A delightful white wine! Fresh and lively. We enjoyed it on Christmas Eve with Seared scallops & garlic-herb risotto. — 3 months ago
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Dark ruby in color with a wide brick rim
Earthy nose with light oak, black fruits and tobacco.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with red and black fruits, wood, earth, vegetables, spices, tobacco leaf, dark coffee, licorice, dark chocolates, black tea and black pepper.
Medium plus on the finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.
This 35 year old is still drinking beautifully. This Second Growth Bordeaux is nicely balanced and complex.
Peaking now, and will continue to drink nicely in the next 10+ years.
Good right out of the bottle, and better after 4 hours. I did not decant it, but let it open up in the bottle.
Wine Spectator 96 points.
A good food wine that I paired with beef brisket. Gorgeous.
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc.
13.5% alcohol by volume.
93 points.
$275. — 2 days ago
Hold for 10 - perhaps it’ll come back to life in a with some interesting tertiaries, but nothing special here right now. — a month ago
French beef stew — 4 months ago
Wine is dark red. On nose i had blackcurrants, sour cherry, pepper, cheedar. On palate, its dominated with round tannin and alcohol despite its 13.5%. Mid palate i got the fresh and young berries, ended with low acidity. The wine is half merlot, 43% carb sav, and the rest are carb franc and petit verdot. Enjoy now! Cheers!! — 12 days ago
The 2009 is amazing.
No decanting, just opened up an hour or so before dinner.
Stunning Bordeaux. Fabulous fruit and character. If we have another bottle of this vintage, we'll try to push it back a few more years.
Trump ought to be shot as a traitor. People who vote for Trump in 2024 ought to be slapped, hard.
Sorry, that's me speaking, not the wine. 🙂 — a month ago
Good second label — 5 months ago
Peter van den Besselaar
Vintage 2006 | popped and poured with risotto funghi and truffle | half transparant | cassis cedar eucalyptus leather, still much fruit after 18 years in smell | lush mouthfeel — 4 days ago