January 21, 2024 - This bottle was better than the last one, my last bottle. Full body, heavy, very dark fruits dominate with some burnt toast and fairly dry. The flavor profile is longer providing distinct fruit characteristics, but some may like it this way. Just very dense because of age and it never matured to what was expected based on prior vintages.
September 26, 2023 - Perfectly decent wine. Shows the warmth of the vintage a bit. Decent QPR. No real signs of complexity but enough depth to be enjoyable
May 27, 2023 - Past Prime. Two years ago drinkable, but now mostly burnt toast and raisins. No fruit to speak of but some old funk on opening. Stored properly in wine cabinet. Very disappointed in this wine for this vintage. Never stood out since it was bought 15 years ago.
May 7, 2022 - Still a pleasing wine with the same impressions I have written 0ver the last 8 years
February 19, 2022 - Please give it time. 3 hours at least, and the refined beauty of this wine shines. No need to break it down. It’s lovely.
January 14, 2022 - Still not for your xmas/holiday party (even if you had it this year).
Muddy, plummy, over ripe cherry, tasty. Acidity keeps it balanced. A touch of leather but not much for tertiary flavors. Enjoyable now and for the short term future but again, I don't see any improvement for this wine. Drink up boys and girls.
October 6, 2021 - Past the fruit prime but still did not resolve the tannins.
July 10, 2021 - Too bad it’s my last bottle. Plum, blackberry, cinnamon, old leather, damp dirt. Drinking wonderfully. Smooth and dry with a very long finish.
March 15, 2021 - Not much difference from prior notes. Dry, austere, and dense. The fruit is muted. Prefer the 2000 and 2004 vintages. For a good year, this has been somewhat disappointing though the wine has a solid structure. Just not what I had expected from the prior years.
December 3, 2020 - Slow o'd 4 hours, let sit in glass for 20 minutes before trying. The nose is a potpourri of plum, light red fruits, earth and garrigue. The palate is slightly astringent with similar flavors. The nose is a solid 93, the palate closer to 90. I'll feel this wine is at or possibly slightly past peak. This seems like a very traditional bordeaux, and I will be on the lookout for this producer.