Community Tasting Note

Matt Scott wrote:

Friday, March 12, 2010 - Decanted for 1 1/2 hours, using a funnel. Dark violet with a garnet rim. Seductive black cherry, blackberry jam, hot mineral rocks and plumeria. As the wine opens, the nose does as well with a certain level of cadency. Very pretty. Great concentration for the vintage. This Medoc really shines in a year that wasn't so kind to a lot of the chateaux that were cabernet based and had to pick later, during the unfortunate rain. The tannins are juicy and candied-like. Nice 30 second+ finish. Still could use two more years of bottle time, yet with the right coaxing, can be rather enjoyable now. Drink 2012 -.

Las Cases: A Super-Second, which has been putting out First Growth quality every vintage since 1982. Only La-Mission Haut-Brion is in the same league, of the "non-First's" of the Left Bank. This is as good as the '98 Latour and just under the '98 Lafite. Justice would be achieved if this stupendous and exemplary terroir from St. Julien became a First Growth.

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