I have been playing a wine game with restaurant sommeliers and wine nerds across town where I show up with a mystery bottle and ask them to review it blind. By not knowing what the wine is or who represents it, hopefully, an honest-no-bs-review is achieved. ~ PK
Come inside and read the review of our next contestant…
^ Monsieur Laurent Devin, owner of Bistrot Bistro.
2006 Chateau Le Boscq Saint Estephe
ABV: 13.5%
Category: Bordeaux
Country: Bordeaux, France
Winemaker: Chateau Le Boscq
Varietal Character/Distinctiveness: 2 ~ “First botrytis = grenache. Green Bordeaux.”
Expression: 2.5 ~ “Average, green, young, weak.”
Complexity: 2 ~ “Below average.”
Balance: 2 ~ “Tannin and alcohol unbalanced.”
Value: 2.5 ~ “Average price for BC.”
Score: 12/25
Further Tasting Notes: “Wait 5 years and decant.”
Availability: select BC Liquor stores
Pricing: $23.99
Wine review by Laurent Devin, owner of Bistrot Bistro.
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I searched on the site of BC liquor store, but this product does not appear. Are you sure the price and availability in BC Liquor Stores?
Thanks for your help.
Laurent calls a “spade a spade”.
With few exceptions, Bordeaux 2006 is a mediocre, overpriced vintage. You had to be good, wealthy and lucky to make something decent as mother nature threw everything she had in 2006.
Reverse osmosis anyone?