Came across this wine recently at a tasting and was very excited to try it, was wondering if it would live up to the hype. This 2016 received very high scores across the board including a 100 point score from Wine Enthusiast and 99 points from Robert Parker himself. It's difficult to find as there wasn't very much of it made.
Spoke to one of the importers of this estate and was very cool to learn that this is a relatively new producer (established in the 90's) with a tiny 3.5 hectare parcel of land just near Chateau Angélus.
Was it a perfect wine for me? Hard to say, it was definitely very good. Concentrated, rich, excellent purity of fruit and a nice minerally backbone of graphite. Something I’ve realized is it’s very difficult for me to tell the difference in quality with young Bordeaux. The difference is much more noticeable when tasting aged Bordeaux. You can tell the potential, but this just needs a ton of age to show it's best. I preferred an early 2000's Chateau Clerc Millon at the same event.
by jacob62497
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Last Bottle was pushing a bunch of the 2014s a few years ago and I got some. Best decision I ever made. One of the best noses on a wine I’ve ever encountered.
I’ve had hundred point wines and 87’s. Personally I think the best wines that I’ve enjoyed were more about the moment or the meal. A wine can be flawless and still not get a hundred points. I think ratings are overrated.
Boooo scores
Yaaaaay descriptors
Ratings mean nothing and are often paid for.
Also if the scales were accurate there’d be a lot more <80 point scores, but suspiciously every wine ever rated on any “official” rating system out of 100 appears from 80-100.
Came to this post expecting a majority of the comments to be all ‘points mean nothing blah blah’…
Sadly, I wasn’t disappointed. Oh, r/wine! Never change 😂