This wine was splashed-poured into a decanter and back into the bottle 2 hours before our crazy good, cast-iron grilled Snake River Farms wagyu ribcap Sunday dinner.
Some floral and gravel notes fused-in within its appealing perfume.
In the palate, red berry acidity, firm-plump, gently-ripe fruit, with a very lengthy lip-smacking tart finish.
Even as youthful traces is evident in this medium-bodied wine, this version defines to me what a good traditional Medoc should and would be.
It’s not the biggest, it’s not the baddest, but this is the level of wine quality and style that helps keep my interests and appreciation ticking for wines from this region.
Am genuinely excited with the prospects of my remaining ones in the cellar. A-
This is a producer I unfortunately allowed Parker to put me off without experimentation. I need to do some poking around; the ones I have had have been very good
I was going to say in my TN that it’s very hard for me to recall of a bad one I’ve had from this property.
Getting harder to find and I’m likely preaching to the choir, but anything one finds from 82/83/85/86 that’s even at the high end of his/her reasonable level is a good buy.
Ramon, I had a similar reaction to this a couple months ago - the florals definitely stood out. Wonderful wine, although it sounds like your bottle was showing fresher fruit and less tertiary development than mine.
I actually had 1/4 re-corked back into the fridge for day 2 pre-dinner drinking. The wine’s earlier resolve remained intact and as enjoyable.
I may be wrong, but don’t recall Margaux wines as being lauded as much as those from further north of the Medoc. I revisited this thread to compare a Malescot St. Exupery from the same vintage that I just had (TN to post).