TNs: Figeac, Lafleur and Chateau Margaux
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:22 pm
We drank these wines this weekend, preceded by some super whites.
Francois Jobard Meursault Perrieres 2001. This is drinking very well and starting to mature judging by the golden colour, it is absolutely yummy and delicious. Not even a hint of pox.
Raul Perez Ultreia La Claudina 2010. This is is a real class act with notes of melons and other exotic fruits. It is at least on a par with a top premier cru white burgundy.
1995 Château Figeac St. Émilion
Been Drinking these out of half bottles and this wine has notes of tobacco, leather, cedar, dark fruits and dark chocolate on the nose; it has a superb palate with cool leafy notes with hints of menthol, minerals and myriad herbs and spices. It is dense and powerful but light on its feet and lifted at the same time. This wine has fabulous poise and elegance.
2001 Château Lafleur Pomerol
Decanted for three hours this is lush, dense, full-bodied, exotic and surprisingly accessible. It presents a smorgasbord of plums, cherries, other exotic fruits, minerals, gravel, smoke and truffle notes. It is full bodied, lush, exotic and kinky on the palate, almost verging on being overripe, but the fine acidity and fine grained but powerful tannins lurking surreptitiously in the background hold everything together. This wine will probably gain in complexity and nuance as it continues to evolve over the next couple of decades. An outstanding multi-faceted wine.
2001 Chateau Margaux
This wine is one Pontallier's finest achievements in my opinion and I recently went out and bought some. It is still a very young wine and the initial attack is dominated by roasted coffee bean notes, which give way to cedar and tobacco, raspberries and violets and other floral notes, iron and minerals. On the palate it is deceptively rich and powerful but ever so smooth, silky and suave, fresh and lifted. It mesmerises you as it weaves its magic. It is so complex, refined and utterly captivating. It just oozes refinement and class.
Francois Jobard Meursault Perrieres 2001. This is drinking very well and starting to mature judging by the golden colour, it is absolutely yummy and delicious. Not even a hint of pox.
Raul Perez Ultreia La Claudina 2010. This is is a real class act with notes of melons and other exotic fruits. It is at least on a par with a top premier cru white burgundy.
1995 Château Figeac St. Émilion
Been Drinking these out of half bottles and this wine has notes of tobacco, leather, cedar, dark fruits and dark chocolate on the nose; it has a superb palate with cool leafy notes with hints of menthol, minerals and myriad herbs and spices. It is dense and powerful but light on its feet and lifted at the same time. This wine has fabulous poise and elegance.
2001 Château Lafleur Pomerol
Decanted for three hours this is lush, dense, full-bodied, exotic and surprisingly accessible. It presents a smorgasbord of plums, cherries, other exotic fruits, minerals, gravel, smoke and truffle notes. It is full bodied, lush, exotic and kinky on the palate, almost verging on being overripe, but the fine acidity and fine grained but powerful tannins lurking surreptitiously in the background hold everything together. This wine will probably gain in complexity and nuance as it continues to evolve over the next couple of decades. An outstanding multi-faceted wine.
2001 Chateau Margaux
This wine is one Pontallier's finest achievements in my opinion and I recently went out and bought some. It is still a very young wine and the initial attack is dominated by roasted coffee bean notes, which give way to cedar and tobacco, raspberries and violets and other floral notes, iron and minerals. On the palate it is deceptively rich and powerful but ever so smooth, silky and suave, fresh and lifted. It mesmerises you as it weaves its magic. It is so complex, refined and utterly captivating. It just oozes refinement and class.
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