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Fine wine Lad Likes this wine: 98 points
December 25, 2020 - 85 was a great year for Lalande and this bottle proved that. Everything that an aged Bordeaux should be. Poured straight from the bottle and developed throughout the approx 1h of drinking.
The wine is clear, looks brick/tawny in colour has a pale to medium depth . The legs are medium. There is moderate sediment in the bottle.
On the nose: Toffee, coffee, candied apple, pipe smoke and damp leaves.
on the palate: Sweet stewed apple, cigar box and finishing with fresh ripe berries.
The body is medium.
The wine has polished texture.
The wine finishes long.
The wine has medium acidity.
It was fantastically complex with an amazing structure.
Faultless balance of rounded tannin complemented by discreet but angular acidity.
I wish I Had another bottle!!
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1985
- Type Red
- Producer Château Lalande
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation St. Julien
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- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 1 (33%)
- Consumed 2 (67%)
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- ProducerChâteau Lalande
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Julien
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- AppellationSt. Julien