Medium body with retracted black fruit. Typical bordeaux spices, oak, forest floor. Soft tannins. Quite restrained and flat. Disappointed about this one.
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Decanted for 30 mins prior to drinking. I thought for a great vintage this wine was a bit flat. Really mild and smooth if that’s your style, but lacked the typical Bordeaux tannins and mouth feel. It’s very nice but maybe not my style.
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One hour decant before tasting. Medium:dark ruby color; muted nose. Dark fruit undergirded by savory notes of roast meat, cedar pencil and mineral notes. Rich and beautifully integrated, delicious and wonderful. This one has many years ahead of it, and I wish I had bought more upon release.
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Ah yes...the end of dryish January. Finally some wine at end of a long Thursday of sitting around doing nothing, sipping tea, watching the rain, and waiting for 5pm to come around. Reaching for this was the perfect choice as a way to ease into the groove, without setting my expectations too high. Lovely aromas of loam, mushroom, and graphite over a light heavyweight wine with fascinating transitions from early morning fresh forrest bed to a more pungent smolder of blood and loam towards the end, brought by the decaying Merlot. This checks a few boxes and is fascinating to follow slowly in a glass during this youthful stage of a promising wine. Finish is adequate and still a bit stiff but the wine is sensually Bordeaux. Drink or HOLD
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Nose of blueberry and raspberry. Really nicely styled Margaux, earthy. Well balanced, with blackberry and black currant up front, finishing with some earth and wood. Well finessed. I only expect it to get better with age, but drinking well now. PNP, but would decant in future as there was a lot of sediment.
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Wow, this is smoking good! Worth all the hype and definitely strutting a whole lot of Bordeaux from the pop to the last drop. Smoldering earth, blood, brewing coffee....Its all in there. The wine has a knockout bouquet of all things above, but it still needs to gain some balance. It seems that it is top heavy right now and seems to bottom out a bit at the end on the palate. The finish is all Margaux and adequately long. This is a really good deal for the price. A wine to buy by the case for dinner parties. Drink or HOLD
(at Regions Kitchen - Barrington, IL). This wine delivers sold Margaux allure with a precise and vibrant profile. Structured without being overbearing, I think this will be a classic winner in 10 years. Upside (92+)
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One hour decant. Very very deep magenta color. Dried blueberry, gala apple, dried apricot, cotton seed, and prune-laced baker’s chocolate. Smooth, dry palate. Firm, medium intensity tannins on the medium long+ finish.
Easy drinking, Napa lover’s Bordeaux. Went very well with tonight’s Texas barbecue.
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Purplish-pink rim with dark ruby red center. Cassis, dark cherry, crushed petals and cedar. Wine still in secondary fruits stage and only hints of tertiary flavors. Good structure, tannin and acidity. This wine needed more time in the cellar.
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Deep garnet; intense nose and palette; Blackberry, plum, cassis and black cherry together with toasty and forest-floor notes. This is an extraordinary Margaux, 4th Growth. Perfect with chateaubriande.
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First of two bottles. 2" cork in perfect condition. Decanted 90 minutes. Deep purple. Intense aromas of red fruit, dark fruit, toasty oak, alcohol. Replays on the palate. Full bodied, high acid, XD, high tannin. Declared ABV is a reasonable 13.5%, but it comes across higher. Medium-long finish. Very little sediment left in the bottle. Day 2: now showing some forest floor, spice, and tomato leaf. Overall, nice but will be better -- and hopefully worth the price tag -- in five years and through to 2040.
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2016 turns out to be one of the best vintages ever in bdx. Even lower tier chateau is turning out stunning wine. This wine from PL is quite nice on the nose. Elegant, mild fruits, pleasant all around. On the palate, relatively balance, no alc detected, earthy, high acidity. Great wine for $50. Very hard to find better quality at the same cost.
I normally wait 10 years for a classed growth from a good vintage but after 7 years, and having read comments on here, I thought I'd crack one of my 6 bottles. Cork was dry which was worrying but as soon as I got my nose in all was OK.
Blackcurrant leaf to the fore so no mistaking this is Cab Sauvignon dominant.
