Left Bank Bordeaux tasting
Le Petit Sommelier
Tasted Tuesday, December 16, 2014 by kostaslonis with 519 views
Introduction
Various bottles of Left Bank Bordeaux, brought by the members of the group.
Le Petit Sommelier
Tasted Tuesday, December 16, 2014 by kostaslonis with 519 views
Various bottles of Left Bank Bordeaux, brought by the members of the group.
2010 Château du Taillan 83 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Color clear light red.
Clean nose, medium intensity, slight alcoholic nose, notes of marmelade, red fruit, straightforward and youthful.
The wine is dry, medium body and intensity, med+ alcohol (14.5%),medium acidity, tannins are medium with the alcohol cutting through, thin fruit in the midpalate, red cherry and currant with a short finish.
Good quality, I'd say drink now
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1996 Château Latour-Martillac 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Hazy color as it wasn't decanted and hadn't been standing upright for the sediment to settle in the bottom, brick red color.
The nose is rather clean, medium intensity, fully developed character, earthy, mushroom, no fruit, light vegetal notes.
The wine is dry, med-/med body, med intensity, med alcohol (12.50%), med acidity, tannins dissolved, dried stale red currant, dusty and earthy, mushroom and capsicum note, short finish.
Very good quality, drink yesterday
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2001 Château Brane-Cantenac 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Clear ruby color.
The nose is clean, med/med+ intensity, ripe black fruit, mint, bell pepper, brett as wet earth/forest floor, quite flowery, black cherry and currant, jammy and layers of sweet oak, ripe and developed.
The wine is dry, med body and intensity, med acidity, med alcohol tannins are medium and round, nicely balanced, ripe black fruit, black currant, sweet spice with mostly nutmeg, med+ finish.
Very good quality, drinking now but could hold. A very good example of an aged Margaux
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2001 Château Sociando-Mallet 85 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
A bit hazy, brick red.
The nose is clean, med intensity, earthy with mushroom as well, cigar box and tobacco leaves, cinnamon flavored candy, fully developed.
The wine is dry, med-/med body and intensity, med alcohol, med acidity, med tannins that are a bit drying, green bell pepper, rather thin in the mid palate, cinnamon, med finish of a quite earthy character.
Very good quality but unfortunately to be drank yesterday.
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2003 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
The color is clear ruby.
The nose is clean, medium intensity, floral character with ripe black fruit, brett again but giving depth, graphite, jammy nose, developed, minty with ripe strawberry after a while.
The wine is dry, medium body and intensity, medium acidity and alcohol, tannins are medium but round, black currant and berry, black fruit liquer notes due to the extreme heat of the vintage, cinnamon and nutmeg, balancing acidity, med+ finish.
Outstanding quality, drinking now but I guess could hold. Wine of the night for me
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2006 Château Lagrange (St. Julien) 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
The nose is tight closed with austere fruit, black fruit, graphite, damp/sweet flower, developing, marmelade of black fruits, nutmeg.
The wine is dry, medium+ body and intensity, med alcohol and acidity, tannins are still gripping, black fruit with sweet spice, earthy, there is a drying effect of oak tannins, medium finish.
Very good quality, drinking now but could hold
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2006 Château Capbern-Gasqueton 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
The nose is clean with med+ intensity, more fruit than the Chateau Lagrange 2006 that was tasted alongside, currant and black berry, dense character, tobacco leaves, bell pepper, minty, with time the wine opens and we get a rather sweeter expression, youthful to developing.
The wine is dry, med body, med+ intensity, med alcohol, med/med+ acidity, tannins are med/med+ , the acidity is cutting through the red cherry and currant, feels rather linear without much depth, finish rather short. The palate gives less than the nose.
Very good quality, drinking now but can hold
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2011 Château de Rouillac 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
The nose is clean with a med intensity, at first it goes quite fruity but hold on for a few seconds and then the typical Pessac earthy character pops up, biscuity and slightly vegetal notes, red cherry, Brett is also hiding somewhere in the back, youthful.
The wine is dry, medium body and intensity, medium alcohol and acidity, tannins are medium, sweet fruit, balanced, red cherry, simply and straightforward, med finish.
Very good quality, drinking now but will hold for a couple more years
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2010 Château Meyre Gallen de Château Meyre 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
The nose is clean, showing med intensity, black cherry and currant, ripe strawberry, marmelade with sweet spices, nutmeg but flowery too with a few spikes here and there, youthful with oaky layers.
The wine is dry, med body and intensity, med alcohol and acidity, tannins are med+ with a black fruit character, a bit aggressive drying tannins in the middle, red cherry in the m/m+ finish.
Very good quality, drinking now but will hold
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2010 Château Lalande 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
The nose is clean, med/med+ intensity, showing rich and fresh fruit like black cherry and black currant, graphite, jammy character,youthful.
The wine is dry, medium body and intensity, medium alcohol and acidity, tannins medium, cinnamon odly at first and then the fruits kick in with currants and cherry/berry, balanced overall, round and smooth, easy to drink with a med finish.
Very good quality, drinking now but could hold.
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