Type: Red Wine   Volume: 3000ml

Winery:La Louviere

Country: France   Region: Bordeaux

District: Pessac Leognan

Ratings and Tasting Notes:

(RP=91) Served blind at the Southwold 2009 tasting. The La Louviere ¡¥09 has a delightful bouquet of dark cherries, kirsch, well integrated creamy oak that is perfectly in tune with the wine. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannins, building gradually to an understated finish that shows great finesse. Tasted January 2013. (JS=91) Lots of chocolate and berry character with hazelnuts as well. Full and juicy with lots of good fruit and a delicious finish. Try in 2015. (WS=89) Polished, with a slightly forward core of plum and blackberry fruit woven with subtle toasty vanilla and roasted alder wood notes. Drink now through 2015. (AG=89) Bright red-ruby. Expressive aromas and flavors of superripe plum, roasted meat and leather. Fat, round and sweet if a bit rustic and monolithic today. This big boy could use a bit more shape and definition. Not a particularly primary style and yet it gives the impression of a bit of drying acidity on the back end. Needs a couple years to knit.