2009 Château Barde-Haut

Community Tasting Note

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88 Points

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - This is indeed spoofy, but I find this bottle less off-putting than the last bottle I had 3 years ago. Perhaps it's the additional bottle age or perhaps it's me, but this was inoffensive to borderline enjoyable. Has a rich roasty nose of espresso, tobacco leaf, bing cherry and ripe plum. A donut wine that hits you in the face up front and ends strong, but is a bit hollow in the middle. Dry tannins and a bit of alcoholic heat mar the otherwise long finish. An OK showing for pretty much the worst era in BDX if you ask me, particularly on the Right Bank.

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