Community Tasting Note

blanquito wrote:

Friday, October 21, 2011 - Since the 1990 vintage, a go-to petit chateau for me in strong vintages. The 2000 is very nice, with a lovely red-fruited perfume that's a clear expression of old-school claret. Nothing OTT or spoofed here, just a well-made wine (very clean, no brett as in some older vintages) from an excellent vintage. Like the Poujeaux, the palate is mostly about elegance and balance with food-friendly acidity, and perhaps a bit more stuffing would improve the wine, but at $12 for a classy claret, who's bitchin'? My favorite of the quartet by a hair over Potensac. Parker once called this a poor man's Grand Puy Lacoste, and I have to agree. Drinking well now.

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