les meilleurs 2016 à prix abordable ...
certains critiques prof. sont des puits de science & d'histoire et connaissent les moindres cailloux des parcelles de vignes, mais rechignent à prendre le risque de déguster à l'aveugle, d'autres sont au contraire titillés par cet exercice périlleux, mais tellement amusant !
Neil Martin vient de re-déguster la plupart des Bordeaux 2016 à l'aveugle, le résultat est rafraîchissant, puisque certains vins au pedigree moins étincelant et à prix plus modeste, abondemment commentés et recommandés sur LPV , sortent dans le haut du tableau.
Meyney
The 2016 Meyney has a very deep color. The bouquet is a stunner, delivering intense, mineral-rich black fruit pixelated to the nth degree. This is extremely focused and conveys the energy of a tightly coiled spring. The extremely well-balanced palate offers fine-grained tannins and superb acidity. Very pure and focused, with a harmonious, vibrant finish that lingers in the mouth. You can feel this lingering 45–60 seconds after the wine has exited. Wonderful. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting.
95/100
Grand Puy Lacoste Other wines that performed brilliantly were the fabulous 2016 Lynch-Bages and Grand Puy-Lacoste, which achieve First Growth quality
The 2016 Grand Puy-Lacoste has a clean, precise bouquet with nicely detailed blackberry, briar and tobacco aromas, touches of mint emerging with time, all utterly charming. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and a fine bead of acidity, conveying a sense of symmetry throughout and leading into a deft, quite persistent finish. This is very classy, and it should age with style. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting.
97/100
Lafon-Rochet
The 2016 Lafon-Rochet has a very engaging bouquet, a mixture of red and black fruit laced with pencil shavings and loamy scents. In fact, the more you nose this wine, the more its complexity becomes apparent. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and a fine line of acidity, ripe and generous yet maintaining outstanding tension and revealing a judicious touch of peppercorns on the finish, which fans out gloriously. This is a fabulous Lafon-Rochet and certainly the best bottle of 2016 that I have encountered. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting.
95/100
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