LEDA, CASTILLA Y LEON, VINAS VIEJAS 1998 Beaujolais Cru a Larry Stone/Dominique Lafon project

a Larry Stone/Dominique Lafon project

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91 Wine Advocate

William Kelley opines on the controversial "Coche Reduction" characteristics in Coche-Dury wines:

Supposedly an off year

LEDA, CASTILLA Y LEON, VINAS VIEJAS 1998 Beaujolais Cru a Larry Stone/Dominique Lafon projectbase of neck 92 points CellarTracker Member Drank from magnum, no decant. Purplish color, darker than expected, no discernible bricking. Nose of dark fruits, some leather too. Medium bodied, plenty of fruit, still fairly tannic and nicely structured wine. Some tertiary elements showing earth & meat, but leather mostly; the concentration of black fruits was the most noticeable aspect of this wine to me. As I recall, this was somewhat of a modern style