Chateau Des Annereaux Bordeaux 2003
Region: Pomerol, Bordeaux, France
Winery: Chateau Des Annereaux
Variety: Bordeaux

LALANDE DE POMEROL
2003 Vintage - BLIND TASTED in August 2006


Hervé Pennequin
C - Reddish hues, medium intense ruby. N - Liquorish cherry and plum, smoky and tobacco. Deep plummy with earthy. P - Earthy, spices, card wood box, liquorice, violets. Quite firm in finish. Acidity refreshing, even if quite high.

Mark Slater
C - Excellent clarity, fine density, lovely brick, blood red. N - Interesting, herb – spice bouquet, fine, quality aromas of some elegance, good intensity with complexity. P - Bright, clean fruit, average flavor expression, very well balanced, medium long end. Very tasty wine.

Andreas Larsson
C - Clear, medium deep ruby. N - Deeply fragrant, flowery, wild berries, almost Burgundian-like aromas, attractive elegance. P - Elegant and polished, refined, integrated tannins, soft fruit and a good length. Very good Bordeaux !

Teresa Perez
C - Clean and brilliant, deep, dark cherry red. N - Ripe fruit, pharmaceutical notes, wood on end. P - Light attack, quite silky, lightly astringent, reasonable quality flavors, moderately good balance, medium finish.

Yoichi Sato
C - Good clarity, dense with attractive legs, vivid red, slightly evolved rim. N - Wet soil, attractive aromas very typical of clay soil, very fine quality bouquet with excellent maturity and great intensity, delicate complexity. P - Tender, supple attack, Merlot par excellence. Round, deep flavors, fresh and elegant, very fine balance, lovely mouthfeel, very good length and long persistence. Supple, round wine with delicious Merlot expression. Excellent wine.

Giuseppe Vaccarini
C - Clean, dense, ruby, garnet. N - Fruited, very fine quality aromatic expression, good intensity. P - Quite round, but tannic, medium body, balanced, medium finish. Slightly bitter at end.

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