89+ Tasted blind at Southwold ’06 Bordeaux tasting. This is entering an awkward stage at the moment. It has a tightly-wound, graphite scented nose; traditional, reserved and conservative with brambly black fruits...
89+ Tasted blind at Southwold ’06 Bordeaux tasting. This is entering an awkward stage at the moment. It has a tightly-wound, graphite scented nose; traditional, reserved and conservative with brambly black fruits, scorched earth developing in the glass. Nice focus here, good definition, but strict and severe. The palate is medium-bodied, sharp and angular on the entry, moderate depth, sharp acidity, quite racy with a harmonious muscular finish that frustratingly pulls up a little short.