Touch of graphite emerges with a few swirls but I'm not getting any cut flowers - or maybe I am - cut daffodils, the stem leaves rather than the flower - a lot around at them moment in the UK.
Plenty going on nose wise.
On the palate smooth, chalky tannins, creamy mouthfeel initially that gives way after a few tastes to a slightly drying feel from the tannins, More blackcurrants and other red fruits, touch of raspberry, cherry.
Drinking surprisingly well already - and hopefully will be ideal with food - bavette tonight.
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Very nice right now. Nose has big floral notes like violet. Definitely some blueberry there too. Palate on the medium side. Soft, almost ‘pretty’ fruit there, on the dark fruit spectrum. Should benefit the next 3-5 years but fine here.
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The 2016 Prieure-Lichine kisses sweetly with an earthy passionate generosity. She shares the tastely intrigues of Margaux with your tongue teaching you the pleasures of Bordeaux. I thank the Vin Spirits that I lived in the time of 2016 Bordeaux. Pop Quiz: Who substituted Margaux in place of her birth name Margot?
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Very good wine, aged 6 years. If I had had the patience to wait another 2-5 years it would have been even better. But I enjoyed it at it's young age. The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. The body is light/medium. The wine finishes medium.
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Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Initially it's quite meaty, savoury, a almost a little dirty but, with time and agitation, it starts to show lovely ripe, jubey black lozenge fruit, more cherry than blackcurrant backed by plums, sweet spice, cream, cedar. Juicy, fleshy, concentrated, that jubey black fruit is quite non-delineated on the palate, tannins are talc textured, fine and persistent, all travel long, more 'complete' and balanced than the 2015, slightly creamy on the long finish. Good.
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30 min decant. Very very deep magenta color. Black cherry, mint, fresh turned soil, lime blossom, Oreo cookie, and wild strawberry on the nose. Smooth, dry palate, with fine, tongue coating acidity. Firm, full tannins on the longish finish. Drinking very well nowadays.
40 min double decant. Black cherry, apple core, French toast, and fresh mint on the nose. Smooth, dry palate, with, fine, tongue coating acidity. Firm tannins on the longish finish.
There’s just a touch of Bordeaux earthiness. This is well built. Traveled on a plane the day before, so would likely be better with a few weeks of rest. Definitely a Napa lover’s Bordeaux. Excellent QPR.
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Since it was selling for under $70 and we thought that was a real stick out price (given all of the highly rated reviews) we were very excited to drink it. Three of us opened it, sampled every 20 minutes and drank seriously an hour and a half later with porterhouse. I hate to say this gang, but we were all "whelmed". Upon opening it seemed like it was going to be pretty good. Nose was good but a little restrained. But it never got better and remained only slightly better than ordinary.
Plum jam, red fruit, hint of black pepper on the nose. linear. Medium body, silky tannin at this young age. Integrated with a medium finish. Drinking well now, it sure what age will improve.
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One hour decant. Very deep dark ruby magenta color. Fig jam, raspberry, black cherry, strawberry, vanilla cream, dried bay leaf, anise, and subtle cocoa on the nose. Dry, silky palate, with fine, tongue coating acidity. Plush tannins on the longish finish.
This is absolutely a Napa Cab lover’s Bordeaux. I was surprised at how accessible it was for its youth. Great wine for my last night in Paris. Enjoyed with live jazz near the river.
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Decanted for two hours. This is fantastic at this young age. While still youthful, with a proper decant, yum! Very consistent with the Margaux appellation and signature.
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Crimson red, cassis, red plums and rose petals. On the palate this has absolutely svelte tannins that just melt away and made me exclaim OMG! Was not expecting this. Mouthfeel is pure luxury, red fruits especially cassis on the palate and yet there is some oak in the background but not overdone especially if drunk with food. Not yet the last word on complexity, however it is quite a young Margaux and is not short on stuffing so I think it should cellar well and be even better in 5 years. Really impressed with it right now though. BTG 92++
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Full bodied. Deep purple. High tannins. Still extremely tight with a lot of potentially developing flavours. Should but to keep.
