Community Tasting Note
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Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 99 points
March 18, 2020 - I almost wasn't going to sample this, because some other high-end 2016s seem as if they're starting to retreat from their early drinking windows. I'm glad I threw caution to the wind, because this is a knockout from the very first sip and brimming with personality, not even close to putting up that closed-for-business sign. That's not to say the tannin isn't prominent, because it is - the sort of seriously sinewy tannin that seems to infuse the fruit from inside out, and a dramatic style contrast to the ultra-finessed Cos. But it doesn't get in the way of the wine because the other stuff is just as bold. The aromatics offer a big smack of pencil fillings and ashy tobacco smoke that you can smell across the room with more of the same dominating the palate. The impression is very Pauillac-like but more intensely muscular and big-boned, in other words a pretty good demo of the essence of St.-Estephe, and a future legend of a Montrose.
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2 Comments
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englishman's claret commented:
3/18/20, 8:28 AM - I haven't opened any of mine, but you are making it hard not to! Thanks for the note, Keith.
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srh commented:
8/7/20, 3:03 PM - KUDOS (& THANKS) for ALL the effort you put into this thorough, most *delineative* TN! :) [FYI, *should* you be interested, I just uploaded specific info for this vintage, including acclaim, which can be accessed via the CellarTracker Article link (lower lft)].