Cedar, mint, tobacco, cigar wrapper, spice, dried flowers, and forest leaves with red berries drive the character of this soft-textured, fresh, albeit, short, medium-bodied wine. This is past its prime and if you own any, it needs to be drink up sooner than later. Drink from 2023-2025.
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DnP Medium brick red, orange tinged, 5. Intriguing bouquet, herbaceous, cool, cedar, really complex . Harmonious palate, lT, h-A, m-B, dry, elegant well balanced, long finish, Drink now -onwards. What a surprise - I guessed late 1980's
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Très joli nez : fruits mûrs, tabac, poivron rouge, notes fumées et épices. Belle attaque pleine, avec du volume et de la présence. Le grain est complètement patiné. Malheureusement, la bouche ne tient pas la distance avec une suite moins précise et sur une sensation de dilution. Finale aromatique avec de belle notes ferreuses et sanguines mais d'une persistance limitée.
Au meilleur après 1h d'ouverture, ce joli bordeaux mature manque d'un peu de fond et de profondeur pour convaincre complètement. Mais ça reste une belle bouteille !
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73cl. Audouze method. Wedding year of my parents to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary with them. Bought this bottle only last December from a private cellar where this bottled had been stored since release. So no wonder that the bottle was in pristine condition, but that the wine would be this good? Oh my, what a nose on this. Smoke, grilled meats and coffee. Did not filter and the last glasses containing some sediment were the most concentrated but still in an extremely delicate and light way...
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Opened this to celebrate my business partners birthday (Birth year). We were both surprised to find some primary fruit still remaining. Some blackberry confit, some warmed saddle leather for sure, tobacco plug and plenty of, slightly, wet earth. The acid was integrated beautifully and the tannin that remained was almost silken. Finish lasted well over 2 minutes.
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Fully mature but what wonderful aromatics. Exotic and seductive, burgundian elements of soil, wet forest and leather with still some plum and Christmas cake spices. All melts together with a tiny backbone of tannin left and great acidic balance. Best 1976 I have had!
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Forventet ikke all verden, årgangen er jo så som så. Men dette var godt; ikke veldig komplekst eller konsentrert frukt, men meget pen nese av moden østsidevin. Litt gamle møbler, en touch røyk, noe mineralsk. Ren og frisk moden rød frukt mot moreller som sitter ganske lenge
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The bottle is in good shape with excellent ullage, well into the neck of the bottle. This is vibrant and shows good maturity and excellent ruby colour at the center. There is suprisingly little browning. This is very expressive and satisfying in a way only mature wines can be. There is still plenty of fruit, a well integrated oak regime (cedar aromas in the best possible way) and delightful savoury red fruit. On palate this is succulent, with good and rich material. Of course there is something of the very hot and dry vintage in this. This is a sun wine rather than a terroir wine but tonight, this is totally delightful. A bit of a surprise I must confess. Got me thinking of those 2003...
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3/25/2024 - steinersing wrote: 90 Points
From magnum at the Chateau. Tabac and cigarbox, but still some fruit left in aromas.
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9/1/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 85 Points
Cedar, mint, tobacco, cigar wrapper, spice, dried flowers, and forest leaves with red berries drive the character of this soft-textured, fresh, albeit, short, medium-bodied wine. This is past its prime and if you own any, it needs to be drink up sooner than later. Drink from 2023-2025.
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6/23/2023 - asgerG wrote: 94 Points
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Medium brick red, orange tinged, 5.
Intriguing bouquet, herbaceous, cool, cedar, really complex .
Harmonious palate, lT, h-A, m-B, dry, elegant well balanced, long finish,
Drink now -onwards.
What a surprise - I guessed late 1980's
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3/16/2023 - CarpeDiem! wrote: flawed
Again corked, but revealing pleasant tertiary aromas between the "curtains". Pity.
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6/13/2021 - Marc C Likes this wine: 91 Points
Très joli nez : fruits mûrs, tabac, poivron rouge, notes fumées et épices. Belle attaque pleine, avec du volume et de la présence. Le grain est complètement patiné. Malheureusement, la bouche ne tient pas la distance avec une suite moins précise et sur une sensation de dilution.
Finale aromatique avec de belle notes ferreuses et sanguines mais d'une persistance limitée.
Au meilleur après 1h d'ouverture, ce joli bordeaux mature manque d'un peu de fond et de profondeur pour convaincre complètement. Mais ça reste une belle bouteille !
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4/11/2021 - dvansteenderen Likes this wine: 91 Points
73cl. Audouze method.
Wedding year of my parents to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary with them.
Bought this bottle only last December from a private cellar where this bottled had been stored since release.
So no wonder that the bottle was in pristine condition, but that the wine would be this good?
Oh my, what a nose on this. Smoke, grilled meats and coffee.
Did not filter and the last glasses containing some sediment were the most concentrated but still in an extremely delicate and light way...
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10/17/2018 - CarpeDiem! wrote: flawed
What a pity.
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10/8/2018 - djchango77 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Opened this to celebrate my business partners birthday (Birth year). We were both surprised to find some primary fruit still remaining. Some blackberry confit, some warmed saddle leather for sure, tobacco plug and plenty of, slightly, wet earth. The acid was integrated beautifully and the tannin that remained was almost silken. Finish lasted well over 2 minutes.
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5/24/2017 - dchain Likes this wine: 93 Points
Fully mature but what wonderful aromatics. Exotic and seductive, burgundian elements of soil, wet forest and leather with still some plum and Christmas cake spices. All melts together with a tiny backbone of tannin left and great acidic balance. Best 1976 I have had!
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12/15/2015 - MEKWINE Likes this wine: 89 Points
WIMPS La Trompette Cornucopia 2015. Opened with a slight whiff of corkiness but drinkable. Earthy notes with mineral undertones. A pleasant wine.
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4/28/2014 - stiang Likes this wine: 90 Points
Forventet ikke all verden, årgangen er jo så som så. Men dette var godt; ikke veldig komplekst eller konsentrert frukt, men meget pen nese av moden østsidevin. Litt gamle møbler, en touch røyk, noe mineralsk. Ren og frisk moden rød frukt mot moreller som sitter ganske lenge
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4/21/2014 - ron m wrote:
This bottle was over the hill, drinkable but not really pleasurable.
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7/12/2013 - thierrynz Likes this wine:
The bottle is in good shape with excellent ullage, well into the neck of the bottle.
This is vibrant and shows good maturity and excellent ruby colour at the center. There is suprisingly little browning.
This is very expressive and satisfying in a way only mature wines can be. There is still plenty of fruit, a well integrated oak regime (cedar aromas in the best possible way) and delightful savoury red fruit. On palate this is succulent, with good and rich material. Of course there is something of the very hot and dry vintage in this. This is a sun wine rather than a terroir wine but tonight, this is totally delightful. A bit of a surprise I must confess. Got me thinking of those 2003...
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1/29/2013 - Coollawyer wrote: 92 Points
Dark red colored wine with nicely integrated tannins already. Red cherries cassis and a lovely metallic tinge. Beautiful.
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12/26/2010 - le Noble wrote: 88 Points
Still very drinkable. Soft like velvet. Always special to drink a wine that has been lying in the family cellar since you were three!
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4/13/2010 - Wangenhome wrote:
fabulous!!
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6/17/2006 - kdgoldberg wrote:
Celebrated 30th birthday with Dave, Tina, Rob, Christa, Becky, Marisa, and Adam.
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1/1/1995 - bacchus wrote: 87 Points
a memorable bottle. agree with parker that this was a great success for the vintage.
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