A bouquet of some red fruit with the expected black fruits, a bit of oak and a touch of meatiness. Very sweet attack, quite jammy a little tannin but soft and manageable, peppery finish, this wine is ready now.
Oaky at first then the nose develops fruity and meaty notes. Very sweet with gentle tannins, drinking quite well now but could improve over the next 5 years.
Nicely perfumed, meaty with some fruit. Sweet, fruity and spicy, concentrated and balanced, still quite tannic, just about drinkable now but will be so much better in 5 years.
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux
A very different nose, earthy, treacly, complex. Raisins in the mouth, spicy, tannic, somehow past its best, dries out in the mid palate and then disappears very quickly.
2003 Château Grand Bertin de Saint Clair 84 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc
A nosegay of baked fruit with a hint of oak.
Sweet attack, jammy, balanced, tannic but very soft, fruity mid palate, ready.
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