Community Tasting Note
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Cailles wrote: 91 points
March 8, 2022 - Bordeaux 2012 - 10 Years On - 33 Reds: All wines tasted blind. Not decanted. A few observations: 1) 2012 is a good quality vintage without the depth/length of great vintages. Still, one of the better “off-vintages”. 2) Many but not all wines are drinking well today. They are generally open, round and fleshed out. 3) Further cellaring is advised as there are hardly any tertiary aromas yet and that extra complexity will render the wines more interesting. The wines generally have the structure and fruit to age gracefully. 4) The level of ripeness/alcohol are not a concern (09, 10, 15, 18 have more problems in that area). 5) Left bank (avg. 92.2 pts) beats right bank (91.0) (group has right bank a notch ahead). The overall group avg. score is at a good 92.1, but unsurprisingly below past retrospectives of better vintages (00, 09, 10). 6) There are highlights on both sides: my best wines today were Ausone (96 pts), Mouton (96), Cheval (95) and Margaux (95).
TN: Rather muted nose, some dark fruit but not very precise. On the palate this has a lot of substance and weight but is not open for business today. Like many Las Cases, this will probably need a very long time to come around. Today, this drinks at best on a 91 pts. level. Difficult to judge what is possible here but I got the impression that there is a lot of hidden depth there.
Decanting: This needs a lot of air but in my experience, it is hard to wake up a young LLC with decant. Better just wait another 10+ years.
Group rank: 28th out of 33 reds
Group average score: 90.5
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1 Comment
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cougarshk commented:
10/7/23, 12:56 AM - yes, LLC always needs lots of air to wake up. I had a 02 in few mths ago, it took 3 hrs( decanter )to open up.
once it got aerated, exotic perfume & floral note will come upfront, very lovely