Apologies that I have been not posting recently, been moving house and I don't currently have internet in my house! How come it takes SO long to get a router sent to you when you move?! Anyway, for anyone who really cares, here are a load of the other Bordeaux that I tried at Lords last month.
2006 Chateau Camensac (Haut Medoc)
Light, fruity with a fresh raspberry, strawberry and cream flavour. Some herby elements but the palate is a bit thin, watery and needs some fruit that it simply doesn't have. 6/10
2000 Chateau Chasse Spleen (Moulis)
A gorgous aroma, lush ripe fruit, a lot of cassis and raspberry with a silky tannin and lots of cocoa. A good, no, a lovely Bordeaux. 8/10
2000 Chateau Sociando Mallet (Haut Medoc)
Lots of green pepper, massive amounts of sour cherry, mint and liquorice. The palate is restrained, cherry hints and cassis. Green peppers are throughout the nose and palate! A minty finish. 8/10
2007 Chateau Cantemerle (Haut Medoc)
Very minty, a lot of cherry and pomegranate. A little thin on the palate, with a bit too much tannin. 6/10
2006 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge (Pessac Leognan)
Voluptuous chocolate and tobacco, with lots of fruit. Not at all showy on the palate, subtle with fruit notes on a leathery finish. 8/10
2006 Chateau Brane Cantenac (Margaux)
Lovely, light fruit, a shedload of cherry on the nose. The palate is nice, light and softly spiced with berries and leather. 8/10
2004 Chateau Dufort Vivens (Margaux)
Minty with sweet cherry and a touch of pithy red fruit. Nice structure, good fruit and a touch too much tannin on the finish. 7/10
2006 Chateau Ferriere (Margaux)
Sweet cherry, lots of light berries and a bit of fuzzy plum skin. Not bad. 7.5/10
2007 Chateau Haut Bages Liberal (Pauillac)
Perfumy, herbaceous with good fruit on the nose, but this thinly disguises the fact that it is far too thin on the palate. 6/10
2002 Chateau Rauzan Segla (Margaux)
Soft herbal aromas with a bundle of fruit on the nose. The palate is a bit thin at first, but fattens up and comes back with lovely fruit and nice veggie flavours. 7/10
2004 Chateau Canon (St Emilion)
Mint, a fresh style of wine, plum and raspberries with a bit of leather. It is all light and simple with an element of berry stalk on the finish. 7/10
1999 Chateau Langoa Barton (St Julien)
A lovely rich fruit aroma, nice cocoa and tobacco. The palate is structured, some light fruit and then tight cherry and plum with gorgeous sweet tobacco elements.
2005 Clos du Marquis (St Julien)
Herby with a lovely meaty element, good fruit and an abundance of sour cherry and polished wood. The palate is balanced, with liquorice and spice. 8/10
2006 Chateau Leoville las Cases (St Julien)
Perfumy, with a lot of interesting fruit, cherries and cranberries. A nice balance on the palate, some cherry stone and a lovely dried fruit element coming through. I like this. 8/10
2004 Chateau Lagrange (St Julien)
Meaty, some herbal elements, liquorice and tobacco. OK balance but a bit powerful. 7.5/10
1997 Chateau Gruaud Larose Magnum (St Julien)
Perfumy with a nice wood element, some fresh fruit and a little veggie element. Fruit stones and a touch of spice on the finish. Very tasty. 7/10
2004 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou (St Julien)
Soft aroma which has a floral element to it. Cherry stones and freeze dried raspberries mixed with a tobacco element on the palate. Great stuff. 9/10
2004 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande (Pauillac)
Very fresh, hints of violets, pomegranate and plum. The palate is gentle, elegant and with some gorgeous fruit. The finish just is a bit thin, letting the wine down a touch. 7.5/10
1998 Chateau Lynch Bages (Pauillac)
A little boot polish, some thin fruit on the nose. This is quite a savoury and mentholly wine, with lots of cherry stone on the finish. 7.5/10
2006 Chateau Grand Puy Ducasse (Pauillac)
Not keen, very thin and not much fruit. 5/10
2004 Chateau Poujeaux (Moulis)
Rich and meaty, then the veggies come in with some cherry, cassis and cocoa. 8/10
2004 Chateau Cheval Blanc (St Emilion)
Soft and elegant with a lovely plum skin and cherry aroma. The palate is classic Bordeaux with a vegetal, stony fruit and a lot of woodland elements. A touch of heat on the finish, but it doesn't spoil it. 8/10
2001 Chateau Figeac (St Emilion)
Soft, juicy fruit on the nose, but also a bit of wet dog. No ta. 4/10
2006 Chateau Angelus (St Emilion)
Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, with tobacco and cherry. The palate is dry, subtle fruit and a lovely chocolatey element. 8/10
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