TN 2014 Lilian Ladouys; there's no there there
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 3:40 am
At a bistro in NYC off a wine list with exorbitant prices, the only semi-normal thing I could find for under $100 was the 2014 Lilian Ladouys.
I remember reading some positive reviews here but I'm sorry to say this does not deliver the goods. To go with this, the three of us ordered a roast chicken, a duck breast and a steak frites.
Dark purple color, subdued nose, on the palate the fruit is soft with resolved tannins, a hollow mid, no structure, depth or character to speak of. Short finish. Just a nice little quaffable wine that merits at most an 86. To compare apples and oranges, a 2016 Olga Raffault Chinon les Picasses drank last week ran rings around this poor St Estephe.
I am getting turned off completely by younger Bordeaux, this is just the latest example in long series of disappointing wines. I much prefer Northern Rhones, Chinon, simple Bourgogne, Chiantis and Langhe Nebbiolos to any of the late release Bordeaux wines I've drank.
I remember reading some positive reviews here but I'm sorry to say this does not deliver the goods. To go with this, the three of us ordered a roast chicken, a duck breast and a steak frites.
Dark purple color, subdued nose, on the palate the fruit is soft with resolved tannins, a hollow mid, no structure, depth or character to speak of. Short finish. Just a nice little quaffable wine that merits at most an 86. To compare apples and oranges, a 2016 Olga Raffault Chinon les Picasses drank last week ran rings around this poor St Estephe.
I am getting turned off completely by younger Bordeaux, this is just the latest example in long series of disappointing wines. I much prefer Northern Rhones, Chinon, simple Bourgogne, Chiantis and Langhe Nebbiolos to any of the late release Bordeaux wines I've drank.