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Bromley Wine Circle does Bordeaux - 18th January 2024 (Chez Moi): Meatier than the 2012 it's served with. This is replacement bottle for a corked one, so stood up, popped and poured. Takes some time to get going but wow, when it does. Some bell pepper with hints of clove and cinnamon. Palate has layers and layers of cassis and sandalwood, framed by melting tannins. Savoury, food friendly and right up my street. (1062 views)

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Decant for 1 hour (981 views)

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Opens with some bottle funk which quickly blew off. Decanted for 2 hours, than back in a bottle with a vacuum seal, drank great all night but needed the decant. Wonderfully rich and full of cedar, cassis and leather. Tannins came out with decant, plenty of acidity left, no rush to drink, in the aged zone. (1003 views)

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Mid ruby with marked browning. Not much on the nose. Like the "dried cherries" comment, some darker black berries too. Lots of old leather, spice, smoke. Lacks fruit, rather flat. Suspect slight TCA or slightly cooked. Anyway, not a great bottle. (1286 views)

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From a half bottle.

I had a 2000 Cantemerle about 15 years ago and it was so brutally tannic I figured this bottle needed a long sleep. Well there are still tannins but the fruit has long left the building leaving leather, forest floor and dried cherry, but not much of those either.

The colour is shockingly vibrant suggesting a lively wine, but the nose and palate do not deliver.

Definitely over the hill, I hope the many 1996 halves I have from more prestigious chateau have survived better. Let’s see if aeration helps but I’m not holding my breath… (1239 views)

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Knickarp (1309 views)

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Over the hill, but still very enjoyable. (1108 views)

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Fruity nose ,deep color ,without browning Strong smooth finish (1631 views)

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Terroir-istes International - France, Bordeaux 1996 Vintage (Rodwell House): Medium Garnet to orange rim.
A soft nose with warm, ripe boysenberries, cigar box, marmite and brown spices
More intense on entry with a supple, open-knit, rather pleasant style - I picked up very little acidity yet the wine isn't flabby. There is some tertiary evolution with more marmite and meat stock noted, but the texture is soft with pencil shavings and blackcurrant notes. The tannins have some width yet feel supple and accessible. With a long finish, there is a warm richness on the aftertaste. (834 views)

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Decanted about 1 hour and consumed over the following 2 hours. Virtually opaque color with a little browning at the meniscus. Complex and effusive on the nose from the first sniff, with hints of tobacco, cedar, leather, dried cherries, and pencil lead. Beautifully balanced on the palate with the tannins and fruit buttressing one another perfectly and enough acidity to keep it all in balance. The finish lasted a good 30 seconds. This was a beautiful bottle of mature Bordeaux. Purchased on release and stored in my cellar since. (2820 views)

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Out of the chute, this is a dark garnet color that only deepens in color throughout the evening. Plums, red currants, leather, cedar, but not as much graphite as the 90 make an appearance. But on the rather long finish, the unmistakable note of dark chocolate is found. Excellent with th lamb and with the espresso-chocolate créme brulée. Only a shadow of sediment. 12% alc. With rack of lamb and sauce of and sides of wild rice-cranberries stuffing and cauliflower topped with a lemon cream sauce. With the Washburns - good company. Highly Recommended. (882 views)

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Sadly the last of a case, enjoyed with another passionate claret lover whom we see rarely. A perfect match for barbecued sirloin tips. Mature claret at its beat. Clean cork, youthful colour and perfectly resolved tannins. Held up well against a slightly more muscular Calon Segur of same vintage (3382 views)

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Fully resolved and in a great place! (3761 views)

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Enjoyed over a long afternoon and evening, alongside a 2015 Lafite Rothschild.

Traditional purity, in all regards. Powerful varietal expressions of blackcurrant, pepper garden, gravel, and graphite, followed by secondary and tertiary expressions of light roast coffee, dark chocolate, drying tobacco leaf, jerky, stream bottom silt, smoldering coals, and discarded railroad tie lying on a deciduous forest floor, overgrown by wild mushrooms and moss. Hell Yes!!!

The entire experience, bouquet to finish, tantalizes the senses and uplifts the soul! Seamless in all regards. The 12.5 abv enhanced the enjoyment factor.

Still sporting medium to medium plus acid and resolved yet noteworthy tannin. It will hold for several years, but further improvement seems improbable.

Wines like this make the world a better place to live in and life more meaningful! 94-95. (4600 views)

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Slightly earthy, with meat and blackberry character. Medium-bodied, with light tannins and a simple finish. Fading. I have had this many times recently and it's on the way down. A little disappointing.--'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Drink now. 22,000 cases made. 'JS (1040 views)

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