Tasted double blind. No detailed notes taken. Very classic, old-school Bordeaux with a lot of minerality and freshness as the defining components. It misses a bit of depth and there’s not enough fruit to create a good balance but it’s still quite enjoyable to drink. Surprisingly, this had almost no tertiary aromas yet.
Decanting: Not decanted, no extensive decanting needed.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Bordeaux 2014, 10-years on tasted blind: One of the encore wines. I liked the forest floor nose here a lot, with tertiary aromas of a mature Claret. Elegant palate, tannins finally dissolved, dark berries, restraint and mineralic. Drink up, with food.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Good red fruits, packed quite a punch and quintessentially Bordeaux. Outperforming the vintage here and I’d have thought this from a much stronger year from the late 90s.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.
3/18/2024 - Cailles wrote: 91 Points
Tasted double blind. No detailed notes taken. Very classic, old-school Bordeaux with a lot of minerality and freshness as the defining components. It misses a bit of depth and there’s not enough fruit to create a good balance but it’s still quite enjoyable to drink. Surprisingly, this had almost no tertiary aromas yet.
Decanting: Not decanted, no extensive decanting needed.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
2/23/2024 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points
Bordeaux 2014, 10-years on tasted blind: One of the encore wines. I liked the forest floor nose here a lot, with tertiary aromas of a mature Claret. Elegant palate, tannins finally dissolved, dark berries, restraint and mineralic. Drink up, with food.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
12/31/2023 - wineton.mee wrote: 93 Points
Good red fruits, packed quite a punch and quintessentially Bordeaux. Outperforming the vintage here and I’d have thought this from a much stronger year from the late 90s.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
12/30/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: flawed
End of year celebration: Very slight TCA but wow this was so vibrant for the weak vintage. Supple, sweet dark red fruit that made me think right-bank.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1)
9/30/2022 - gcarl wrote: 93 Points
Same impressions as on 12/12/16 and 5/4/17, but this time decanted slowly and allowed to breath for 1/2 hour. Glad to have 2 more in the cellar.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment