Community Tasting Note
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PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine: 95 points
January 26, 2021 - Bordeaux 2018 from bottle (Bordeaux and Strasbourg): Tasted blind. I have always liked this wine and it again proves its appeal in 2018. This has certain graphite aromas, and the palate a more supple aspect, measured and balanced. Not as “fiery” as some preceding wines, not quite as dense as, say, the Baron, but oh so very balanced, well put well together, and suave is the word to use. After having aged 14 months in French oak barrels (60% new), this blend of 59% Cabernet Sauvignon and 41% Merlot reveals a fine tannic structure, but with polish. A classy Pauillac that seems very “Saint Julien”. Full notes in wine-chronicles.com
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Léognan commented:
5/4/21, 7:57 AM - Do you think, Panos, the wine has changed its style since he belonged to the Cazes family of Château Lynch Bages? The 2014, for example, was a very masculine Pauillac and therefore different from a more refined Saint-Julien, at least in my opinion.