Red cherry first hits the nose. Then Black cherry. Freshness of Tomato leaf. A lot of secondary notes. Eucalyptus farm, forest floor, black pepper tobacco nutmeg? Cedar.
Dried fruit. Started to open up after 3 hours in an open bottle no decanting
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This wine changed considerably over the course of the tasting. Initially, there was an absolutely intense flavor of crushed pomegranate that transitioned to pomegranate juice. The wine eventually transitioned to an elegant balance of fruit including sour cherry. It is deep and luscious offering globs of fruit and earth. It just gives, and gives, and gives. I far prefer this wine after it sits in the glass for a while. It becomes more high-toned and elegant. The structure is med + tannin and med acid. Almost a shame to drink at this point. Can almost guarantee this will turn into a fantastic wine in about 30 years, at least. 92 points. Decanted 10 hours.
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1 hour decant. Medium dark garnet color; plum, currant, violet nose. Classic cedar pencil palate, roast meat, tobacco, leather, cocoa and tons of darkblack fruit. Smoothly integrated with a huge tannic structure that should carry it for the long haul. Impressive effort. Score based upon current condition plus potential.
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Sweet expansive aroma. Nearly sweet, savory, spicy cassis based taste balanced by perfectly restrained tart fruit acid with loamy mouthfeel. My only disagreement with others' notes: it seems ready to drink. I'm not sure that I would ask St. Peter to put aside too many cases of this given development to date.
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I really liked this one for the money. It's what a good middle of the road Margaux should be. Really started singing after an hour of decanting. 2016 seems to have been a good year for most wines in the area. Still looking for berries that got wrecked. None found, yet. Beautiful, heavy perfume on the nose. Astringency from solid tannins that made it a good wine to pair with a thick NY strip steak and some sweet baby broccolini.
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Since last being sampled at the UGC tasting in January of 2019, this blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot remains a youthful opaque crimson in color. Loaded with tarry black cherries, red currants, lavender, violets, Asian spices and espresso, it is an energetic, full-bodied Margaux with abundant ripe tannins, well-integrated alcohol (listed as 13.5%) and nicely assimilated oak. The wine's middle palate is dense and the finish has lengthened since last being tasted. There is no question about the ageability of this impressively crafted Bordeaux. Well-cellared bottles should easily reach their thirtieth birthday. Given how slowly this is developing, another five years in the cellar would be in order. This particular bottle was Vinturi-decanted and serially tasted over two hours. If you decide to break ranks and consume it now, give it plenty of air. Drink 2026-2046.
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VERY closed. Opened about 2 hours before dinner and the color and bouquet showed great potential. However, once on the palate it didn't open up as expected. Chances are it's entering a "dumb" phase that will last a year or more.
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A blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot, this has rich, complex, dark and red fruited, brooding aromas of spice, currant, and cassis mixed with savoury, earthy, oak, and touches of sweet tobacco and herb. It's medium-full bodied on the elegantly spiced palate, slightly warm, with lovely currant, cassis, tobacco, and earthy notes on the flavour profile. It has very good acidity and structured, fine-grained tannins that are quite integrated with a pleasant grippiness. Savoury, earthy tones with touches of graphite linger on the finish, with excellent length.
All primary nose and palate of cab sauvignon now with plenty of oak. Oak fades quite a bit after 24 hrs. slow ox. Quite enjoyable on day 2; shows promise for a good QPR Margaux.
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Was not familiar with this wine and purchased on the basis of reviews-thinking it may be a good tuesday night wine. Drank first bottle over two nights : night 2 far more enjoyable with cedar and suede notes I’d expect from a bigger name Margaux. Nice to find a bargain here and there !
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Raspberry and camphor on the nose. On the palate, currant, raspberry, and black cherry with notes of bitter tobacco and savory spice on the medium to long finish, with strong, smooth tannins and strong acidity. This is very young, but already excellent. It's not hard to drink now, but it should improve significantly in five years.
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92+. Floral bouquet with black currant and stone. Palate is polished and clean with bitter blackberry and dark chocolate, no oakiness. Overall excellent weight and balance, should age well.
