Bordeaux
Tasted Tuesday, October 10, 2017 by chatters with 364 views
today was Cos d'Estournel, Phelan Segur and Leoville Las Cases
A slightly less than wooden guide shows us around, avoids a few of my more direct questions and serves us a few wines.
tasting then lunch (Salmon. Veal, Chocolate tart) with Veronica who is a charming host. A really splendid time for all...
Very interesting walk around with the technical director and a rather splendid tasting at the end!
entrée - charcuterie selection - pretty good then entrecote steak with a bucket load of veg...
Cos was a bit meh but Phelan and Leoville LC were both excellent...Other than a couple of badly stored 97's at a tasting a couple of years ago my experiences with Leoville Las Cases are exceedingly favourable...hmm
2012 Goulée
France, Bordeaux, Médoc
Plum over blackcurrant, slight cream, sweet spice and slight flint and struck match, Juicy acidity. A little hard for me, plummy fruit is a little sour….might be because first of the day…tannins are chalky. Meh.
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2011 Les Pagodes de Cos
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Slightly dusty and sulphurous though with time it opens to reveal cream, sweet plum and slightly muted cassis. Quite juicy, savoury tannins are a little gritty and bite down on the plummy fruit. Hmm.
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2008 Château Cos d'Estournel
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Slightly polished blackcurrant and otuches of crushed rock, perfumed violets, slightly sweet tobacco. Fleshy and juicy, the fruit is initially pretty and sweet and then, for me, things get quite mineral and I find the tannins a little hard and oaky. With agitation the fruit becomes even more blackcurrant and forward on the palate. Needs an awful lot of time.
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