julianseersmartin
Member #149,887 signed up 11/22/2010 and last accessed 7/25/2023
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Member since November 2010
Locale: Hampshire, UK
Favorite region: Bordeaux
Dream wine: 1959 Cheval Blanc
Member #149,887 signed up 11/22/2010 and last accessed 7/25/2023
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Locale: Hampshire, UK
Favorite region: Bordeaux
Dream wine: 1959 Cheval Blanc
2011 Château Lynch-Bages Blanc de Lynch-Bages
9/1/2021 - julianseersmartin wrote: flawed
Last of 6, but first one to be problematic - it was on the cusp of being oxidised. Time to drink up else you will be burned. I thought BdLB had dodged premox but evidently not. Very disappointing.
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2016 Château Sénéjac
4/19/2020 - julianseersmartin Likes this wine: 92 Points
I've had several halve bottles of this recently and it's in a lovely primary place. Let it open up over an hour in a decanter, and you'll be graced with a very nice, quite fruity yet graphite heavy bordeaux that isn't too oaky. It's quite reminiscent of paulliac. Tannin is really quite soft at this young stage, and the acid level is right in the zone. Overall, just a lovely drop of wine that handles a steak superbly and really displays 2016 in all its glory.
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2009 Château La Graviere Grand Poujeaux
3/27/2020 - julianseersmartin Likes this wine:
Good VFM. Moderate length, still a bit tannic but not coarse. No hint of vintage heat/flabbiness. Drank over 3 hours, and by the third the merlot had come to the fore with a nice mocha note. Perhaps lacking just a bit of depth but it's hardly thin. Good, not great, but quite a bit of headroom for improvement. Leave for 5 years at least and I think it'll be a very good wine.
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