Two Bordeaux
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 2:51 pm
Colder weather arrived this past weekend so we stoked a fire and opened a couple of bottles. Served with a grilled steak, cast-iron rosemary potatoes and grilled zucchini (kitchen is in reno now so the grill is my oven!)
2000 Chasse Spleen - Moulis en Médoc
Perfect cork, no decanting. Mature and ready to go with a lifted and beautiful leafy cabernet nose with blackcurrant and tobacco. This wine remains youthful in the mouth and has a rich, but grippy mouthfeel. Fresh wine, resolved tannins but there's still some grip. A four-star effort for this estate.
1996 Lagrange - Saint Julien
Another perfect cork. Poured into a glass 60 minutes ahead of sampling. Very 1996. The complex nose reveals leather saddle, ripe blackcurrants, some leafy herbaceous notes, earth, lifted notes of tobacco, lead pencil, and a lasting aroma of berries. Dry, juicy and savory on the palate with blackcurrants carrying from the nose to the palate. It's a medium-bodied wine of great character balanced by that '96 acidity, ample fruit and resolved tannins. No rush on this one. A four plus-star effort for this estate.
2000 Chasse Spleen - Moulis en Médoc
Perfect cork, no decanting. Mature and ready to go with a lifted and beautiful leafy cabernet nose with blackcurrant and tobacco. This wine remains youthful in the mouth and has a rich, but grippy mouthfeel. Fresh wine, resolved tannins but there's still some grip. A four-star effort for this estate.
1996 Lagrange - Saint Julien
Another perfect cork. Poured into a glass 60 minutes ahead of sampling. Very 1996. The complex nose reveals leather saddle, ripe blackcurrants, some leafy herbaceous notes, earth, lifted notes of tobacco, lead pencil, and a lasting aroma of berries. Dry, juicy and savory on the palate with blackcurrants carrying from the nose to the palate. It's a medium-bodied wine of great character balanced by that '96 acidity, ample fruit and resolved tannins. No rush on this one. A four plus-star effort for this estate.