March 24, 2024 - Nice dark color again carries a scent of berries, earth, and, violets. Does not grab you but is a complete wine. This is the second bottle and perhaps a little more jagged finish than the first. Still plenty of time to go before a plateau.
March 12, 2024 - This wine opened beautifully with a deep crimson colour and a rich nose of blackcurrant, garnet plums, Christmas cake, cedar and blackberry leaf. The palate is beautifully layered with black fruits, spices and cedar wood leading into a finely tuned finish of gossamer tannins. There is a lovely line of confit fruits that persists right through the finish leaving a sensuous touch to the wine that puts a smile on your face.
March 1, 2024 - Last time I tried this vintage of PLC was in 2017. Back then, I gave it 93 pts but said not to drink another for 10+ years. So I decided to check back in on it to see how it is drinking today. After a 90 minute decant, it had a very Pauillac nose but one that is still restrained. Tonight’s tasting had more charcoal, graphite, iron and tobacco than I remembered. These flavors were more dominant than the fruit. The fruit was present but it was more of a dark brooding black fruit and I wished it had a touch of the sweet cassis note that I often get from PLC. This is a rustic vintage of PLC and akin to maybe what the 1986 vintage tasted like at a similar age back in 2004. I will keep my hands off of the 2006 for at least another 5 years.
December 17, 2023 - This wine has improved and matured since my last tasting note in 2021. Medium dark red color. Chocolate and a little oak in the fragrant bouquet. Medium-bodied, soft and forward tasting. Elegantly styled, yet plenty of flavor. Delicious drinking now.
October 14, 2023 - Drinking well now with nose of vanilla, flora, violet, black fruits, black currant, toast, spices. Medium+ acidity and medium+ tannin. Tannin is velvety. Will improve with time. Tasted at Acker inaugural Auction in Singapore.
October 9, 2023 - D brought this wine in his dinner with colleagues. Good arouma, smooth palate, good structure and long after taste.
August 10, 2023 - Wine group dinner. Still very structured - a bit tight. Years to go. Had wonderful tannin, acid and high fruit. Very nice and classic Bordeaux
June 7, 2023 - Well this smells just amazing.
March 23, 2023 - Bitterroot bio board dinner
February 26, 2023 - Kleur: Diep donkerrood. Aroma / bouquet: Donker en stoer bouquet. Gronderig, natte bosgrond, tonen van tabak. Daarnaast donker fruit en verfijnd hout. Smaak / Afdronk: Een verleidelijke combinatie van power en finesse. Fijne zuurgraad. Ook inde mond maakt deze wijn een stoere indruk, gronderig, champignons, truffel… Stoere, krachtige tannines. Lange, wat droppige finale. Algemeen / potentieel: Stoere wijn, niet de zachte verleidelijkheid die ik bij een belegen Pauillac verwacht. 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 11 + Smaak / Afdronk: 15 + Algemeen / potentieel: 8 = 89/100
Colour: Deep dark red. Aroma / bouquet: Dark and tough bouquet. Earthy, wet forest floor, notes of tobacco. In addition, dark fruit and refined wood. Taste / Aftertaste: A seductive combination of power and finesse. Fine acidity. This wine also makes a tough impression in the mouth, earthy, mushrooms, truffle... Tough, powerful tannins. Long, somewhat droppy finale. General / potential: Tough wine, not the soft seductiveness I expect from an aged Pauillac. 50 + Color: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 11 + Taste / Aftertaste: 15 + General / potential: 8 = 89/100