March 15, 2024 - Very Bordeaux style. Smooth and dark fruits , spicy . Pairs well with ginger and onions. Drank at taku. Dark red . Slightly chewy.
December 9, 2023 - Very drinkable, but past its prime. Fruit has receded, there's acidity left, not a lot of tannin. After opening, orange rims that turned brown within about one hour.
October 13, 2022 - Thin and acidic. Maybe the next bottle will be better.
November 27, 2021 - Excellent. Fully mature. Decanted two hours.
July 23, 2021 - - Brick color - Far, far past its prime. Bought this just as a jewel to open, in honor of the Pichon. Rather than review its flaws, lets just bow our heads to a great vineyard and say thanks. Cheers.
January 26, 2021 - Medium garnet colour. Dark fruit, cassis, dark cherry, floral notes, vegetal notes, cedar, leather, tobacco, graphite and complex spice notes, with good acidity, partly resolved tannin and good length. Only average concentration, but good balance and persistence. The wine greatly benefited from careful aeration, gained flesh and complexity, and grew on me over time. Much better than the vintage would suggest. Drink now.
June 18, 2020 - Served blind so I could not be influenced by the vintage. Drank alongside a Pichon Lalande 94. This was much more closed, tighter and structured. The Lalande was drinking much better, open and floral. I was shocked this was a 94 as I thought it was early 2000s. Make no mistake, this is a big wine. Lots of dark fruit, spice and pepper. Shared by ST
February 23, 2020 - Opened up in bottle around 2 hours. Classic Pauillac.
November 10, 2019 - This wine is still at its peak maturity and drinking very well.
June 16, 2019 - This is an awesome wine that drinks well above the reputation of the vintage. Quintessential Pauillac with pencil shavings, currant, flowers, and earth. The fruit is in great balance with the resolved tannins and supporting acidity. A complex classic Bordeaux that for my palate would put many modern wines to shame. I purchased this bottle on a whim in my early wine buying days and am so glad I did.