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65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. Tight and clean aromas with blackberries, redder plums, espresso and a touch of graphite. Full bodied wine with good mouthfeel with good combination of power and more delicate style. Darker red berries, salts and easily extinguished tobacco. Solid tannins, this builds for a good future in the cellar. Long finish. 92 points. (92-94 points)
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Black fruit and spice with medium delivery and length overall. An interesting combination of fresh and brooding; the tail fell off fairly quickly, with a faint cedar note clipping the finish. A decent mid-palate initially, but then it hit a flat key after extended exposure to air. Mostly shut down after a few hours in the decanter.
Give this a few years to morph into something a little more layered and interesting. It was tasty at first before it took a dive at the end. A much leaner (though perhaps a bit fresher) version when compared to the sexy and more opulent 2015 Prieure-Lichine (which I thought was a well-done 94-95 point wine). As for this 2016, 90-92+ points for now.
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4th Saturday Brown Bagger (T&L's): Blind. Dark fruit and spice notes with a distinct floral overtone. Wonderful black fruit and red fruit flavors with floral notes. Easy to pick out as our bottle of Prieure-Lichine in this flight.
Decanted for 6.5 hours. Will be adding more of this to the cellar.
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Nose: Ripe red fruits and white florals from above. Spiced oak, cranberries or tobacco notes as you come closer. Light earth and heat as you go into the glass. (Initial pour seemed to flourish with red fruits and florals but faded quick.. seems closed now.) After some time in the glass, green underbrush/forest floor and some forest funk appears.
Palate: Touch of red fruit that is there and lingers softly but in the background. Present oak throughout, bold tea, green underbrush, earthy forest floor and a soft spice and minerality on the finish.
Slightly dark Ruby or Garnet color. Dry with high amounts of strong, grippy tannins. Medium body with medium to medium-minus acidity. Good finish of about 12-14 seconds. Decant this for at least 2 hours if you're drinking now or give it time in the glass if you're lazy to do so. Initially, the nose and palate seem closed/mute and this was a disappointment in the beginning (like 83-85) but through the period of about 2 hours, it has grown on me and seemed to really show its true characteristics, which seems to be a nice earthy forest floor, spiced oak and some minerality. I understand this is young and will need plenty of time to integrate but I can imagine this to be much smoother and integrated after it rests for, what the tannic structure seems to suggest, at least 10 years. 89 for now and more for sure in the future. It actually grows on you but this might just be my palate or just my bottle. I did not get all the fruits as other tasters might have noted.. but again, may be just me or my bottle. It consisted a lot more oak and earth than fruit.
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This is a smart, polished Margaux, very much in a modern style. Certainly too young, but not inaccessible either. Dense pure black fruits, bordering on rich. Floral delicacy reminds you you're in Margaux, but the tannins are so silky you might think you're in the right bank. Lots of potential here and will wait another 10 years.
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Coravin pour to taste. Opaque dark garnet with a crimson/purple edge. Nose is noticeably oaky with creamy vanilla, cedar and floral notes most prominent. Palate has plenty of stony minerals, soft tannins and fairly bright (medium) acidity and tart cherry, cassis and plum. Pretty elegant and restrained like a good Margaux should be, if still mostly “modern” in style. Finish is average in length but balanced. Actually reminiscent of the Ch. Prieure-Lichene vintages from the 1980’s that I enjoyed for a couple decades. This should certainly be enjoyable for the next decade, probably not much more.
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The floral notes come along with a healthy dose of sweet oak,, licorice and plums, so this is going to need time to come together. Texturally, it is full-bodied, round, silky, polished and loaded with ripe, sweet, juice filled, luscious, dark red fruits.
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Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux 2016 Vintage Tasting (Las Vegas, NV): This opaque crimson wine serves up a beautiful combination of black and red fruit, with dark plums, raspberries and red currants at the forefront. Accented with lavender, violets and espresso, it is a fresh, full-bodied offering with plentiful ripe tannins and nicely integrated alcohol. Dense on the mid-palate and finishing medium-to-long, this is a structured Prieuré-Lichine that will be long-lived. Drink 2024-2046.
