Bordeaux

• Barsac
• Bordeaux Supérieur
• Margaux
• Graves
  • Pessac-Leognan
• Haut-Medoc
• Listrac
• Pauillac
• Pomerol
• Saint Emilion
• Saint Estephe
• Saint Julian
• Sauternes

Always great to try a mature Latour from a great vintage!  Purple in color, opaque and bright.  The nose is deep, young, and complex with cassis, plums, graphite, and blueberries.  Full bodied.  Medium to firm tannins.  Great energy.  On the palate, this is delicious.  Young with cassis, blueberries, slight plums and earthy funk.  Long finish.  This will benefit from cellaring but is great now.  At age 29, it still has twenty to thirty years left.  While a Roast would be classic, it would also be great with a roasted Butternut Squash.  

My second time trying this wine.  It is 100% Cabernet Franc aged for a year in Amphorae and bottled with a very non-traditional label.  Purple in color, opaque and bright.  The nose has cherries, black cherries, tobacco, and dust.  Medium to full bodied.  Light to medium tannins.  Good balance.  On the palate, flavors of black cherries, tobacco, cherries, and char.  Good finish.  This is drinking quite well at this point and should drink well for another ten to fifteen years.  It is nice on its own but would be better with hearty dishes.  Lamb or Bean Stew would be perfect.

One of the top producers in Sauternes and still an excellent value.  Light golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose has apples and honey.  Medium to full bodied.  On the palate, apples, honey  and slight vanilla.  Long finish.  This is drinking well now but should go another twenty years.  It will work well with a less sweet dessert (cookies or cake).