I do really love the people that can afford to drink this wine, and I especially love the people that don’t hesitate when they see a wine they know rocks. Nice ruby color with some browning. On the nose, developed, medium+ intensity, earth, and basement, loaded with spices, cigar, leather glove, and black currant, fig, and cherry, fruit, with earth, oak, and lots of “other” elements. On the palate, dry, medium intensity, medium tannin, medium+ body, very balanced, an almost indescibable harmony of elegance and power, with a thought provoking finish. All-star wine, and I think this guy bought our last two bottles.
Category Archives: Pauillac
1995 Chateau Lafite Rothschilde Pauillac
2006 Chateau D’Armailac Pauillac
Ruby color. On the nose, youthful, medium intensity, black currant, leather, earth, tobacco, some spice, some oak, but over-all kind of muted. On the palate, dry, medium intensity, medium tannin, medium acidity, just kind of medium, and it got lost in the sea of other Bordeaux’s.
2006 Chateau Clerc-Milon Pauillac
Purple ruby color. On the nose, youthful, medium+ intensity, black cherry, plum, fig, leather, lots of spice, chalky dusty earth, and some oak. On the palate, dry, medium+intensity, medium tannin, medium acidity, very rich and luscious mouth feel, beautiful fruit, cocoa, with a solid backbone and impressive length on the finish.
2006 Chateau Lynch-Bages Pauillac
Ruby color. On the nose, youthful, medium+ intensity, black cherry, black currant, leather glove, cigar box, loaded with basement-like earthy component, moderate oak, quite complex with a bit of everything. On the palate, dry, medium+ intensity, medium+ tannin, medium+ acidity, extremely well balanced, like this wine glided if not coated every part of the palate with deliciousness, and the finish was polished and pretty. This is always an over-achieving Fifth Growth, and a perfect addition to a cellar.
1988 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac
Could have been the scorn of a couple of bad shifts, but I wasn’t all that thrilled with this one. Browning ruby in color. On the nose, developed, medium intensity, earth, leather, plum, cardamom, pencil shavings, basement, some oak, and obvious earth. On the palate, dry, medium- intensity, medium body, medium acidity, medium- tannin, balanced wine with a moderate finish. I was left asking what this wine was like a decade ago when it was in it’s sweet spot. Just kind of boring for the $500 price tag.
1995 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac
A table brought this in and left me a nice sized glass. Impressive quality that jumped out of the glass. Dark black ruby color. On the nose, developed, medium+ intensity, earth and spice driven, black currant, black cherry, cigar box, basement, pencil shavings, cardamom, clove, overt earth with some well integrated oak. Classic Bordeaux with depth and the kind nose that makes you wish every wine you tried was this good. On the palate, dry, still very structured, medium+ tannin, medium acidity, seamless dark fruit, loaded with spices, tobacco, stemmy vegetal element, with a long flavorful finish.
1989 Chateau Clerc Milan Pauillac
This was a treat from Saturday night down at Daniel’s Leschi. A pretty nice four top brought this in and poured me a nice sample. Browning in color with serious rim variation. On the nose, aged bouquet, medium intensity, plum, fig, cigar box, clove, cardamom, pencil shavings, lots of basement and earth tones, with some oak. On the palate, dry, medium intensity, classic aged Bordeaux, with medium- tannin, medium acidity, very nicely balanced, and a solid finish. Complex and very drinkable, not too shabby for a twenty year old, if you have some I would drink before it turned twenty three.
2005 Chateau Fonbadet Pauillac
A little piece of property in Pauillac that borders the famous Chateau Latour, from one of the best vintages on record in Bordeaux, and the world for that matter. On the nose, youthful, medium+ intensity, black cherries, black currants, licorice, cedar, lots of spice, some oak, chalky dusty earth, and some bark and leather. On the palate, dry, medium+ intensity, beautiful fruit, loads of structure, medium+ tannin, medium acidity, a finish that combines power and finesse. Great value at under $30.