Chateau d D'Angludet Margaux 2000 (12.5% abv)
Served straight from the bottle, which was a mistake (I will bring a decanter next time. Vacaville is not a Wine Geek kind of town, and the restaurant had none). Opened with leather and green pepper and a nice mix of red, green, andf black fruit. As the night progressed, this wine BLOSSOMED, with the leather and tobacco and blac fruit notes becoming much more dominant. It's amazing to watch how a wine blossoms in the glass. This is not a Micheal Rolland Bordeaux
Started out **1/2, but after a couple of hours, it was a solid ***1/2 with maybe some upside potential. Lovely traditional Bordeaux. Oz Clarke suggests 10 years of aging, but this was drinking lovely tonight once it opened up. My favorite of the pair, and my friend's wife, whose tastes are closer to mine agreed.
Still, the Conn Creek Anthology 2002 "Bordeaux" blend was very nice, Much richer, more fruit forward wine, darker black fruit. Definitely some leather and tobacco. Underpinning of vanilla on the palette, but this is not unbalanced at all. This wine was probably drunk too young, but it was still enjoyable. My friend, who loves Zins and Petit Sirah's preferred this one, although he agreed that the Bordeaux opened up nicely. Solid ***.
A lovely wine night with good friends. I'm going to look for more of the Angludet-can't remember where I bought it. (BevMo, I think). I have too many winery clubs already, but I enjoy Conn Creek enough that this is one I would coinsider joining.
