Medium ruby, vibrant with a hint of orange in the rim. Nose comprises leather, barnyard, mushroom, truffle, nutmeg, pepper. A lot is going on. Dry, medium-medium(+) acidity, medium(+) ripe tannin, medium body, medium alcohol (13% abv). Palate of blueberry, cherry, leather, cocoa, licorice, grilled steak, pepper: complex and youthful. Totally elegant and in harmony, intense but not concentrated. A hedonistic mouthfeel, exciting and very long finish displaying tension between acidity and tannins, fruit and alcohol. A great wine from a Great vintage. At its peak, and looks like it will stay there for a few more years. 93-94.
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Dark, intense Bx red colour. Cassis-Mocca, elegant, cool, classic nose. The taste is ripe, cool, classic, cassis and mocca driven. Needs 2h to open its beauty. Very fine, elegant but more St. Julien style than Margaux. This red is phantastic developed red, from a cool year, is ready to drink. I bought this wine in a 12 bottle case and drunk this Cantenac Brown over the last years. Great pleasure since 2020. Drink it till 2025. It is in perfect condition now.
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It has aged out well, honestly not much sign of age, a perfect cork as well. Classic BDX in character, med in body, still showing plush fruit, slightly short on the finish. I gave this an extra point for being so well put together after 21 years. Drink now thru 2024/5.
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Dark ruby and still show a nice color. Nose with dried plum, dark fruits, mossess. On the palate, seemed to have passed its peak, quite dull but not many surprises. Smooth, quite long finish, yet with a slight bitter finish. Decanted 1 hr, not much difference and going down gradually.
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The wine is medium bodied and has charm, but it lacks concentration and depth of flavor to really get there. Still, this blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc is fresh, crisp, clean and offers and earthy, leaf-filled nuance that goes along nicely with the bright, red cherry fruits.
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Great nose, but it disappoints in the mouth. There are nice flavors of coffee and maybe some black cherry. It's probably on the downhill slope of its life. It's not a great bottle, but it is very good. Drink it if you've got it.
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Totally enjoyable. A bit tart at first, needed 15-20 min. to breathe and unwind. Sour cherries, plum, dark fruit, nice depth, lingering finish. Wish we had more.
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2001 seems like a vintage that is slowly fading, and now past it's peak. Not much in the way of fruit at this time, but solid classical Bordeaux without some of the complexity you might expect. A good wine for grilled pork with just enough savory character.
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Very supple. Some leather and cedar. In a good place to drink. Not sure how much longer you would want to rest if you had bottles laying down; this is pretty much at peak for me. Paired quite well with the roast, gravy, veg, etc.
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An easy afternoon with close friends. 2009 (@ PdV): Tasting this wine fully blind the most surprising was that it was still so youthful. Some 2001wines are a bit drying in the finish, but this wine is not! It remains juicy until the end. In the bouquet beautiful dark forest fruits, some red berries, good oak and some rustic impressions. On the palate the wine is lighter than the 2009 wines we tasted beside it, but there is good vanilla, juicy acidity, dark forest fruits, firm acidity, red forest fruits and a touch of bell pepper. Overall this is a very juicy and still youthful 2001 which is showing a little development and can easily last until 2022. Lovely wine! 91 - 92
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Svarta, vinbär, körsbär, skitigt och stalligt, lite olivkärna, mycket mocka och kaffe
Mycket torrt, strävt och tanninrik. Medium+ längd. Saknar möjligen lite komplexitet. Annars rund och fyllig i munnen. En helt okej bdx utan att göra något större avtryck.
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Bought the 2000 and 2001 to compare. Naturally I was expecting the 2000 to be significantly better, but initially at least the two were indistinguishable.
After several hours decanting though, the 2001 began to edge ahead- a younger and fresher nose, with a fuller taste and a significantly longer finish.
Not sure if this is an anomaly of this producer, but this really makes me think differently about my 2001s.
EDIT- an even more striking difference on day 2. The 2000 shows some oxidative notes, but the '01 remains sumptuous and fresh. Better now, with a better future ahead.
