Chateau Loirac, 2010

Price: $20-30
AOC: Cru Bourgeois, Medoc, Bordeaux

Variety: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot

Color: Dark violet

Aroma: quite nice actually, tobacco, wood, black fruit, some flower, some perfume and some vanilla from oak

Palate: medium+ body, tannin is integrated and fine (not too much tannin left), savory but can taste firm black fruit, tobacco, a touch of mineral, can sense cab perfume and flower while tasting, a little bit big (structure) and bold, fruitness concentration is medium+, very clear and standard characteristics of cab from left bank Bordeaux, a good introduction wine. quite enjoyable for the price range! ps: Aroma is a little bit more impressive than the palate. 

La Parde De Haut-Bailly, 2010

Price: $30-40
AOC: Pessac-Leognan, Graves, Bordeaux

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc

Second Wine of Chateau Haut-Bailly

Color: Dark Ruby, very little orange at the rim

Aroma: Black Currant, tobacco, can smell alcohol (never use a burgundy glass for a full body wine!), black fruit aroma came out after decanting(good intensity)

Palate: Clear black currant, some tobacco and tea leaf, very little mineral, tannin is moderate and fine, body is high, medium+ thickness, acidity is there, with slightly sweet finish. Fruitness concentration is not particular high, feel a little big although it is a second wine. Not the type I like.

Chateau du Tertre, 1996

AOC: Fifth growths 1855 classification, Margaux, Bordeaux
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Color: Doesn't look like an old wine by color, Ruby, very little orange at the rim
Aroma: very strong graphite right after opening, earthy smell, medium intensity, cedar wood and red fruit coming out after two hours of decanting
Palate: strong graphite right after opening, flat flavor, need around 2 hours of decanting, tannin is almost all integrated, light body, pretty earthy, some mineral, medium+ thickness(not on the elegant side to me), fruitness concentration is there, a good wine that shows chateau's characteristics, however feel like a little bit over the peak.  

    

Dame De Montrose, 2008

tasted 10/22/2015
AOC: Second wine of Chateau Montrose, Saint-Estephe, Bordeaux
Variety: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon

Color: dark ruby to violet
Aroma: medium intensity, elegant in style, cassis, classic bordeaux left bank aroma
Palate: a little raspberry, pretty dry(almost bone dry), light thickness, a little bit austere, not the type I like, I still feel like it worth to try second wine only for better vintage.
   

ECHO de Lynch Bages, 2010

AOC: Second wine of Chateau Lynch Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Color: Dark Ruby, Inky

Aroma: cedar wood from cab! intensity is not very high but still good black currant and some red fruit aroma. 

Palete: everything balanced, black currant and cedar wood, acidity is there, tannin and body is moderate, can also taste merlot. A good second wine that shows the chateaux characteristic. Easily enjoyable, a good left bank bordeaux(Cedar wood + black currant). Price is a little bit high.     

Reserve Speciale Pauillac, Barons de Rothschild (Lafite), 2011

AOC: Pauillac, Bordeaux

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon 70%, Merlot 30%

Color: dark ruby

Aroma: intense, classic bordeaux left bank aroma, tobacco, red fruit, very good!  

Palate: high body but still elegant in style, very fine tannin, concentrated red and black fruit, totally open up after one hour of decanting, a very good everyday bordeaux. 

Chateau Leoville Barton, 1990

For Dad's birthday, Got it from Sotheby, NYC

Sarget de Gruaud Larose, 2009

AOC: second wine of Chateau Gruaud Larose, Saint-Julien, Bordeaux 

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Color: Ruby

Aroma: there is some creamy and meaty nose upon opening, can easily tell the wine is from a powerful vintage, classic black currant, cedar wood, some perfume and tobacco show up after decanting, strong aroma

Palate: a classic bordeaux left bank, more on the elegant side, medium thickness with round tannin, taste black currant, cedar wood and a little tobacco, a little juicy acidity, a little red fruit, feel like Cab dominant, easy drinking style

          

Chateau Larose-Trintaudon, 2009

AOC: Cru Bourgeois, Haut-Medoc, Bordeaux
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Palate: Cab black fruit with some merlot perfume, tobacco with a little mineral, bright acidity, light thickness for a bordeaux, easy drinking style 

Chateau Brane-Cantenac, 2011

AOC: Second Growths 1855, Margaux, Bordeaux
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Aroma: very refined, penetrating red fruit aroma, with some spring flower.
Palate: elegant in style, medium+ body, a 50-50 feel of Cabernet-Merlot blend, soft, fresh, juicy acidity, concentrated fruit, more on the elegant side of a bordeaux, refined and balanced.  

