Last weekend (now that we're in T4) was the first Saturday night that my Son has been in "residence" (i.e. not away or out!) since leaving for University back in early September. So, we decided to make a nice home-cooked meal and open a good bottle of wine to mark the occasion, and to also facilitate a good old chin wag around the table to catch up on his news. I decided to play things safe and revisit St. Julien, a sub-region of the Left-Bank in Bordeaux and home to some of my all time personal favourite wines.
This one (pictured above) was from top producer Leoville Las Cases and is their (kind of) second wine called "Clos du Marquis", it's a beauty. The 2006 vintage wasn't that great in Bordeaux so the Chateau deselected a lot of the grapes that would normally be destined for their top "Grand-Vin" (i.e. their most expensive wine) and instead, put them in the second wine. Consequently their second wine was appreciably better than it normally is (and it's normally pretty good) I've tried this wine a couple of times since I bought a case back in 2007/8, the last time I tried it was early 2019, so nearly a year ago, and it was tasting pretty fine then. Pleasingly, this year, it tastes even better, more balance, more linear fruit and an inky, blackcurrant, talc kind of vibe that's very distinctive, a superb effort and very much enjoyed on a rainy Saturday night in deepest Berkshire; it instantly transported us to warmer climes and better times!
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