Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend

Complex with layers of flavors... Amazingly fresh for a 1998! This bottle made this #winelover #happy!! :)

Medium ruby , quite wide rim . Quite light spicy , peppery nose , redder fruits and less austere , slightly sweet oak note. Quite high fresh acidity , lighter profile , less austere with less rough tannins. Ok length , but quite noticeably different style from the wines before, lighter and certainly less classic /serious than the others . This is probably best drunk now and over the next few years, little improvement from here

Magnum, too old

Surprising value-for-buck winner of a 1998 mini-horizontal (against 1998 montrose and 1998 palmer)

Delicate for Bordeaux. 5th Growth. Less earthy, but good balance.

Nice. Only med bodiedbut smooth

Dark and intense, cherries and blackberries with a light spiciness, cigar box cedar. A full bodied wine, loads of fruit but you need to look for the tannins to balance this. Lovely to drink now and should have year to go with the fruit - it will be interesting to see how it integrates over time. Very drinkable now.

1998 vintage. Enjoyed this. But not a star.

Ancora giovane

Lieve stalla, pelle , sughero. Eccellente