Château Lanessan Haut-Médoc 1996

Friday night and opened this 14 year old Claret from Cussac-Fort-Medoc. The bouquet initially showed a hint of brett, but after an hour or so the wine opened up and showed sweet prunes, pencil, plum, blackberry, caramel and earth. The palate seemed a little bitter at first, but did soften and sweeten slowly to show some fading fruits, earth and oak. Somewhat difficult, this wine is in the minority style wise. Certainly not sexy but sort of old, frail, dignified and charming. May not have much more time so give it a good airing and drink now.
50+4+13+17+7 = 91/100