Château Les Hauts De Smith Pessac-Léognan 2010 Bordeaux Red Wine, $30.59-$35.99, 91+ points (varietals are 55% Merlot and 45% Cabernet Sauvignon), began near black at the core trending deep ruby with a brief appearance of sunburst orange before the transparent rim.
Rose and cedar with a whiff of alcohol (14.5%) on the nose was okay for me.
Medium-plus body with loads of tannin and good acidity carried licorice, black grape, blackberry/currant, and cola notes toward a long finish of spice, plum, and grape skin with some heat.
Index-of-reviewed-wines
Copyright 2010-2014 Dennis Tsiorbas. All rights reserved, Template provided by Blogger
The French wines with English, and Irish, names make me smile :)
ReplyDeleteVinogirl, I think in the back of my mind I wondered about that (Rothschild)!
DeleteHistory, my dear man!
ReplyDeleteI hear you, all 2000 years of it, and the failure of King Louis VIII (I think that had something to do with it), but that's all too much for me, and is there a King "Louis " in ready to restore France again?
Delete