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A nice surprise as this was much better than my last bottle. Not really any bricking as noted by others. Mature bordeaux with leather and mineral components up front. Nice solid medium body with lingering finish. The wine held up nicely over three days and went particularly well with a brisket sandwich on Day 1. I would buy more of this as I think it still has some life left.
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Really liked this. A non-flashy, mature(ish) Margaux from a less heralded vintage. Violet and cherries for me. Tannins were present but integrated. An appropriate drink for a quiet Wednesday night with a couple of close friends.
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¤FW - My favorite wine in the flight and a great Bdx! A bit of maturity on the nose together with fresh vibrant fruit. The best of both worlds! Ceder, leather, some spicy pepper, funk and dried fruit. Round, very pleasant acidity with good, but dry fruit and just enough tannins to give it good structure. Very intense and concentrated. Great taste and a classic nose!
Have had this bottle twice now, and loved it both times. A good example of the margaux elegance, expressing potent aromas of blueberry, thyme, white pepper, and gravel. The tannic structure is not what would make this a great wine, but overall a pleasure to drink. If given the opportunity, would have again.
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After such a glowing first report , this second bottle seemed more than a little disappointing.
Distinctive, almost over-powering nose of cherries, red berries , and fruit gums . But there the pleasure peaked . Slightly diffuse , disjointed almost and so very nearly good but not quite.
Can't help feeling that this wine is good , competent and pleasing but really could have been so much better .
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I collaborate on my tasting notes ; usually four opinions merged into one . Historically I have been the hardest to please whilst one co-conspiritor sees a score of 96 in every wine he experiences. So it is very much a team effort.
We really liked the 2001 CB; yes , it may seem a little austere, a bit formal but give it 1/2 hour in a decanter before approach and you will love it . Great strong Bordeaux colour and a really fragrant waft of roses , pencil and dark fruit , plum? Harmonised. Balanced. We collectively thought it would be a wow in a blind tasting because all of us thought it a 2000 or a young 2005 and possibly a second growth.
We loved it..great with Aberdeen angus and home made chips !!! Our highest ever score...
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Couleur sombre, tirant sur le brun, peu transparente. Nez discret mais boisé. Nettement astringent en bouche. Pendant ce dîner, plusieurs l'ont préféré au 2000. Pour ma part, c'est le contraire.
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89 without food..91 with.. Make a beef chuck roast and enjoy.. a very food friendly wine, with mid-palate acid. This still climbing the hill as well, this will drink nicely for another 4.
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taste: medium bodied with medium acidity and nice supporting tannins. Very good balance to it with tones of cassis, cedar, saddle leather and dark red cherries. Also lacking some depth on the palate, but does come off as refined.
overall: This was a very nice margaux. Shows off a more refined style to it but does lack some depth on both the nose and palate. This was coming off as being into it's maturity and is a nice mid-term bordeaux.
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Would have benefitted from decanting. Closed nose - didn't really open up. Came up short when compared to 01s from Brane-Cantenac, D'Issan and Rauzan-Segla in that order which were more expressive and.
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Matt agrees, the previous bottle was definitely corked. Strange that there were no signs of leakage, although the corks on the two bottles were very different, and yet they both were in the same original box. So glad that this bottle is good and looking forward to drinking one per year for the next 9 years.
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Slight taste of cork was off-puting. No signs of leakage, however, so maybe something wrong with this bottle that I can't pin down. Great nose, but the taste did not live up to the nose unfortunately. Expected better after having drunk a bottle of 1999 Prieure-Lichine. Need to try another bottle and report back.
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Great Bordeaux. Dark purple with cedar and spices and black currants on the nose. Fruit,spices medium-full bodied with tannins to develop for 5-10 years more.Very long finish. Complex and elegant with Brie the Meaux.Wish I had more of this wine.
