Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) Cabernet Sauvignon Los Vascos Cromas Gran Reserva

Approaching the later days of the drinking window, and needs time to open up, but still drinking well.

Full body. A bit rustic but very pleasant.

Decent CS with some depth. A bit rough. It with some personality.

Drank in York-see cn. Buy more.

Better, in my opinion, than prior scores suggest; this isn't anything groundbreaking and perhaps not even a great value for Chilean cabernet, but at just under $15 it's well made and highly serviceable. More oak on the nose than on the palate, this has a good, medium weight balance to the relatively bright red fruit and a longer, more pleasing finish than most cheap red wine.

Served with Rack of Lamb and wild rice with mushrooms

A wide variety at LWS (Gruaud, D'Issan, Rinaldi +++) (Colonial Beverage, Chesterland Ohio) : i used to drink this on occasion 15 to 20 years ago. I hadn't seen it lately. It used to be a great value. Not sure what happened, or maybe the vintage but this was not good. Ruby/purple in color. At first sniff, there is some cassis and some char. Then a huge streak of green beans and bell pepper take over. The palate matches but …

January 2017's Featured Wines (San Diego Wine Co.) : N: Toast, berries, pyrazines -- in not particular order P: Med, poss MF, body; Nice entry with oak predominating by mid palate; Long, fairly seamless finish with some firming astringency. A reasonably elegant style which could well improve for 1-2 yrs, then hold for several. 14% ABV 90 pts WS, though I was unable to view that review

Nose: Cassis and green paprika. Mouth: Quite harmonious but also a bit boring. Nice expressive aromas. Somehow also tomato juice comes to mind. However it lacks a bit depth and complexity. The alcohol can be felt too much. Nevertheless a very good wine. This is your typical fruitforward but a bit shallow Cab. from South America. Cab. Sauv. with some Carmenère, Syrah and Malbec. 14.0% alc. The half full bottle after having spent some time in the fridge under vacuum …