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UGC 2019 Los Angeles (Jeremy Hotel, West Hollywood): A little dirty on the nose (probably some brett); alternatively, very earthy. Good plum on the nose, but otherwise a bit quiet. Ok acid on the palate, and very finely grained tannin. Not very compelling.
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Fresh, silky, ripe, round and with layers of black cherry, licorice, blackberry, espresso and floral notes, the wine is concentrated, lively and polished.
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3/16/2024 - Rhollander Likes this wine: 89 Points
Medium body with retracted black fruit. Typical bordeaux spices, oak, forest floor. Soft tannins. Quite restrained and flat. Disappointed about this one.
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2/28/2024 - Bondi2 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Decanted for 30 mins prior to drinking. I thought for a great vintage this wine was a bit flat. Really mild and smooth if that’s your style, but lacked the typical Bordeaux tannins and mouth feel. It’s very nice but maybe not my style.
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2/19/2024 - spinnin_and_sippin Likes this wine: 91 Points
Excellent! Not the most complex but has great structure. Very solid all around and nothing necessarily really stood out for me.
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2/14/2024 - maxima wrote: flawed
Bouchonnée!
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2/4/2024 - BernieMSY Likes this wine: 95 Points
One hour decant before tasting.
Medium:dark ruby color; muted nose.
Dark fruit undergirded by savory notes of roast meat, cedar pencil and mineral notes. Rich and beautifully integrated, delicious and wonderful. This one has many years ahead of it, and I wish I had bought more upon release.
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2/2/2024 - Purple Tooth wrote: 93 Points
Ah yes...the end of dryish January. Finally some wine at end of a long Thursday of sitting around doing nothing, sipping tea, watching the rain, and waiting for 5pm to come around.
Reaching for this was the perfect choice as a way to ease into the groove, without setting my expectations too high. Lovely aromas of loam, mushroom, and graphite over a light heavyweight wine with fascinating transitions from early morning fresh forrest bed to a more pungent smolder of blood and loam towards the end, brought by the decaying Merlot. This checks a few boxes and is fascinating to follow slowly in a glass during this youthful stage of a promising wine. Finish is adequate and still a bit stiff but the wine is sensually Bordeaux. Drink or HOLD
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1/17/2024 - BrendanMcS Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nose of blueberry and raspberry. Really nicely styled Margaux, earthy. Well balanced, with blackberry and black currant up front, finishing with some earth and wood. Well finessed. I only expect it to get better with age, but drinking well now. PNP, but would decant in future as there was a lot of sediment.
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11/4/2023 - Trickyone wrote:
At last! A fruity, cedary bottle from this case. Hoping the rest are like this one because if they are, there's definitely aging potential.
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10/28/2023 - EricU Likes this wine: 92 Points
Day 1. 3 hour decant. Classic Margaux profile, not overly complex. A balanced wine that paired well mushroom ravioli.
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10/16/2023 - Purple Tooth wrote: 93 Points
Wow, this is smoking good! Worth all the hype and definitely strutting a whole lot of Bordeaux from the pop to the last drop. Smoldering earth, blood, brewing coffee....Its all in there. The wine has a knockout bouquet of all things above, but it still needs to gain some balance. It seems that it is top heavy right now and seems to bottom out a bit at the end on the palate. The finish is all Margaux and adequately long. This is a really good deal for the price. A wine to buy by the case for dinner parties. Drink or HOLD
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10/11/2023 - dbkitc wrote: 92 Points
(at Regions Kitchen - Barrington, IL). This wine delivers sold Margaux allure with a precise and vibrant profile. Structured without being overbearing, I think this will be a classic winner in 10 years. Upside (92+)
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9/28/2023 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 93 Points
One hour decant. Very very deep magenta color. Dried blueberry, gala apple, dried apricot, cotton seed, and prune-laced baker’s chocolate. Smooth, dry palate. Firm, medium intensity tannins on the medium long+ finish.
Easy drinking, Napa lover’s Bordeaux. Went very well with tonight’s Texas barbecue.