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Xmas’s Eve Wines: Alcohol :: 13% This is quite perfume at first on both nose and palate but it has a strong note of barnyard infused finishing that is not so attractive. However, the barnyard notes blew off after some 20mins in the glass that show high tone perfume violet, ripe but soft dark fruits, with gentle spices decorated the wine over tobacco and pure creme de cassis and flow on to the similar perfume profile that offer medium complexity, and depth waving around the mouth with its seductive sense of elegance and pure sweet blackcurrant fruits that buffer off by clean, earthy tones and super silky tannin. Soft, but firmly structure with good mid palate intensity, elegance, perfume long finish with some spices and dark chocolate nuances. Drinking superbly well now, pure Margaux seductiveness. Buy - Maybe.
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Consumed from a half btl, and was just opening it for a casual drink but was really surprised blown away. The color was deep purple of the black-current. The first impression on the nose was that of violet, but on the palate we could appreciate some very velvety tannins. It was very typical of a Margaux and quite easy to recognize. It opened up the the glass and kept a very strong and powerful black fruit flavors of Black-current and Black cherry. Really strong condensed fruit, very jammy I guess. Now I have to find where I got this to try to get a case or two.
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Drank from a 375cl blind at Daniel's house. Deep opaque purple/black colour. Cellar temperature nose but distinctively Margaux: cedar, velvet, blackcurrants and a touch of damp woodlands. Very nice deep rich black fruits palate with harmonious oak and acidity. Poised. Is at a very good drinking window now. Quietly pleased that I nailed it as a Margaux 2001, although I guessed D'Issan.
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Very pleasant but somewhat generic bordeaux character, leather and tobacco on the nose, decent soft black fruit on the palate, but subsumed by velvety tannins. Round mouthfeel, reasonably long finish, but disappointing for the price, and compared to the '00 from this chateau.
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Mid level Bordeaux's (Richmond Wine Society 2/15/08) Classic cigar box, cedar and red fruits, with a touch of mustiness in the nose followed by soft red fuits in the mouth, a very foward wine thats drinking well now.
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Good colour showing age with a ruby/garnet core to brick rim. Nice fruit on the nose with leather and cedar. Very pleasant. On the palate very nice showing good balance and developed flavours. Ready to drink but could go for a few years more yet.
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Interesting... I don't think there are sufficent tannins to warrant putting this vintage down for another decade. Nice berry fruit and drinking very nicely right now. Great nose but drink 'em up in the next couple of years IMO.
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4/22/2023 - Barolo Raymond Likes this wine: 93 Points
Medium ruby, vibrant with a hint of orange in the rim. Nose comprises leather, barnyard, mushroom, truffle, nutmeg, pepper. A lot is going on.
Dry, medium-medium(+) acidity, medium(+) ripe tannin, medium body, medium alcohol (13% abv).
Palate of blueberry, cherry, leather, cocoa, licorice, grilled steak, pepper:
complex and youthful. Totally elegant and in harmony, intense but not concentrated. A hedonistic mouthfeel, exciting and very long finish displaying tension between acidity and tannins, fruit and alcohol.
A great wine from a Great vintage. At its peak, and looks like it will stay there for a few more years.
93-94.
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11/27/2022 - Flatrate Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark, intense Bx red colour. Cassis-Mocca, elegant, cool, classic nose. The taste is ripe, cool, classic, cassis and mocca driven. Needs 2h to open its beauty. Very fine, elegant but more St. Julien style than Margaux. This red is phantastic developed red, from a cool year, is ready to drink. I bought this wine in a 12 bottle case and drunk this Cantenac Brown over the last years. Great pleasure since 2020. Drink it till 2025. It is in perfect condition now.
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4/6/2022 - wino121 wrote: 91 Points
It has aged out well, honestly not much sign of age, a perfect cork as well.
Classic BDX in character, med in body, still showing plush fruit, slightly short on the finish.
I gave this an extra point for being so well put together after 21 years.
Drink now thru 2024/5.
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3/28/2022 - Ryan Lee wrote: 85 Points
Dark ruby and still show a nice color. Nose with dried plum, dark fruits, mossess. On the palate, seemed to have passed its peak, quite dull but not many surprises. Smooth, quite long finish, yet with a slight bitter finish. Decanted 1 hr, not much difference and going down gradually.
