Bond 2000
Nose smoky and elegant, plum skins and orange rind, grand marnier liqueur, smooth tannins and palate, good acidity, alcohol a little heady. V good.
Wine Tasting Notes
Content
Colgin 2002
Nose little floral almost tropical (?)violeta and damsen fruit, briar, soft round palate, gentle oak and soft acidity, very moderate style for California, quite European in restraint.
Joseph Phelps 2002
Very ripe sweet forward fruit, cherry and chocolate blackforest gateau, soft tannins and creamy malo palate very smooth and elegant.
Guigal 1991
Nose tight and closed, black peppery fruit, somewhat one dimensional, not very complex but tight closed and youthful
Guigal 1982
Nose little wet dog and bretty not very pleasant, horsehair, with air and 2 hours in decanter develops into aged mushroom and truffle character with black fruits and some spice, palate delicate with dried fruit plum and bramble confit, slightly mushy strawberry, delicate. Needs decanting and patience.
Plus Fleur de Bouard 2002
Deep purple black bowl, nose intense very modern style, black shoe leather and chocolate, cedar and cassis, perfumed elegant oak, creamy and vanilla, big palate powerful compact ripe fruit of blackcurrants and blackberrys, dried fig, full silky long and well balanced.
Chateau l’Eglise Clinet 1995
Deep purple bowl fading slightly to rim, still youthful, nose medium open, a very elegant Pomerol, fine balance of mature fruit and earthy flavours and some game meats, fine black polished leather and cedar with spice, complex gentle herbal aromas, touch of pineforest?. fresh and elegant palate, silky fine grained tannins, smooth palate with a well balanced acidity, complex round and very long.
Chateau de la Maltroye 2002
Nose very lactic, creamy round and honeyed nuts, round rich and fat buttery palate, creamy and long with undelying minerality and freshness. V good.
Coche Dury 2006
Complex mineral, citrus lime and wet limestone nose, very typical coche style, touch of vanilla oak, little creamy and gunsmoke on nose, quite open for such a young wine, palate youthful fresh and mineral, fresh hazelnut and lime citrus, not powerful, med to long length.
Chateau Pichon-Comtesse-Lalande 1986
Deep dark bowl with mahognay rim, lovely sheen, nose youthful and complex, very elegant, polished black leather, cigar box, fine tanned leather, dried red fruits, cedar and tobacco, very well balanced long fruit similar to nose, well structured with nice fresh acidity. Fantastic.
