Chateau Lanessan, Haut-Medoc, France 2014 Mcgah Once you have been accepted

Once you have been accepted

Beautiful presentation in a black paper shroud for the bottle

Sprightly acidity and a fresh

The vines are extremely old—they don't know how old—ungrafted and head-pruned in the Secano Interior traditional zone of Chile

with coral reflections

Chateau Lanessan, Haut-Medoc, France 2014 Mcgah Once you have been acceptedThe 2014 Lanessan still offers that quite exuberant, high toned bouquet that I observed out of barrel: fleshy red cherry and strawberry fruit laced with a touch of orange blossom, maybe less floral than it showed back then. The palate is medium bodied with slightly dry, grainy tannin on the entry. It is balanced but just lacks the depth and substance that I was hoping it would gain during its barrel maturation. As such, I feel it will be an earlier