Château Lalande St. Julien

This was unfortunately more than halfway in the grave when we got to it. Upon popping and pouring, the nose on the wine actually gave some hope. It clearly smelt very old, but was decent enough with its notes of black cherries, smoke, ash topped up with tons of soil, wet earth and sous bois. It was only the odd metallic twang about it that raised any alarm bells. Apart from that, it was actually quite a nice bouquet if …