Thursday, January 8, 2009

At Pau's after Megan's birthday. pau, hermann, ben, tony, me 2007/11/03

 Year  Wine  Price  Rating 
2003 Labegorce, Margaux
Promotion at Costco. This wine should be $45 or so normally. Great concentration and complexity. Chocolate, coffee, plum, pencil lead, vanilla. Velvety tannins, dusty, long finish. - so - ws
29.95 ****½
2000 Margalaine, Margaux
Highly mineral, leather, earth, acidic, blackcurrant, hint of green pepper and licorice - so - ws
35 ***½
2003 Les Hauts de Pontet Canet, Pauillac
Second wine of Pontet Canet, this wine is ripe, new world like. Red currants, vanilla, long finish - so - ws
30 ****
2003 Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac Leognan
Complex, blackberry, plum, BBQ, hint of licorice. Long finish. - so - ws
50 ****½
2004 Turnbull, Napa Valley
Black plum, vanilla, violet, rose, jammy, mocha. Super long finish - so - ws
39 ****½

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