September 3, 2023 - Popped and poured and this, my last bottle of three, was extremely satisfying. Green pepper and herbal notes accompanied by a pillowy soft texture. The cab franc is unmistakable but the cab sauv adds body and richness to make this a delicious wine. Drink up as these aren't going to improve from here.
August 6, 2023 - If you like mature claret go for it. Garnet red Lots of fresh mushroom and a bit of black truffle. Medium to full bodied with soft tannins and very good length
December 3, 2017 - Big thyme, leather, tobacco, redcurrant nose. A bit of plumminess and cedar. I think the Cab Franc on the nose would point you to St Emilion, but otherwise the flesh and feel is very Left-Bank. In graceful decline, this was probably a bit more fun in its youth when it had more fruit to balance the herbaceous quality.
September 4, 2016 - Tasted on 3rd-September-2016.
One out of 6 bottle has faults.
Medium garnet with a thin rim of water.
Enticing bouquet of profuse elegant mixed red fruits interweaving with mushroom, faint oak and dried petals. The woody and floral elements augment the fruity aroma gaining the olfactory dominance. Truly intoxicating.
Medium body with fine expansion and spread across the palate reflecting all the above flavours retro-nasally. Elegant integration between fruit and the matured round tannins. Velvety and silky with a long soothing finish. Surprisingly fine!
May 27, 2016 - Still had some life in it. PNP and still had some life to it.
September 30, 2014 - Herlig innbydende nese med frodig rødfrukt. Modne jordbær og hint av velbrukt kruttlapp-pistol.
Bløt munnfølelse med fin konsentrasjon.
God lengde, med helt smoothe tanniner. Drikkemoden og flott.
Silkemyk vin!
September 29, 2014 - Smooth and sexy, with strawberries and forest, with a hint of fireworks. Silky tannins.
August 12, 2013 - - Garnet color with medium forming legs and aromas of mushroom. It's lacking fruit and has flavours of mushroom with a medium body. Polished texture with a medium finish - This was a nice example of an old bordeaux. Past its peak, but still very enjoyable. It evolved nicely from decanting and in the glass. Not much fruit, earthy aromas and similiar flavors were less than subtle.
August 4, 2013 - I picked up 6 of these for $10 a piece and was not sure if they were going to be drinkable as they were not properly stored. This is the 2nd I opened. The cork was soaked and crumbling. Once decanted the wine was in very good shape. Dark maroon in color, Very earthy on the nose and consistent with the earlier one I had a few weeks ago. The tannins were subtle and it drank very well. After the first glass we let it sit and revisited later in the evening and it improved greatly. Some fruit , figs and prune, but still very earthy. Definately past its prime but still a very good complex wine.
July 26, 2013 - Awesome stuff. Earthy and savory nose that draws you in and keeps you there. Initially, the palate didn't deliver but with air it fleshed out gained weight. Light weight and elegantly framed - tannins resolved. This is in a great place right now. Drink up as I can't see these getting much better. This is my second time tasting this wine this year with consistent results.