Beautiful bouquet with some rustic flavors, herbs and dark berries. On the palate juicy dark berries, herbs, animals, red berries, good acidity and mild, round and ripe tannin. Some mineral impressions as well. Beautiful and complex wine in its maturity stage. Will be lovely to drink from now and over the next two years.
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In the bouquet dark berry fruits and sweet spices. Same on the palate. Beautiful acidity and tannin. The wine is completely ready now and a great pleasure.
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In the complex bouquet beautiful dark berries and sweet spices, some earth and autumn impressions. Same on the palate with beautiful acidity and tannin with a pleasant bite and enough power for a few more years. The wine simply keeps improving. I have only one bottle left and that is a pity.
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Beautiful bouquet with dark berries and sweet spices. Same on the palate, some chocolate, black plums, a slight touch of sweetness and good acidity and tannin with still some bite.
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From a magnum: Dark berry fruit and tobacco, improved with about an hour of air. Very balanced and in a good drinking window but no rush. Was obviously a crowd pleaser because the magnum was gone before my second glass!
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Monthly tasting club LTC 2019-09: A random selection (By me @ LWH): In the bouquet red berries, mint and some tobacco. On the palate a full bodied wine with ripe black and red berries, some chocolate, good acidity and tannin as well as a touch of sweetness and bitterness. Complete wine in its maturity stage now and with a future of a few years.
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A booming, brooding beast! Rip-roaring wild blackberry on nose and palate with funky earthiness to match. Big tannins and good acidity with wonderful mouthfeel. Many years of life in this yet, tho' an absolute treat to drink now. Just the thing to serve Mrs H on a Friday evening.
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No formal notes and see my previous note. Beautiful and concentrated, harmonious and tasty wine with still enough power to last another few years. 90 - 91+
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Monthly tasting club LTC 2015-03; France: Languedoc. (@ SO by PvE): Ripe dark forest fruits in the bouquet, herbs and spices as well. Same on the palate. Pleasant acidity and round tannin. A beautiful and concentrated wine. Already approachable, but still very youthful. Good value, so I bought a few. There will be a follow up in a few years. Will drink nicely until into the 2020's. 90 - 91+ for now.
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Almost black in colour. Glassy. Inviting nose or tar and meat with blueberry on the second night. Firm, concentrated palate. Not severe--but just short of being so. Should do well with more cellar time- perhaps 3-5 years though the producer suggests even longer.
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4/4/2023 - Zweder wrote: 92 Points
Beautiful bouquet with some rustic flavors, herbs and dark berries. On the palate juicy dark berries, herbs, animals, red berries, good acidity and mild, round and ripe tannin. Some mineral impressions as well. Beautiful and complex wine in its maturity stage. Will be lovely to drink from now and over the next two years.
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12/6/2022 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
In the bouquet dark berry fruits and sweet spices. Same on the palate. Beautiful acidity and tannin. The wine is completely ready now and a great pleasure.
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8/2/2022 - Zweder wrote: 92 Points
In the complex bouquet beautiful dark berries and sweet spices, some earth and autumn impressions. Same on the palate with beautiful acidity and tannin with a pleasant bite and enough power for a few more years. The wine simply keeps improving. I have only one bottle left and that is a pity.
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8/7/2021 - Duncan H Likes this wine:
Interestingly Mrs H and I raved about a previous bottle of this wine in 2018, but this didn't seem quite as good.
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3/22/2021 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
Beautiful bouquet with dark berries and sweet spices. Same on the palate, some chocolate, black plums, a slight touch of sweetness and good acidity and tannin with still some bite.
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7/4/2020 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine: 90 Points
From a magnum:
Dark berry fruit and tobacco, improved with about an hour of air. Very balanced and in a good drinking window but no rush. Was obviously a crowd pleaser because the magnum was gone before my second glass!
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9/5/2019 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
Monthly tasting club LTC 2019-09: A random selection (By me @ LWH): In the bouquet red berries, mint and some tobacco. On the palate a full bodied wine with ripe black and red berries, some chocolate, good acidity and tannin as well as a touch of sweetness and bitterness. Complete wine in its maturity stage now and with a future of a few years.
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5/27/2018 - Duncan H Likes this wine: 93 Points
A booming, brooding beast! Rip-roaring wild blackberry on nose and palate with funky earthiness to match. Big tannins and good acidity with wonderful mouthfeel. Many years of life in this yet, tho' an absolute treat to drink now. Just the thing to serve Mrs H on a Friday evening.
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6/10/2017 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
No formal notes and see my previous note. Beautiful and concentrated, harmonious and tasty wine with still enough power to last another few years. 90 - 91+
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8/15/2016 - bacchusnyon wrote: 90 Points
nearly criminal to drink so soon. But great potential, as other notes testify. Next one in 3-4 years.
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5/7/2015 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
Monthly tasting club LTC 2015-03; France: Languedoc. (@ SO by PvE): Ripe dark forest fruits in the bouquet, herbs and spices as well. Same on the palate. Pleasant acidity and round tannin. A beautiful and concentrated wine. Already approachable, but still very youthful. Good value, so I bought a few. There will be a follow up in a few years. Will drink nicely until into the 2020's. 90 - 91+ for now.
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3/7/2014 - rwpalmer wrote: 92 Points
Almost black in colour. Glassy. Inviting nose or tar and meat with blueberry on the second night. Firm, concentrated palate. Not severe--but just short of being so. Should do well with more cellar time- perhaps 3-5 years though the producer suggests even longer.
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