The lesson
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 11:52 pm
Last night, two red with bavette à l'échalotte, both really good.
2014 Pruno Ribera del Duero from Villacreces: still, one of the best wine at 20$. Complex, chocolate, dark berries, smoke, mineral, flowers. A very impressive wine. Tn: 90.
The lesson: 2000 Chateau Langlais, Puisseguin St-Émilion. We spend a lot of money buying the more reputed wine. But the Puisseguin, after 16 years, is just amazing. Still dark red with just a light too of brown on the rim. Complex nose of spices, cinnamon, eucalyptus, dark berries, blueberries, light licorice, blackcurrants. Mouth is complex, still tannic, but with some roundness of black fruit jam, prunes, black currants, good acidity, medium length. Some noble wood and more blackberries on the final. Black Licorice. Superb, even if a touch of rusticity. Tn: 91.
Nic
2014 Pruno Ribera del Duero from Villacreces: still, one of the best wine at 20$. Complex, chocolate, dark berries, smoke, mineral, flowers. A very impressive wine. Tn: 90.
The lesson: 2000 Chateau Langlais, Puisseguin St-Émilion. We spend a lot of money buying the more reputed wine. But the Puisseguin, after 16 years, is just amazing. Still dark red with just a light too of brown on the rim. Complex nose of spices, cinnamon, eucalyptus, dark berries, blueberries, light licorice, blackcurrants. Mouth is complex, still tannic, but with some roundness of black fruit jam, prunes, black currants, good acidity, medium length. Some noble wood and more blackberries on the final. Black Licorice. Superb, even if a touch of rusticity. Tn: 91.
Nic