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8/28/2023 - GuanYu Likes this wine: 93 Points
Purplish-pink rim with dark ruby red center. Cassis, dark cherry, crushed petals and cedar. Wine still in secondary fruits stage and only hints of tertiary flavors. Good structure, tannin and acidity. This wine needed more time in the cellar.
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8/19/2023 - racerchris Likes this wine: 93 Points
Popped and poured. It opened up quickly in the glass. Well balanced, with some secondary notes appearing. Youthful, but a pleasure to drink already.
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8/12/2023 - ich78br83msu86nd@gmail.com Likes this wine: 95 Points
Deep garnet; intense nose and palette; Blackberry, plum, cassis and black cherry together with toasty and forest-floor notes. This is an extraordinary Margaux, 4th Growth. Perfect with chateaubriande.
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4/25/2023 - Dave Dewar wrote:
First of two bottles. 2" cork in perfect condition. Decanted 90 minutes. Deep purple. Intense aromas of red fruit, dark fruit, toasty oak, alcohol. Replays on the palate. Full bodied, high acid, XD, high tannin. Declared ABV is a reasonable 13.5%, but it comes across higher. Medium-long finish. Very little sediment left in the bottle. Day 2: now showing some forest floor, spice, and tomato leaf. Overall, nice but will be better -- and hopefully worth the price tag -- in five years and through to 2040.
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4/3/2023 - KAT9 Likes this wine: 93 Points
2016 turns out to be one of the best vintages ever in bdx. Even lower tier chateau is turning out stunning wine. This wine from PL is quite nice on the nose. Elegant, mild fruits, pleasant all around. On the palate, relatively balance, no alc detected, earthy, high acidity. Great wine for $50. Very hard to find better quality at the same cost.
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2/24/2023 - ProfAvi Likes this wine: 90 Points
I normally wait 10 years for a classed growth from a good vintage but after 7 years, and having read comments on here, I thought I'd crack one of my 6 bottles.
Cork was dry which was worrying but as soon as I got my nose in all was OK.
Blackcurrant leaf to the fore so no mistaking this is Cab Sauvignon dominant.
Touch of graphite emerges with a few swirls but I'm not getting any cut flowers - or maybe I am - cut daffodils, the stem leaves rather than the flower - a lot around at them moment in the UK.
Plenty going on nose wise.
On the palate smooth, chalky tannins, creamy mouthfeel initially that gives way after a few tastes to a slightly drying feel from the tannins, More blackcurrants and other red fruits, touch of raspberry, cherry.
Drinking surprisingly well already - and hopefully will be ideal with food - bavette tonight.
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2/13/2023 - rcg62 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very nice right now. Nose has big floral notes like violet. Definitely some blueberry there too. Palate on the medium side. Soft, almost ‘pretty’ fruit there, on the dark fruit spectrum. Should benefit the next 3-5 years but fine here.
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2/3/2023 - xyc Likes this wine: 93 Points
The 2016 Prieure-Lichine kisses sweetly with an earthy passionate generosity. She shares the tastely intrigues of Margaux with your tongue teaching you the pleasures of Bordeaux. I thank the Vin Spirits that I lived in the time of 2016 Bordeaux.
Pop Quiz: Who substituted Margaux in place of her birth name Margot?
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1/26/2023 - Insignia98 Likes this wine: 92 Points
very nice 16 medoc, now 5 years in cellar, opened, keep in bottle for an hour, lovely taste, typical medoc
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1/18/2023 - lpettet Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very good wine, aged 6 years. If I had had the patience to wait another 2-5 years it would have been even better. But I enjoyed it at it's young age.
The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. The body is light/medium. The wine finishes medium.
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12/31/2022 - chatters wrote:
Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Initially it's quite meaty, savoury, a almost a little dirty but, with time and agitation, it starts to show lovely ripe, jubey black lozenge fruit, more cherry than blackcurrant backed by plums, sweet spice, cream, cedar. Juicy, fleshy, concentrated, that jubey black fruit is quite non-delineated on the palate, tannins are talc textured, fine and persistent, all travel long, more 'complete' and balanced than the 2015, slightly creamy on the long finish. Good.
