Review Date: 1-20-2013

I bought several of the 2009 Bordeaux in the $10-18 range which were all disappointing. The Lilian Ladouys lives up to the 2009 hype. beautiful.
Nice fine tanins, red ripe but not over ripe fruit and nice toasty framing. Elegant. I also bought Lilian Ladouys back in the 89, 90 vintages, and this is a step above. It's nice and accessible now but betting that it will close up soon and open in another 5-10 years
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Tasted tonight and last night. As predicted this has closed up enormously. Instead of being a California fruit bomb that we downed in an hour 6 months ago, the wine is now showing it's St Estephe heritage. Its closed, dense and refined. We had it opened for 2 days and decanted 3 times. By the end of the 2 days it was much more approachable - well refined, elegant and integrated. Still a lot of backbone an tanins. Should be a beauty in another 10 years

Review Date: 6-21-2012

I had a Puglia Primitivo (maybe Luccarelli) at Delfina that was quite delicate if not a bit tight on it's own but was absolutely lovely with their pizzas. I never would have guess it was related to Zinfandel.
I'm not a big fan of Zinfandel but after the above experience I thought maybe Italians do it different and that I'd try another one. This one is much more Zin like, sweet, thick than the Delfina experience though a lighter touch than most of the American ones I've had. Nothing new though really verses and American one. Giving it a 4 star since it's a good Zin but not the experience I was looking for