: 375ml. Dark fruit pie nose. Slight tannins, back of the palate only. Smooth but lifeless. Fat mouthfeel but somehow not rich. (1375 views) | | | Tasted by Qbunny on 10/15/2023: Reddit cheap wine recommendation. (1292 views) | | | Tasted by Vandelaar on 9/9/2023 & rated 90 points: I bought a few bottles to sample after reading good things about this wine. Really loved the 09 and am hoping for comparable quality in this one.
This is young but already accessible and still in development. Classic HM profile which resembles the more moderate/cooler growing season conditions. Dark fruits such as cassis, cherry combined with cedar, pencil shavings and I found a nutty taste to it. Good freshness, young but digestible tannines.
Moderate complexity for now but I think enough stuffing to gain and develop. decant on forehand. (1294 views) | | | Tasted by Julien D on 9/4/2023 & rated 92 points: This wine is typical old school left bank style. Nose driven by dark fruit, blueberry, cassis with nicely integrated leather, cedar, pencil shavings, green pepper notes. Very approachable and open in mouth after 1h decant. Tannins and oak are well integrated, as well as alcohol and acidity. Lacks a bit of complexity but at this price point we can forgive. This is a great value wine. Will buy more (1334 views) | | | Tasted by OrganicLlama on 7/1/2023 & rated 93 points: Appearance - medium viscosity, reasonably opaque.
On the Nose - licorice, blackberry
Palate - Body is well-balanced with medium tannins and acidity. Caramel flavors and licorice, with baking spices. Dusty, but not too earthy.
Finish - Very smooth, flavors are not incredibly long-lasting but never a poor aftertaste.
Haut-Medoc did a good job here. This is the kind of wine you can buy a crate of it and have something reliably good at all times. (1876 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 6/18/2023 & rated 92 points: Dark red. Very nice cassis, cedar, warm earth and black cherry nose. Delicious dry black cherry and plum flavours and a long dry tannic finish with a hint of oak.
Best bottle yet. Very approachable. (1753 views) | | | Tasted by brenkim103 on 6/18/2023 & rated 92 points: Decanted for 3 hours. Really deep ruby-purple. Aromas of red cherries, black cherries, damp earth, cloves, licorice, cedar, and spices. Lots of black fruit on the palate. Cassis, blackberries, espresso, dark chocolate. The acidity is fresh and vibrant, bringing a juicy quality to the fruit, and the tannins are dusty, but not abrasive. Long, dry finish. This vintage brings more immediate drinking pleasure compared to the '18, but will surely age gracefully. (1792 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 6/4/2023 & rated 92 points: A very good bottle of this. Similar to past bottles but this time with some really nice berry notes.
No harm in drinking these now in my opinion. (1761 views) | | | Tasted by racerchris on 6/2/2023 & rated 89 points: High toned and full bodied. (1864 views) | | | Tasted by poppacork on 5/30/2023 & rated 92 points: Solid old fashioned Bordeaux with tobacco, earth, and violet on the nose with a stern palate of abundant tannins layered upon sweet plum and cassis. (1365 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 5/25/2023 & rated 91 points: Medium red. Medium intense nose, thyme, cassis, old wood, dusty floors and tobacco. Dry mid weight earthy cassis flavours with a dry cedar finish.
Not as great as the first bottle but very good. Will buy more. (1360 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 5/23/2023 flawed bottle: Nothing like the previous bottle. Dull nose, dried out flavours and acid finish. What happened? (1453 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 5/5/2023 & rated 92 points: Pretty dark red. Tight nose at first, swirling brought out some really nice cassis, dusty hardwood, plum and cedar notes. Delicious dry textured black fruit flavours and the finish is intense and dry.
I gave up on Cabernet years ago. This is the style of balanced but intense Cabernet I could easily love. (1506 views) | | | Tasted by JM_MadTown on 4/23/2023 & rated 89 points: This bottle was opened several hours before tasting. It is quite nice and has lots of blackberries, cassis, some lead pencil, and good acidity and tannins that are not too harsh at this point. I am thinking that it will improve with a couple of years of aging. It is a good value. (1515 views) | | | Tasted by stamperb on 4/16/2023 & rated 89 points: Nose: Ripe blackberries, sweet flowers, hints of crushed stone and a bit of meatiness; not surprisingly, more primary than the '15 and '16 I've had recently. Palate: mildly tart blackberries, milk chocolate; muscular tannins and great acidity. On day two, the fruit morphs into dried cranberry. I would recommend giving it a couple of years as it probably just needs more time before it likely improves and picks up some complexity. (1537 views) | | | Tasted by Everything Ahead on 3/20/2023: This was tasted a while back, but just remembered to post a note now. While I have liked this producer in the past (e.g. the '16) I wasn't so impressed with this rendering. Nice nose, but on the palate it is clearly over-oaked and over-extracted, trying too hard, with some pronounced bitterness on the finish that remains over several days of being open (it was double-decanted at first). Maybe age will integrate it a bit, but I'm not so optimistic. Not a re-purchase for me. (1939 views) | | | Tasted by sdwineguru on 3/10/2023 & rated 90 points: $25 Haut Medoc 2019 Château Lanessan. Mid-dark garnet, viscous; herbaceous, Cabernet, cassis and oak nose; mid acids; mid-full tannins; new world style; long, hot, big fruit finish. w/beef. 16 UC Davis scale, 90 other scales. (1511 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 2/17/2023 & rated 89 points: Drank over two days, alongside the same vintage Fourcas Dupré.
Strong Cabernet Sauvignon markers on the nose and palate. Somewhat heavily extracted, which shows as excessive grit at the back. Oak obscures terroir to an extent and alcohol can be a touch edgy. If it puts on weight over the next few years, improvement seems possible. 89-90. (2501 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Bordeaux 2019: The Southwold Tasting (Feb 2023) (2/1/2023)
(Lanessan Lanessan Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (1/18/2023)
(Ch Lanessan Haut-Médoc Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2019 Bordeaux from Bottle: The Two Towers (Feb 2022) (2/1/2022)
(Lanessan Lanessan Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, Omne Trium Perfectum: Bordeaux 2019s in Bottle (Feb 2022) (2/1/2022)
(Lanessan Lanessan Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (1/6/2022)
(Château Lanessan Haut-Medoc , France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Georgina Hindle
Decanter, Bordeaux 2019 in bottle: Haut-Médoc and Médoc (1/5/2022)
(Château Lanessan, Cabernet Sauvignon, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (12/7/2021)
(Ch Lanessan Haut-Médoc Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, December 2021 (12/1/2021)
(Château Lanessan Haut-Médoc Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (6/6/2020)
(Château Lanessan Haut-Medoc, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jane Anson
Decanter, Bordeaux En Primeur 2019 Medoc (6/4/2020)
(Château Lanessan, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2019 Bordeaux: A Long, Strange Trip (Jun, 2020) (6/1/2020)
(Lanessan Lanessan Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, Uncertain Smile: Bordeaux 2019 (Jun 2020) (6/1/2020)
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Winedoctor, June 2020 (6/1/2020)
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| 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
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"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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