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9/22/2018 - Jeff Leve wrote: 88 Points
The wine is medium bodied and has charm, but it lacks concentration and depth of flavor to really get there. Still, this blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc is fresh, crisp, clean and offers and earthy, leaf-filled nuance that goes along nicely with the bright, red cherry fruits.
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2/11/2018 - dirk21 wrote: flawed
Drinking well but probably past peak. Really nice Bordeaux.
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1/28/2018 - Two Winos wrote: 88 Points
Great nose, but it disappoints in the mouth. There are nice flavors of coffee and maybe some black cherry. It's probably on the downhill slope of its life. It's not a great bottle, but it is very good. Drink it if you've got it.
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11/26/2017 - truenorth Likes this wine: 93 Points
Totally enjoyable. A bit tart at first, needed 15-20 min. to breathe and unwind. Sour cherries, plum, dark fruit, nice depth, lingering finish. Wish we had more.
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6/25/2017 - khmark7 wrote: 89 Points
2001 seems like a vintage that is slowly fading, and now past it's peak. Not much in the way of fruit at this time, but solid classical Bordeaux without some of the complexity you might expect. A good wine for grilled pork with just enough savory character.
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4/16/2017 - ageverett Likes this wine: 92 Points
Enjoyed with Sunday roast at Hawksmoor in London.
Very supple. Some leather and cedar. In a good place to drink. Not sure how much longer you would want to rest if you had bottles laying down; this is pretty much at peak for me. Paired quite well with the roast, gravy, veg, etc.
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2/26/2017 - appel54 wrote: 88 Points
Mörk med drag åt rostbrun
Mycket svarta vinbär, körsbär, cabernetfrukt, kaffe, ceder möjligen lite torkade körsbär
Torrt och strävt, en viss syra finns kvar, rund kropp, tar slut lite väl fort i munnen.
en helt okej bdx. Ungefär samma intryck som senaste flaskan som öppnades.
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12/24/2016 - Zweder wrote: 92 Points
An easy afternoon with close friends. 2009 (@ PdV): Tasting this wine fully blind the most surprising was that it was still so youthful. Some 2001wines are a bit drying in the finish, but this wine is not! It remains juicy until the end. In the bouquet beautiful dark forest fruits, some red berries, good oak and some rustic impressions. On the palate the wine is lighter than the 2009 wines we tasted beside it, but there is good vanilla, juicy acidity, dark forest fruits, firm acidity, red forest fruits and a touch of bell pepper. Overall this is a very juicy and still youthful 2001 which is showing a little development and can easily last until 2022. Lovely wine! 91 - 92
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12/23/2016 - appel54 wrote: 88 Points
Röd lite mogen färg
Svarta, vinbär, körsbär, skitigt och stalligt, lite olivkärna, mycket mocka och kaffe
Mycket torrt, strävt och tanninrik. Medium+ längd. Saknar möjligen lite komplexitet. Annars rund och fyllig i munnen. En helt okej bdx utan att göra något större avtryck.
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8/7/2016 - NewFrenchClaret Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bought the 2000 and 2001 to compare. Naturally I was expecting the 2000 to be significantly better, but initially at least the two were indistinguishable.
After several hours decanting though, the 2001 began to edge ahead- a younger and fresher nose, with a fuller taste and a significantly longer finish.
Not sure if this is an anomaly of this producer, but this really makes me think differently about my 2001s.
EDIT- an even more striking difference on day 2. The 2000 shows some oxidative notes, but the '01 remains sumptuous and fresh. Better now, with a better future ahead.
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4/2/2016 - nittanyjack Likes this wine: 90 Points
A nice surprise as this was much better than my last bottle. Not really any bricking as noted by others. Mature bordeaux with leather and mineral components up front. Nice solid medium body with lingering finish. The wine held up nicely over three days and went particularly well with a brisket sandwich on Day 1. I would buy more of this as I think it still has some life left.
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3/17/2016 - asparagus wrote: 89 Points
Really liked this. A non-flashy, mature(ish) Margaux from a less heralded vintage. Violet and cherries for me. Tannins were present but integrated. An appropriate drink for a quiet Wednesday night with a couple of close friends.
