December 19, 2023 - Great wine. The nose is ethereal. Superb structure. Mineral driven background. Blackberry, raspberry and a touch of cherry and leather. It may have time but I doubt it will get better.
July 2, 2023 - Double magnum. A real powerhouse of a wine in this grand format, concentrated and tannic, with lots of toasty oak but with fruit to match. Impressive and energetic rather than elegant. Unformed. Give it time.
June 25, 2023 - Mature Boudreaux. Smooth food friendly with a great price. Time to drink up.
April 28, 2023 - This bottle has passed its top. Short finish which is on top too dry. While nose and paalte remain intact for some 2 hours, they fall apart after that quite rapidly and quite complete.
December 29, 2022 - Surprisingly good. Decanted for 2 hours and drank at one sitting. Plummy bouquet, soft on the palate with silky tannins. Only knock is that finish could be longer. Was expecting to be underwhelmed but was impressed overall.
September 23, 2022 - Muted nose, light blackberry on the palate and surprisingly the tannins are still not so rounded after 12 years. Some plum and short finish too.
Listrac-Médoc in the Haut Medoc of Bordeaux's left bank is the least prestigious of the appellations, as it is situated in an area of limestone and clay soils (rather than gravel and clay). As the soils are more shallow here, the vine roots do not run very deep.It's classified as Cru Bourgeois.
Thanks for sharing the bottle @Khai, enjoyed at Mikas birthday Chinese dinner.. This magnum was bottle 6 of 10 for our decadent night!
KL, Malaysia - 23 Sep 2022
April 13, 2022 - Decanted and drank over two days. Allowed to breath for three hours before drinking. Medium body. Aroma closed, very little present. Not much to offer the tongue, medium acidity, little fruit, perhaps a touch of tar. No improvement on day two. Underwhelming. Surprising for the vintage where so much potential resides in other producers.
April 9, 2022 - Super silky. Very pleasant on the palate. Body is a bit on the light side, so is the nose. However, a great effort of Listrac in a strong year. and as always: Forget wine journalists on small labels in great years. WS gave it a lifeline till 2015. How wrong can these guys be?
January 21, 2022 - By the glass at L’Ideal 1850 , Megeve. We tried to confirm vintage and when this was opened but we only got a wall of beautiful french shrugged shoulders.
Barring a light dusty feel to story this was a well mannered and rounded wine. Good evolution nice fruit and just effortless. Very pretty generic but good claret. 89
October 17, 2021 - Decanted and drank over two days. Medium body, nose of black fruit and damp soil. Palate includes the same along with graphite, medium-high acidity, tannins settling but are dominated by the acidity. Short finish. Overall enjoyable but I will wait another 3-5 years to pull another of these from the cellar.