Chateau Potensac, 1997

AOC: Cru Bourgeois Exceptionel, Medoc, Bordeaux

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

喝完後一段時間才寫, 已經不太記得了, 純粹留個紀念, 要喝到20年的Bordeaux對現階段而言是不容易的, 這支酒 Sherry-Lehmann 保存得非常好, 印象中是介於 ruby 到 琥珀色之間, 單寧已經完全融合, 柔順, 一打開就有綻放開的香氣, body 醇厚, 帶有跟 96年 Calon Segur 一樣成熟 Cab 的特色, 老的 Cab 就跟 Merlot 一樣, 帶有一種自己獨特的香水味, 總是有一股魅力存在, 對於想不花大錢就了解成熟 Cab是什麼感覺的人, 是很不錯的選擇

 

Chateau De Panigon, 2011

AOC: Cru Bourgeois, Medoc, Bordeaux
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot 

Color: ruby color

Aroma: medium+, mixture of red fruit and black currant, medium perfume from Merlot, some mineral

Palate: clearly need some decantage, austere and mineral taste only right after opening, after 1 hour of decantage, red fruit from Merlot jump out of the glass (Merlot dominant), some mineral and black currant as well, taste like a 50% 50% Cab and Merlot blend, consider the 2011 is not a very good vintage, this is an easy drinking, classic style (left bank), everyday Bordeaux wine. Not Bad!

Chateau Ormes de Pez, 2007

AOC: Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel, Saint-Estephe, Bordeaux

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

會注意到這支酒, 是因為神之水滴裡有出現, 然後好奇 Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel 喝起來如何, 所以到 Sherry-Lehmann 搬回家

Color: 雖然已是 8 年的酒, 仍顯得年輕, Ruby Color

Aroma: 很溫柔的香氣, 但有蠻強的穿透力, 溫柔的黑果實加上野花香, 除了 Hault Selve 以外又在 Cab 裡感受到花香, 很不錯的香氣! 醒酒放著時一直飄散出來, 完全同意漫畫裡的描述

Palate: 剛打開很明顯的味道沒有出來, 醒完之後, background 的 黑色果實, 口感帶著一些透明和高級感, medium+ body, medium+ tannin, 整體而言, 這是一支偏 dry 的酒, 帶點 austere, 果實甜味只偶在 background 出現, 但還算扎實, 不知是否是 Saint-Estephe 的特色, 這支給我既有男性的力道, 又有女性的溫柔的印象, 它不能算是我喜歡的酒, 但也沒什麼會令人討厭的地方, 喝完身體暖暖蠻舒服的, 不知這是否就是亞樹直所感受到的?

           

Chateau Haut Selve, 2010

AOC: Graves, Bordeaux
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Aroma: 一打開有很明顯的 earthy 味道, terroir 的感覺, 和葡萄香味混在一起很有牡丹花香的感覺, 在 Cab 裡很特別. 
Palate: fleshy and rounded, 沒有OAK, 蠻滑順的, 但沒有到 silky 的感覺, earthy (the way I like) with ripe black fruit and savory, floral, little to no spice, a classic bordeaux red, 圖為 reserve 版, 一般版就可以了.   

Chateau Maucamps, 2009

AOC: Cru Bourgeois, Haut-Medoc, Bordeaux
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Aroma: Medium, 剛打開聞得到 creamy, vanilla from oak, sweet black fruit with wood (tobacco), 醒一小時後, vanilla 退去, 帶有一點香水味和 cedar wood.
Palate: 明顯的 black currant, very ripe black fruit, 蠻甜的, wood and tobacco, a little mineral, 中等濃度, 中等強度, 單寧意外的非常適中, 很輕微的澀感, easy drinking style, Merlot 特有甜味不多, more like a classic Cab.  

Connetable Talbot, 2010

AOC: Second Wine of Chateau Talbot, Saint-Julien, Bordeaux
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Aroma: medium aroma, Merlot based black fruit aroma with some perfume 
Palate: flavors are mixed and indistinguishable right after opening, oak and cork flavors, after proper decanting,  sweetness of Merlot, black currant of Cab, smooth, juicy, mouth watering acidity, medium+ body, on the easy drinking side, alcohol content is not high, an upgraded version of Puygueraud, with additional layers and structure.