Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend

This was purchased 16 years ago and stored perfectly since. I saw the 2016 version was WOY at WS so I decided to crack this open. Silky smooth texture, perfectly mature, and very refined and classy. Embarrassed to say I bought this for $25 in 2004! Too bad I only had 1.

Surprisingly youthful, heaps of red fruit and subdued finesse. A classic mature claret

Chocolate, warm cherries, mocha, patisserie, cream, rubber, coffee, some alcoholic heat. Rich, broad, modern, new oak bitterness. Very luxury and posh and chocolate-y.
But not entirely my cuppa...

Liquor and pure chocolate, made in a modern style, some alcohol heat in the nose, sweet cherry scent, creamy, woody bitters in the aftertaste. Mocha. I'd want it to be a tad more classical. Revisit in a year or three.

Classic claret. Firm backbone, sweet black fruits on the palate & very nice balance of acidity & smooth tannins.

GL tasting 1/27/17 Langoa Leoville. Very funky barnyard nose with fruit and nicely resolving tannins and long complex finish. Funk Carries through to finish. Yum. Owners favorite.

Smooth. Opened up nicely. Good finish.

Its very dark red color. Very distinctively Bordeaux on the nose. I decanted it and it was bold in the beginning on the pallet. It turn into a more floral aroma about 1/2 an hour into drinking but it turned a bit run at the end after an hour. Enjoyed the wine but can't give it a 90+ out of a 100

Excellent Bordeaux, un de mes chateaux préféré dans un millésime que j'affectionne particulièrement. Techniquement pas le meilleur vin mais coté plaisir, j'adore

Superb - ripe and in need of drinking.