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12/11/2014 - _water.into.wine_ wrote: 89 Points
Drank for my daughters first birthday (having had the 1998 to celebrate her birth)
Medium red starting to brown. Slight heat. Sour cherries and liquorice. Small amount of tannins. A decent wine but I probably preferred the 98
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11/20/2014 - Lilja wrote: 94 Points
¤FW - My favorite wine in the flight and a great Bdx! A bit of maturity on the nose together with fresh vibrant fruit. The best of both worlds! Ceder, leather, some spicy pepper, funk and dried fruit. Round, very pleasant acidity with good, but dry fruit and just enough tannins to give it good structure. Very intense and concentrated. Great taste and a classic nose!
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7/20/2014 - WuxtryMan wrote:
Opened 5 hours in advance and decanted 1 hour before drinking and it still tastes a bit young. No need to rush drinking the rest.
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7/19/2014 - Johnfromspokane wrote: 91 Points
Have had this bottle twice now, and loved it both times. A good example of the margaux elegance, expressing potent aromas of blueberry, thyme, white pepper, and gravel. The tannic structure is not what would make this a great wine, but overall a pleasure to drink. If given the opportunity, would have again.
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6/6/2014 - ESCO wrote: 88 Points
After such a glowing first report , this second bottle seemed more than a little disappointing.
Distinctive, almost over-powering nose of cherries, red berries , and fruit gums . But there the pleasure peaked . Slightly diffuse , disjointed almost and so very nearly good but not quite.
Can't help feeling that this wine is good , competent and pleasing but really could have been so much better .
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11/12/2013 - ESCO Likes this wine: 92 Points
I collaborate on my tasting notes ; usually four opinions merged into one . Historically I have been the hardest to please whilst one co-conspiritor sees a score of 96 in every wine he experiences. So it is very much a team effort.
We really liked the 2001 CB; yes , it may seem a little austere, a bit formal but give it 1/2 hour in a decanter before approach and you will love it . Great strong Bordeaux colour and a really fragrant waft of roses , pencil and dark fruit , plum? Harmonised. Balanced. We collectively thought it would be a wow in a blind tasting because all of us thought it a 2000 or a young 2005 and possibly a second growth.
We loved it..great with Aberdeen angus and home made chips !!! Our highest ever score...
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7/28/2013 - henryd1 wrote: 89 Points
Good solid Bordeaux. Relatively high acidity. More or less ready to drink though a few more years wouldn't do any harm.
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6/13/2013 - renatodug Likes this wine: 87 Points
Couleur sombre, tirant sur le brun, peu transparente. Nez discret mais boisé. Nettement astringent en bouche.
Pendant ce dîner, plusieurs l'ont préféré au 2000. Pour ma part, c'est le contraire.
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12/16/2012 - wino121 wrote: 90 Points
89 without food..91 with..
Make a beef chuck roast and enjoy..
a very food friendly wine, with mid-palate acid.
This still climbing the hill as well, this will drink nicely for another 4.
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7/6/2012 - KeithAkers wrote: 90 Points
A Friday Afternoon at Domaine (Domaine Wine Storage, Chicago IL): nose: elegant nose with tones of saddle leather, dark red cherries, floral tones, and cranberries. Balanced, but lacking some depth.
taste: medium bodied with medium acidity and nice supporting tannins. Very good balance to it with tones of cassis, cedar, saddle leather and dark red cherries. Also lacking some depth on the palate, but does come off as refined.
overall: This was a very nice margaux. Shows off a more refined style to it but does lack some depth on both the nose and palate. This was coming off as being into it's maturity and is a nice mid-term bordeaux.
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2/19/2012 - jeffersga wrote: 87 Points
Would have benefitted from decanting. Closed nose - didn't really open up. Came up short when compared to 01s from Brane-Cantenac, D'Issan and Rauzan-Segla in that order which were more expressive and.
