2/20/24, 3:28 PM - I drank the entire bottle over five hours, no decanting, let each pour open in my glass and I sipped across 30 -45 minutes. I’ve had mixed results decanting 2003 Bordeaux (an underrated vintage IMO), with the fruit dissipating too quickly when I decant but developing beautifully when I just let them open in the glass. I bought and have consumed very little 2002 so do not really have a feel for an approach to those wines. I’d love your trip report on your tasting of the 202s and 2003s.
2/20/24, 6:00 PM - I’ll pull a bottle out and do the same!
9/24/23, 8:58 AM - It has tons of years to go. Nobody will ever call this a great vintage, but it’s a very good wine in a n imperfect year, and the 2006 is thus a good winemaker’s wine that is representative of the “expected” performance of the estate and the appellation . There’s no mistaking it as a Pontet-Canet or a Paulliac.Put differently - I served it to my adult children at dinner and told them to be honest about the wine; if they like this, they like Bordeaux. If they don’t, then Bordeaux is not their thing yet but it might be in time - meanwhile have fun in Napa, Sonoma and Washington state.
9/24/23, 6:14 PM - They did! I knew the youngest would … he’s into it. His older sister and her husband finished the bottle and asked for a different Bordeaux tonight!
9/24/23, 8:09 PM - I e owned a wine store for 20 years and agree 100%. The eager young oenophiles are scarce compared to years ago.
1/16/22, 5:12 PM - I do have some bottles left and will give it some time. I am a huge fan of this property and was surprised by the experience thanks for sharing the notes
4/26/21, 5:48 AM - I did not decant but intend to for the next bottle. Will report back. For the 2003s generally, I bought a slew for no special reason and put them away for 10 years. I started drinking then at about age 12 and loved them all. I would say that they have been holding up well, but I’m seeing signs of age - fading fruit in some like Sociando, some pruniness in Lascombes. I would err on the side of celebrating your daughter as often as possible. We have almost exhausted our children’s birth vintages (92, 95 and 98). But guess what ... we just had our first grandchild at the end of 2020, so we get to start again!
12/6/20, 8:41 PM - New world. Ripe massive fruit. Powerful but not alcoholic. Clean - no funk. Enough acidity to be balanced but not enough to make it even occur to you. This wine probably drives traditionalists around the bend.
12/31/19, 4:00 PM - I still have a couple bottles. I am verklempt in anticipation of your review!
9/2/19, 2:31 PM - That’s pretty funny. How it got opened at all is also funny. I picked out the wine from the cellar seeing only “Silex” on the label and was thinking Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fumé, handed it to my son and had him take it upstairs and open it, cam upstairs my self and got the bad news. We put it aside in favor of an actual white. An hour later we tried it with dinner and it worked beautifully. #betterluckythansmart
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