Community Tasting Notes 18

• Mali Likes this wine: 95 points

  February 22, 2024 - Im direkten Vergleich mit 2020 im Duft spürbar entwickelt. Auch merklich opulenter, dabei Recht verschlossen. Man spürt die Reife der Frucht, diese wird aber von kompakten Tanninen überlagert. Wird lange brauchen um sich wieder zu öffnen. Druck und Länge sind da, vielleicht aber etwas zu wenig Säure. Ein eher klassischer Charakter, dem die ganz große Raffinesse zu fehlen scheint. Trotzdem stark. Abwarten. 2030-2055

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• sirpat00 wrote: 90 points

  October 2, 2023 - 20-vintage La Conseillante vertical (Fribourg): Part of a 20 vintage vertical (key takeaways in the tasting story). Red cherry fruit, but rather low intensity compared to the others. Sweet accents add complexity, but blurry. Maybe even a tad of heat. Fruit-forward and super high octane palate with searing acidity and drying tannin. Will need quite a while to integrate.

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• Cailles wrote: 93 points

  October 2, 2023 - 20 Vintages of La Conseillante (1947-2020): All wines tasted blind. I have had many beautiful Conseillantes in the past, but in this tasting the wines did not shine as expected. A few thoughts: A) Conseillante is a seductive, sensual wine, not unlike more Bordeaux-esque Napa Valley wines. In fact, it reminded me a lot of Opus One, with the blue and black forest berry aromas found in almost every vintage. B) The fruit is ripe, but never too ripe. But only in the cooler years (and 2020) is the fruit perfectly pure and fresh. C) Even in the newer vintages, the (luxurious) oak notes are still present and will need some time to be fully absorbed. D) My biggest problem (and the group had the same one) was that almost all of the newer vintages showed alcohol notes that weren't noticeable en primeur or in the Arrivage tastings (and the wines were served at a perfect temperature or rather a little too cold). E) There were some beautiful wines, complex and seductive, but La Conseillante is not a wine for classic Bordeaux or Left Bank lovers. Conseillante is the hot one-night stand, not the elegant and intellectually appealing wine I want to drink every day. F) The best wine was the 2020 (96pts, the only score above 95pts), confirming my impression that it is a better, less ripe Bordeaux vintage than 2019.
  
  TN: Expressive, intense nose with fine fresh dark and some dark red fruit, herbs, crushed rocks and unfortunately, alcohol notes - a bit less than the 2016 & 2018. Still, this is quite ripe, a bit too ripe for my taste (maybe time helps). The structural frame is impeccable.
  
  Decanting: The bottle was opened a few hours before consumption but not decanted. A shot decant should be enough, this is still quite open.

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• Collector1855 wrote: 93 points

  September 29, 2023 - Chateau La Conseillante 1947-2020 tasted blind: Rich, ripe nose here as well with dark fruit, youthful. Generous palate, a bit uneventful and foursquare. Solid, but I miss the aromatic complexity. Where will this land once mature, hard to tell.

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• watcheslover Likes this wine: 94 points

  March 19, 2023 - Really better than the first tasting but nothing to compare with fabulous 2016. 94-95+

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type Red
• Producer Château La Conseillante
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation Pomerol
• UPC Codes 3448822201811, 3453521255027, 400003900701

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• Pending Delivery 309 (11%)
• In Cellars 2,368 (86%)
• Consumed 70 (3%)

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