2003 Clos du Marquis
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 12:28 am
This has been a go to table wine in our house for two decades now. Friends that like their wines with little knowledge of Bordeaux have usually cut their teeth at our place on some vintage of this dependable wine.
The 2003 didn't disappoint though unfortunately paired with mediocre pizza in Phoenix last week out of terrible glasses but still showed what it could under less than optimal circumstances. Youthful dark fruit with tannins still in early stage of evolution. Needs food at this time but lovely mineral and cedar notes. Still love this wine and with reasonable length. Looking forward to drinking this in Reidl stems to catch the difference. Still not used to drinking from some of the crappy glasses when away from home. I'm sold that a good stem only adds to the enjoyment of a good wine and certainly remains a much under reported variable. I have yet to be disappointed by LLCs second cousin(not second wine) and looking forward to the next sampling.
The 2003 didn't disappoint though unfortunately paired with mediocre pizza in Phoenix last week out of terrible glasses but still showed what it could under less than optimal circumstances. Youthful dark fruit with tannins still in early stage of evolution. Needs food at this time but lovely mineral and cedar notes. Still love this wine and with reasonable length. Looking forward to drinking this in Reidl stems to catch the difference. Still not used to drinking from some of the crappy glasses when away from home. I'm sold that a good stem only adds to the enjoyment of a good wine and certainly remains a much under reported variable. I have yet to be disappointed by LLCs second cousin(not second wine) and looking forward to the next sampling.