Archive for April 2017
2016 Château d'Aiguilhe, Côtes de Castillon85M; 15CF.A briary cream of a nose, then creamy entry, then direct and very fresh of core with dry, grippy structure. Pure cherry and plum fruit. Very briary. Energetic, long and stuffed. Lots at the death. Very busy indeed. Will be a bargain.20…
2016 Château Beauregard, Pomerol80M; 20CF. 13.5%abv.Fresh plum and apple blossom and a clay-like, spicy aromas like Indian spice. Cool and very quickly grippy wine with a clay squeeze. Fresh, juicy throughput. Long and quite assertive, this.2016 Château Bon Pasteur, Pomerol80M; 20CF. 14.…
2016 Château d'Arche, SauternesRather a simple nose of (esp) apple fruit. Not much sign of botrytis. Fresh and ginger-spiced palate. Real good tang here and very nice concentration and shape. Mineral freshness. But where's the botrytis?2016 Château Bastor Lamontagne, SauternesRather nice…
2016 Le Blanc d'Aiguilhe, Bordeaux Blanc100SB.There's real spice here. Grapefruit and salted green apples. Nice clean and quite lean long palate with very good energy. Real spice through the length. Nicely intense wine. 2016 Château Bouscaut Blanc, Pessac-Léognan55SB; 45CS.Bit of c…
2016 Château Bouscaut, Pessac-LéognanA smoky-dark pot pourri of a nose showing very, very dark blackcurrant fruit. A rich, cool wine of really good snap. Incisive limestone, firm gripthrough to a very long finish. Snappy-dark, lively fruit. Energy here…and real density of structu…