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12/20/2022 - John McCabe wrote: 93 Points
A lot of potential, but showing a bit closed right now.
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12/8/2022 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 94 Points
30 min decant. Very very deep magenta color. Black cherry, mint, fresh turned soil, lime blossom, Oreo cookie, and wild strawberry on the nose. Smooth, dry palate, with fine, tongue coating acidity. Firm, full tannins on the longish finish. Drinking very well nowadays.
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11/28/2022 - Trickyone wrote: flawed
Not off to a good start with this case. First bottle was very ungenerous and this one was corked.
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11/25/2022 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 93 Points
40 min double decant. Black cherry, apple core, French toast, and fresh mint on the nose. Smooth, dry palate, with, fine, tongue coating acidity. Firm tannins on the longish finish.
There’s just a touch of Bordeaux earthiness. This is well built. Traveled on a plane the day before, so would likely be better with a few weeks of rest. Definitely a Napa lover’s Bordeaux. Excellent QPR.
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10/13/2022 - mkorcuska Likes this wine: 89 Points
Good, fruit forward Bordeaux. Drinks fine now, not sure how much it will benefit from age.
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9/18/2022 - Alan Ross wrote: 87 Points
Since it was selling for under $70 and we thought that was a real stick out price (given all of the highly rated reviews) we
were very excited to drink it. Three of us opened it, sampled every 20 minutes and drank seriously an hour and a half later with porterhouse. I hate to say this gang, but we were all "whelmed". Upon opening it seemed like it was going to be pretty good. Nose was good but a little restrained. But it never got better and remained only slightly better than ordinary.
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7/2/2022 - imsilver78 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Plum jam, red fruit, hint of black pepper on the nose. linear. Medium body, silky tannin at this young age. Integrated with a medium finish. Drinking well now, it sure what age will improve.
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6/30/2022 - xyc wrote: flawed
Obvious mold odor, beyond corked.
Third 2016 Bordeaux tasted this year which was flawed by mold. Very odd after so many years without encountering a flawed Bordeaux.
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6/23/2022 - WineJ2019 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Agree w other rvws this is between napa and Bordeaux . Drink or hold
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6/21/2022 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 94 Points
One hour decant. Very deep dark ruby magenta color. Fig jam, raspberry, black cherry, strawberry, vanilla cream, dried bay leaf, anise, and subtle cocoa on the nose. Dry, silky palate, with fine, tongue coating acidity. Plush tannins on the longish finish.
This is absolutely a Napa Cab lover’s Bordeaux. I was surprised at how accessible it was for its youth. Great wine for my last night in Paris. Enjoyed with live jazz near the river.
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6/17/2022 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted for two hours. This is fantastic at this young age. While still youthful, with a proper decant, yum! Very consistent with the Margaux appellation and signature.
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4/14/2022 - fussyeater Likes this wine: 92 Points
Crimson red, cassis, red plums and rose petals. On the palate this has absolutely svelte tannins that just melt away and made me exclaim OMG! Was not expecting this. Mouthfeel is pure luxury, red fruits especially cassis on the palate and yet there is some oak in the background but not overdone especially if drunk with food. Not yet the last word on complexity, however it is quite a young Margaux and is not short on stuffing so I think it should cellar well and be even better in 5 years. Really impressed with it right now though. BTG 92++
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2/26/2022 - Bshawhan wrote: 87 Points
Too young. Good flavor, but didn't last long on the palate. High astringency. Decanted 1 hr
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2/18/2022 - Traipsing Likes this wine: 85 Points
Full bodied. Deep purple. High tannins. Still extremely tight with a lot of potentially developing flavours. Should but to keep.
Red cherry first hits the nose. Then Black cherry. Freshness of Tomato leaf. A lot of secondary notes. Eucalyptus farm, forest floor, black pepper tobacco nutmeg? Cedar.
