Château Labégorce: Tasting & Drinking
As for quality, despite assertions of grandeur – the château certainly has the air of a classed growth château – the wines of Château Labégorce never truly excited my palate. In more contemporary times this has certainly changed, as recent upheavals have settled and presumably the investments put in place by Nathalie Perrodo have taken effect. Helped by benevolent vintages including 2009 and 2010, I began to see more appeal in the wines than I had in older vintages. While quality took a step back in the 2011 and of course the 2013 vintages, sandwiched between the two was a rather pleasant surprise, the 2012 vintage, which was showing rather well when I tasted it in its youth, admittedly a barrel sample.
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