I gotta say something about this wine… I can’t just group it into a bottle-post and say “This was good.” It goes way beyond that. 15 and 16 were interesting vintages in Bordeaux, with intensely structured wines and the latter seeming a bit more *user friendly* than the former. And this 15 checks all those boxes with aplomb. Dark and dank, it showcases black fruit, figs and concentrated cherry in the nose while not showing its whole hand in magnificient fashion. It’s gotta be 14-5, but then you taste it and everything coalesces into Medoc ire and slendor.

At nearly 24 hours of air, the piney pitch of early consumption has transcended into fruity flatulence speaking to Rutherford or Spring Mt. Sweet and mouth-filling, it carries with it a bite of acid burning beyond the minty loam and rocky decadence. Tannic beyond belief, but still carrying all the gloriousness of well-ripened cab in a carefully-balanced curation. It’s ripe and flush with sweetness, but honestly reminds me of classic Napa Valley in the way it levitates a wine fun to drink while still throwind fingers at the Austin Hope/Caymus crowd. They’ll hate it–trust me–but there’s a series of wine-events going on here in the glass which will cause purists to swoon. Thin, beautiful perfection, absolutely.

2015 CHATEAU BEAUMONT Cab/ME Haut-Medoc Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux France 14.0

https://www.chateau-beaumont.com/le-chateau/?lang=en