Green apple, nice drinkable quality, very fresh and acidic

classic sauvignon blanc nose, made in a very modern style

acid spikes on this, maybe a bit much, still that milder, almost old world crispness

back to grapefruit, but not slicing, nice creamy component, would love this in a couple years

creamy, oak in spades here, acid not missing, but certainly tame, like the mouthfeel, very creamy.

not sure I would pick this blind yet, but maybe. Not as robust as a recent '03, but the licorice and pencil lead is there. Fruit is inviting, high acid, tannin is out of control by comparison to the rest of pessac today.

Cherries on the nose, oak seems under done, fruit and tannin are very aparrent

back to a classic pessac, pencil lead, and cranberries leaps from the glass. Quite spectacular. tannins are present but soft and inviting. this is creamy and at the same time jammy

mouth coating tannin, closed but red fruit notes

cranberry, crushed cherries - this was from a large tasting and thats all the notes I have

pronounced pencil lead and dark berry. very sexy. tannins are powerful

black tea, mineral nose, young tannin

fruit takes a back seat to vanilla and pure woody scent on the nose. There is a familiar note I cant quite identify, charcoal maybe? Soft and inviting in the mouth, good but maybe not my thing

black berries and fruit, a little spice, this is very beautiful. finish is powerful and goes to my throat.

maybe losing my tastebuds here, but this is a little underwhelming. Tannin is not too powerful, red fruit on the nose

just cheated and heard the winemaker say 75% cab franc. this was a shift from the first st emillions. I have to admit I'm not familiar here. Red fruit, very inviting but strange. very powerful in the mouth, quite memorable.

acid here is powerful very fruit focused. Chewey, but not drying tannins.

brooding black fruit, this is tasty. very drying on the finish.

first wine of the day that I would consider green. this just doesn't seem ripe. Very bitter tannin

that's inviting. 90% merlot. Take that Miles. Soft and clean, fruit is integrated, drinkable now.

green in a good way, tight black fruit with green pepper. harsh tannin, but not offensive

intriguing maybe mysterious nose. Powerful black fruit. pepper comes through on the nose. Tannin coats the teeth, but leaves the gums alone.

There's a machine shop note here. Oily, almost dense nose. I don't know how to say it other than suffocating. Spicy palate good acid and tannin

next to dominique this falls short. a little shy. A little watery, but tannic, not memorable

again a bit suffocating is this a trend for ste emmilion, tannic upfront, fruit doesnt really shine thru, but what is there is black.

back to pencil lead, not much fruit on the nose

peppery finish, not too tannic, good concentrated black fruit with a dessert quality to it.

underwhelming nose, strong tannic finsih with a lasting green but pleasant finish.

changing gears to pomerol. Still merlot based, heavy cab franc. Maybe the suffocating character wasn't the cab franc 'cause its not here. This is much softer and more shy on the nose.

poured from the bottle like syrup. Pepper and red fruit cranberry, velvety in the mouth, short acidic finish. Tannins are very soft to unnoticeable

barnyard quality to this that intrigues. This is special stuff. Everything in good balance not too long a finish and not the overpowering stuff so common today.

mmm...anise/licorice, motor oil, and red fruit. Nice finish I like this very much

Hmm, maybe its the Merlot that suffocates. This is very nice. Can't pick thesecondary stuff out here, but its layered. Acid stings, tannin goes on and on to the gums, quite impressive

powerful stuff. red and black fruit tannin isn't overwhelming, but the fruit leaps bounces around the mouth. Barnyard again

very sour highly aparrent ripe red fruit. Cranberry overwhelming coarse tannin

cab is back and is shows. Lots of brooding fruit. Very soft in the mouth. Sexy and velvety. Effortless long dry finish.

bright fruit but there is an herbal finish to this in the roof of my mouth. Not drying at all, very intriguing.

closed nose, red fruit, not really impressed

very fine tannins not very open. Am I getting fatigued.

pronounced cranberry and sour cherry. Reserved spice box. Sage maybe. Exploding fruit, medium acid, noticeable but not overbearing tannin. Heavy cab, but 25% merlot

there's that suffocation again. And I'm not fatigued, fresh lively berry flavors, sweet tannin.

driving me nuts, what does this remind me of? - I looked it up its Educated Guess. Very pronounced sour cherry and black tea. Very open, soft inviting fruity wine.

that's woody! A bit green, tobacco nose, fruit is noticeable, but not foremost in the mouth.

not giving anything away on the nose. Spicy working to get blue/black fruit. Seductive in the mouth, a touch of acidity but not powerful tannin. reserved for the finish and its very fine

closed nose again, but sour cherry notes in the mouth

chocolate on the nose, earthy with distant fruit. nice structure

Woh, what is that? Funk Funk. Very acidic, great in the mouth, but can't get past that funky nose

jumped me out of a daze, this is nice and sort of sour cherry but herbal and very clean wine. Maybe not a long hauler, but good.

return to that black tea, sour cherry nose, very attractive

tannins are falling to the back as I taste. this is quite good. Sour cherry again, I think this is maybe indicitive of Margaux as they all seem to have it.

more sour cherry, black tea, these are all very similar and all run together, but are all good

decidedly different. Same cherry but there is a lot more earth present on the nose. Good acid in the mouth silky smooth refined tannin. Standout wine of Margaux.

same nose, though this is more powerful. Same mouthfeel as the lascombes but without the structure of the tannins.

acid in spades, not gonna bother with the nose, itsa clone of margaux (tea and cherries). Good but not balanced in the tannin and acid. Acid is punchy in a nice crisp way.

closed down, but I can pick out that classic nose. Not feeling this so much. Not bad, but just average here among all the other Margaux today. Might show better if more open.

Nose still a bit closed. Big tannin obviously well made, but not showing up that much today,

much mre earth/terroir here. I would have put this very similar in feel to rutherford dust. Its like paper pulp in my mouth. Not a bad thing, just unique to today. Very drying. I like it.

same tannins as beychevelle but not as pulpy. More of the suffocating nose, this is very well integrated.

very nice nose reminiscent of Lagrange. Fine tannin and tight but good fruit. Very focused wine. Surprise, its next door to Lagrange according to the proprietor.

anise here, I love it, sour cherry like margaux, but not as pronounced. Nice and tannic but not overwhelmingly so.

Definitely getting fatigued, but this is delicious. Soft and fruity not attacking or drying my palate

nose screams quality next to langoa. High acid, good tannin, quite delicious, for the long haul wine.

burned barrel almost scotch nose to it. There better be lots of fruit in there or uh oh. Acid for days but fruit is hidden. I don't know this seems powerfully disjointed.

Closed nose, but very powerful on the palate. This has fruit , acid and tannin. This will run for years.

very fruit driven, not very tannic. Red sour fruits.

nice nose, good fruit chocolate quality to the tannins. Overall very nice but not outstanding.

very tannic, acid is tame, but finishes strong, red berries good but leaves me wanting, chalking it up to fatigue.

very good nice nose, find and integrated tannins good red fruits not sour at all cleanly made

brooding dark fruit, thick? smelling. thats a pretty wine. Balanced and well made.

the only '06 of the bunch the '08 was burned in a fire. Sour component to this. Tannins still seem to need time.