Château de la Louvière
Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend
Everything there and humming along in this elegant, middleweight Bordeaux. Slight, fairly minimal Brett; this opened up quickly to deep cassis, tobacco and cigar and developed nicely over an hour of air. Still some slight tannic dust that makes me think, along with the dark color, that this was stored fairly cold for most of its hibernation. Nice to get a good bottle of this. Drank a bit above its pedigree, and younger.
Everything there and humming along in this elegant, middleweight Bordeaux. Slight, fairly minimal Brett; this opened up quickly to deep cassis, tobacco and cigar and developed nicely over an hour of air. Still some slight tannic dust that makes me think, along with the dark color, that this was stored fairly cold for most of its hibernation. Nice to get a good bottle of this. Drank a bit above its pedigree, and younger.
Aug 28th, 2017Delicious fully mature graves with a gravely tobacco nose vibrant fruit and haunting finish.
Delicious fully mature graves with a gravely tobacco nose vibrant fruit and haunting finish.
Aug 25th, 2016We had this on 8/7-8/16. Nice tastes of dark cherry, chocolate, leather and graphite. Just a different scent and taste from an American wine.
We had this on 8/7-8/16. Nice tastes of dark cherry, chocolate, leather and graphite. Just a different scent and taste from an American wine.
Aug 7th, 2016Classic bdx and drinking well. Dark cherry, wet wood, a touch of beef broth and tobacco. Modest finish but everything is there.
Classic bdx and drinking well. Dark cherry, wet wood, a touch of beef broth and tobacco. Modest finish but everything is there.
Apr 23rd, 2016Very complex, deep, smoky almost at first. Opens up nicely. Very dry. Not done.
Very complex, deep, smoky almost at first. Opens up nicely. Very dry. Not done.
Jan 20th, 2016Classic left bank. Herbal, complex, balanced. Total sleeper, held up well against the classified growths.
Classic left bank. Herbal, complex, balanced. Total sleeper, held up well against the classified growths.
Mar 13th, 2015Boggy with a side of kelpy mist? Also cherries.
Boggy with a side of kelpy mist? Also cherries.
Feb 15th, 2015Cork heavy with taint but the wine emerged so much less saturated than one would expect. Have never experienced this phenomenon before. Still, the wine suffered.
Cork heavy with taint but the wine emerged so much less saturated than one would expect. Have never experienced this phenomenon before. Still, the wine suffered.
Dec 26th, 2014