November 27, 2022 - A quality wine. Reasonably prominent nose, led by mid red fruit. Palate is mid weight, fresh lift, good acidity, present tannins. Relatively dry, the fruit is there, but not prominent. With time in the decanter graphite emerges, more CS typicity. Mid length finish. Excellent w food (Elk entrecote). Nothing that stands out, but whole greater than the sum of the parts.
December 28, 2021 - Dark, ruby red.
Balanced and fairly complex nose with dark fruit (black current, plums), leather, cigar box and spicy and a little fiery finish.
On the palate the wine is mediumbodied plus, with a lovely, balancing acidity, soft but structuring tannins and a fair amount of dark fruit. This is a good mouthfilling bordeaux with good length and finish that will hold for several years yet.
March 2, 2021 - Tasted black berry / currant up front and a hint of licorice. Smoothed out with a taste of tobacco. Medium body.
February 27, 2021 - Deep ruby red with garnet edges. Layered nose with leather, red cherries, black currants, and gravel. Medium tannins (6/10) and medium plus body. Dark berries on the palate with tobacco, gravel, plums and herbs. Long finish. Drink till 2028.
August 17, 2020 - Deep purple. Austere, solid and dry. Dark cherries, blackberries, plum, tobacco and leather. Medium body, medium acidity and tannins that dry your palate. I would had expected a tiny bit more fruit but still a solid wine. NI:4, FI:22, FC:8, B:3, L:4
May 29, 2020 - Opened my last bottle and this is showing much better than the previous bottle. This wine has one of the prettiest nose of any wine I've ever had. When you drink the wine, you get the blackberry/black currant flavors, juicy acidity, but just as soon as you try to enjoy it, the flavors disappear from your palate. I would to try another vintage of this as a comparison.
April 15, 2020 - Dark garnet and translucent. Slow legs when swirled around. Fragrant on the nose with hints of blueberry jam, tobacco leaf and mint. Austere palate with grippy tannins and a short finish.
July 16, 2017 - Medium purple on appearance.
I bought this for about US$30 on a shop keeper's recommendation. It tastes of red fruits with savoury edge. No tertiary notes. The acidity level is rather high and tannins are medium(+) at most. Body is medium(+).
It tastes noticeably better after spending 1 night in the fridge (vacuum pumped), which allows very slow and gentle oxidation that helps develop the flavours in better balance.
There is nothing special about it. But if you are looking for a decent and affordable every day Bordeaux that goes reasonably well with food, then this is not a bad option.
June 24, 2017 - Drinking really well, let stand for about 30 minutes. This is a big wine but well balanced, if I didn't know better I'd say it was new world.
April 9, 2017 - Deep and rich. Delightful black fruit smells, a bit of earthiness. Fantastic value.