RKS 2024 Wine: Château des Landes from Lussac Saint-Émilion

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100% Merlot from 50-year-old vines. Aged 16 months in new French oak. The British wine writer Jancis Robinson wrote in February 2023 should 2019 in Bordeaux be seen as the best vintage ever?

Aroma: Subdued and compact with blackberry, black cherry and some vanilla. A skillful use of new French oak as it does not shout out vying for your attention but with aeration it creeps out of the corner to moderately assert itself. To avoid any burgeoning oak best not to decant.

Palate: Medium bodied with well guarded oak. Moderate tannins requiring further time to settle down. A slight brackishness appears on the palate. Moderately long finish. Imperative to serve cool to better control the whopping 14% alcohol level. Has France become Australian?

Personality: If only my alcohol could be reduced to 12.5% you might consider me elegant so instead you have a well-made wine with simply too much alcohol detrimental to a sophisticated palate looking for a classic Bordeaux that may have disappeared twenty years ago.

Cellarbility: Drink or hold until 2026-year end.

Price:  $24 CDN (Ontario).

RKS 2024 Wine Rating: 89/100. Wine Align 90.

(Château des Landes, 2019 Cuvée Prestige, AC Lussac Saint Émilion, France, 750 mL, 14%).

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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