Community Tasting Note

• henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:

  April 7, 2016 - Fruity nose, strawberry, creamy, caramel
  Full texture, sweet, so rich, leather smooth elegant and long
  Touch pepper, some tannin
  Superb

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4 Comments

• FredericoWines commented:

  9/16/16, 6:47 AM - Hi Henry,
  
  I appreciate your taste note on this Castarede XO. I love to try it my own. However, I saw a bottle at my local store that the label just says "XO", without mentioning "20 Ans d'age". Do you know if this is the same? Which version did you try? Thanks, Fred.

• henrygjeffreys commented:

  9/16/16, 6:53 AM - I tried the 20. Not sure about your one though everything I tried from this producer was excellent so even if it's not as old, it's probably going to be good.

• FredericoWines commented:

  9/16/16, 7:29 AM - Thanks, Henry. Have you tried their vintages bottling? My local store has 1976, 1986, 1994 and 1996. Not sure which one to try first.

• henrygjeffreys commented:

  9/16/16, 7:50 AM - Not had those vintages from Castarede but have had 86s from other producers and they have been sublime. Might be worth checking out.

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