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8/7/2011 - WuxtryMan wrote:
Matt agrees, the previous bottle was definitely corked. Strange that there were no signs of leakage, although the corks on the two bottles were very different, and yet they both were in the same original box. So glad that this bottle is good and looking forward to drinking one per year for the next 9 years.
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8/7/2011 - WuxtryMan wrote:
Slight taste of cork was off-puting. No signs of leakage, however, so maybe something wrong with this bottle that I can't pin down. Great nose, but the taste did not live up to the nose unfortunately. Expected better after having drunk a bottle of 1999 Prieure-Lichine. Need to try another bottle and report back.
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4/3/2011 - daffydahl wrote: 91 Points
Great Bordeaux. Dark purple with cedar and spices and black currants on the nose. Fruit,spices medium-full bodied with tannins to develop for 5-10 years more.Very long finish. Complex and elegant with Brie the Meaux.Wish I had more of this wine.
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12/24/2010 - Sleepy Dave wrote:
Xmas’s Eve Wines: Alcohol :: 13%
This is quite perfume at first on both nose and palate but it has a strong note of barnyard infused finishing that is not so attractive. However, the barnyard notes blew off after some 20mins in the glass that show high tone perfume violet, ripe but soft dark fruits, with gentle spices decorated the wine over tobacco and pure creme de cassis and flow on to the similar perfume profile that offer medium complexity, and depth waving around the mouth with its seductive sense of elegance and pure sweet blackcurrant fruits that buffer off by clean, earthy tones and super silky tannin. Soft, but firmly structure with good mid palate intensity, elegance, perfume long finish with some spices and dark chocolate nuances. Drinking superbly well now, pure Margaux seductiveness. Buy - Maybe.
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2/13/2010 - dschneersohn wrote: 89 Points
Consumed from a half btl, and was just opening it for a casual drink but was really surprised blown away. The color was deep purple of the black-current. The first impression on the nose was that of violet, but on the palate we could appreciate some very velvety tannins.
It was very typical of a Margaux and quite easy to recognize. It opened up the the glass and kept a very strong and powerful black fruit flavors of Black-current and Black cherry. Really strong condensed fruit, very jammy I guess. Now I have to find where I got this to try to get a case or two.
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2/12/2010 - Goldstone wrote: 88 Points
Drank from a 375cl blind at Daniel's house. Deep opaque purple/black colour. Cellar temperature nose but distinctively Margaux: cedar, velvet, blackcurrants and a touch of damp woodlands. Very nice deep rich black fruits palate with harmonious oak and acidity. Poised. Is at a very good drinking window now. Quietly pleased that I nailed it as a Margaux 2001, although I guessed D'Issan.
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5/17/2009 - momoisan wrote: 89 Points
still green tannic (lack of fruit may be altitude) better with wait and with food
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6/18/2008 - Delund wrote: 86 Points
Very pleasant but somewhat generic bordeaux character, leather and tobacco on the nose, decent soft black fruit on the palate, but subsumed by velvety tannins. Round mouthfeel, reasonably long finish, but disappointing for the price, and compared to the '00 from this chateau.
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2/16/2008 - wineshaman wrote: 87 Points
Mid level Bordeaux's (Richmond Wine Society 2/15/08) Classic cigar box, cedar and red fruits, with a touch of mustiness in the nose followed by soft red fuits in the mouth, a very foward wine thats drinking well now.
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10/17/2007 - vespasian wrote: 86 Points
Good colour showing age with a ruby/garnet core to brick rim. Nice fruit on the nose with leather and cedar. Very pleasant. On the palate very nice showing good balance and developed flavours. Ready to drink but could go for a few years more yet.
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9/7/2006 - MeMyself&I wrote: 88 Points
Interesting... I don't think there are sufficent tannins to warrant putting this vintage down for another decade. Nice berry fruit and drinking very nicely right now. Great nose but drink 'em up in the next couple of years IMO.
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5/5/2005 - Winetex wrote: 89 Points
Bordeaux and Tokaji Wine Dinner - Spec's (Rouge Restaurant; Houston, Texas): Very primary with lots of blackberry fruit on the nose and throughout. Has potential but very tough tannins at this point.
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