K&L Saturday Tasting: Bordeaux 2003/9/27

Year	Wine	Price	Rating
2000	Plaisance Cuvee Alix, Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux 50% cab, 50% merlot, tobacco, smoky nose, meat, currant, mid body, acidic, long finish, lack evolution - so - ws	14.99	***
2000	Gloria, St. Julien 65% cab, 25% merlot, 5% franc, 5% petit verdot, complex coffee, currant nose, cummin, berry, mineral, long finish - so - ws	27.99	****
2000	Talbot, St. Julien 75% cab, 18% merlot, 5% franc, 2% petit verdot, Bordeaux 4th growth, tight currant, chocolate, leather, complex, but unintegrated, pepper, green pepper, long finish. - so - ws	49.99	****
2000	Clos du Marquis, St. Julien made by Leoville Las Cases (Bordeaux 2nd growth), 68% cab, 25% merlot, 5% petit verdot, tight red fruit, cassis, very concentrated fruit aroma, chalky, full body, very tight to judge - so - ws	44.99	*****
2000	Ormes de Pez Cru Bourgeois, St. Estephe 55% cab, 35% merlot, 10% franc, nicknamed little lynch-bages, floral, raspberry nose, a little hit of salty-sour vegie, meaty, tannic, mint, very concentrated, very long finish, teeth-roughing - so - ws	29.99	****
2000	Sociando Mallet Cru Bourgeois, Haut-Medoc 60% cab, 30% merlot, 10% franc, purple color, tobacco, greenpepper, cherry, very full body, chalky - so - ws	39.99	****
1996	Cos d'Estournel, St. Estephe 60% cab, 38% merlot, 2% franc, sweet jammy cherry, full body, very elegant, floral, lavender, long long finish - so - ws	69.99	*****