9/29/2023 - Collector1855 wrote:

Chateau La Conseillante 1947-2020 tasted blind: Hmm, the fruit here was a bit cooked with an oxidative tendency, some smoke and blue fruit. The palate felt too Californian for my liking.

10/20/2023 - Chrysostomus Does not like this wine:

I have to put first that I'm a big fan of Pape Clement, but I only had bottles of the 80's, 90's and 2001-2004 (2003 is one of my all time favorites). I like the style. But if this one is representative for the "new style", I won't buy any of the younger vintages.
This is a modern wine, but in a bad way. Heat and burnt sugar all over the place. The tannins are very drying, you can't even describe if there is some fruit on the palate. Some might say that it could be muted. I don't think so because I've bought plenty of different 2019's and tasted many of them to have an over-all-impression. Cork was in good condition so there is no reason to think that some "circumstances" are responsible for the, let's say, average taste! 87-88 pts. for the structure, but not more! Very bad P/Q by the way... PS: I left 1/2 of it in the cooled bottle for the next day but: no improvement...