2011 La Conseillante
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Tasting notes
One of the best wines of the vintage. the 2011 Conseillante has a wonderful nose reminiscient of a top Richebourg. Very fine indeed with wonderful liqueur fruit in the middle and really impressive length.
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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The 2011 La Conseillante has a backward but delineated bouquet with earthy, sandalwood and pencil box aromas, perhaps in need of a little more fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins, good body, but it lacks a little tension and complexity. A more muscular Pomerol for sure, though it might improve with bottle age. Solid, but nowhere near the class produced under Marielle Cazaux nowadays. Tasted blind at the annual 10-Year-On tasting.
Tasted blind. Glowing deep garnet. Heady, opulent, seductive. Tannins have receded to leave a silky, flattering, very polished wine. But it doesn’t have amazing concentration. (JR)
The 2011 La Conseillante has a relative light (at least compared to the previous two vintages) bouquet with aromas of black cherry, mint and cold stone. I appreciate the precision here even if it might be missing a little complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly firm and obdurate tannin. This is a masculine La Conseillante, grippy and a bit curmudgeonly at the moment, although bottle age will leaven its grumpiness. Give this another two or three years in the cellar. Tasted at La Conseillante vertical at the property.
About the producer
Château la Conseillante was built in 1750 and named after the proprietor, Libourne business woman Catherine Conseillan. The reputation of the wines quickly grew and her wines became some of the most expensive in the region.