Community Tasting Notes 11

• derekvangen@gmail.com Likes this wine: 91 points

  February 28, 2024 - Young and more tannic with fruit. Good start will improve.

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• grafstrb wrote:

  February 8, 2024 - -- decanted for 45 min. before initial taste --
  -- tasted blind over 3.75 hrs on Day 1; revisited on Days 2 and 3 --
  
  NOSE: Day 1: deeper-pitched and earthier than #5 (2020 Pedesclaux); no funk or pencil shavings; tight; purple-fruited; most overt oak of the three; more similar to #9 (2020 Malescot) than to #5; light Ajwain seed. Day 2: very tight --- even moreso than on Day 1. Day 3: very dark, purple-red, fruits finally emerging.
  
  BODY: magenta-violet color of medium-deep depth; medium bodied.
  
  TASTE: Day 1: tight; a bit tannic (moreso than #5); quite tight @ 1.25 hrs. open mark; some bitter florals; still tannic at 4.5 hrs open mark, with oaky/austere tannins. On Day 1, this is the odd one out, in the sense that it’s clearly the “darkest” of the three --- this one being purple-fruited, earthy & tannic, whereas the other two are more red-fruited and less tannic. Day 2: dark; earthy; tight/closed. Day 3: Here we go! – lots of wet stones mineral; purple-fruited (black currants); still tight, but now opening-up to a meaningful extent, and now possibly my favorite of the three. Requires time in the cellar.

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• wineappellation Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 24, 2023 - Prominent oak, bellpepper, just ripe fruits, mid weight.

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• AD_jutant wrote: 90 points

  October 29, 2023 - WSET2 Course Notes; 10/22/2023-11/5/2023 (WineHouse, Los Angeles): Appearance: Deep ruby.
  Nose: Medium+ intensity. Vanilla is the most pronounced note. Cassis, blackberry. Coffee becomes more apparent as you look deeper. Earthy character.
  Palate: Dry, medium+ acidity, high and velvety tannin, full body, medium+ acidity. Green bell pepper, surprisingly. Blackberry jam. Warm and spiced long finish.
  9/18. Very, very good.

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• PlanetX wrote:

  July 5, 2023 - Another tannic Pauillac which I found hard to decipher as the fruit is well hidden at the moment.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2020
• Type Red
• Producer Château d'Armailhac
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Pauillac
• UPC Codes 3262156027752, 3262156089149, 3262156089750, 3364420020572, 3419466182644, 3419466263619, 400000232782, 4000149476922, 7073305003260, 8209156089750, 878448004344

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• Pending Delivery 204 (18%)
• In Cellars 941 (81%)
• Consumed 15 (1%)

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