The Wine Club Sunday Tasting: Bordeaux 2005/12/11

Year	Wine	Price	Rating
2001	Quinault L'Enclos, St. Emilion cedar, berry, mint, toasty oak, lacking finish - so - ws	49.99	***
2001	Monbousquet, St. Emilion fragrant, complex, smoky, currants, licorice, violets, mid palate lacking - so - ws	46.99	****
2001	Angelus, St. Emilion cherry, tannic, concentrated, mixed herbs, vanilla, lacking finish - so - ws	104.99	****½
2001	Cos d'Estournel, St. Estephe elegant, berry, vanilla, earth, leather - so - ws	59.99	****½
2001	Vieux Chateau Certan, Pomerol acidic, caramel, mint, berry, plum - so - ws	74.99	****
2001	Gruaud Larose, St. Julien acidic, plum, cassis, raspberry, green, forward - so - ws	39.99	****
2001	La Mission Haut Brion, Pessac Leognan toffee, toast, cedar, astringent, complex, berry, long finish - so - ws	89.99	****
2002	Lascombes, Margaux smoky, coffee, currants, cassis, long finish - so - ws	36.99	****½
2002	Pichon Baron, Pauillac green pepper, anise, currants, berry, licorice, herbs, complex, but I don't like the green pepper - so - ws	42.99	****
2002	Leoville Barton, St. Julien elegant nose of cherry, cassis, eucalyptus, astringent, concentrated, very long finish - so - ws	36.99	*****
2002	Lynch Bages, Pauillac first bottle. Paint, corked? raspberry, jamy? acidic, guava? Weird. - so - ws	52.99	***
2002	Lynch Bages, Pauillac new bottle. berry, citrus peel, complex, astringent, a bit watery, fresher than the first. still not very satisfactory. I don't think the first bottle has any flaw, it's probably flattened due to aeration. - so - ws	52.99	***½
2002	Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac coffee, green pepper, tobacco, astringent, complex, ash, chalky, full silky body, long finish - so - ws	139.99	*****