Dried fruit. Started to open up after 3 hours in an open bottle no decanting
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2/12/2022 - Mitche11 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Blind tasting 2.12.22
This wine changed considerably over the course of the tasting. Initially, there was an absolutely intense flavor of crushed pomegranate that transitioned to pomegranate juice. The wine eventually transitioned to an elegant balance of fruit including sour cherry. It is deep and luscious offering globs of fruit and earth. It just gives, and gives, and gives. I far prefer this wine after it sits in the glass for a while. It becomes more high-toned and elegant. The structure is med + tannin and med acid. Almost a shame to drink at this point. Can almost guarantee this will turn into a fantastic wine in about 30 years, at least. 92 points. Decanted 10 hours.
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12/17/2021 - David_K wrote: 88 Points
Workmanlike.
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11/21/2021 - BernieMSY Likes this wine: 95 Points
1 hour decant.
Medium dark garnet color; plum, currant, violet nose. Classic cedar pencil palate, roast meat, tobacco, leather, cocoa and tons of darkblack fruit. Smoothly integrated with a huge tannic structure that should carry it for the long haul. Impressive effort. Score based upon current condition plus potential.
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11/14/2021 - Gracer wrote: 90 Points
An excellent margeaux
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11/1/2021 - xyc Likes this wine: 93 Points
Sweet expansive aroma. Nearly sweet, savory, spicy cassis based taste balanced by perfectly restrained tart fruit acid with loamy mouthfeel. My only disagreement with others' notes: it seems ready to drink. I'm not sure that I would ask St. Peter to put aside too many cases of this given development to date.
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10/28/2021 - Þórr Þunraz Likes this wine: 94 Points
I really liked this one for the money. It's what a good middle of the road Margaux should be. Really started singing after an hour of decanting. 2016 seems to have been a good year for most wines in the area. Still looking for berries that got wrecked. None found, yet. Beautiful, heavy perfume on the nose. Astringency from solid tannins that made it a good wine to pair with a thick NY strip steak and some sweet baby broccolini.
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9/16/2021 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 93 Points
Since last being sampled at the UGC tasting in January of 2019, this blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot remains a youthful opaque crimson in color. Loaded with tarry black cherries, red currants, lavender, violets, Asian spices and espresso, it is an energetic, full-bodied Margaux with abundant ripe tannins, well-integrated alcohol (listed as 13.5%) and nicely assimilated oak. The wine's middle palate is dense and the finish has lengthened since last being tasted. There is no question about the ageability of this impressively crafted Bordeaux. Well-cellared bottles should easily reach their thirtieth birthday. Given how slowly this is developing, another five years in the cellar would be in order. This particular bottle was Vinturi-decanted and serially tasted over two hours. If you decide to break ranks and consume it now, give it plenty of air. Drink 2026-2046.
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6/26/2021 - Trickyone wrote:
VERY closed. Opened about 2 hours before dinner and the color and bouquet showed great potential. However, once on the palate it didn't open up as expected. Chances are it's entering a "dumb" phase that will last a year or more.
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6/21/2021 - dsenni Likes this wine: 93 Points
Quite closed until day 3, when it still was mostly primary flavors. Great structure. Try again in a couple years.
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12/12/2020 - cono_sur Likes this wine: 93 Points
A blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot, this has rich, complex, dark and red fruited, brooding aromas of spice, currant, and cassis mixed with savoury, earthy, oak, and touches of sweet tobacco and herb. It's medium-full bodied on the elegantly spiced palate, slightly warm, with lovely currant, cassis, tobacco, and earthy notes on the flavour profile. It has very good acidity and structured, fine-grained tannins that are quite integrated with a pleasant grippiness. Savoury, earthy tones with touches of graphite linger on the finish, with excellent length.
Full report: http://vintagewinepicks.blogspot.com/2020/12/chateau-prieure-lichine-2016-bordeaux-wine-review.html
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12/8/2020 - Sharan Callay Likes this wine:
Lovely soft elegance yet full bodied enough to provide depth. Would definitely drink again.
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8/22/2020 - wynnewood500 Likes this wine:
Still very young. One of four young cabs selected for a family tasting on vacation.
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7/25/2020 - Shugs_Claret wrote: 92 Points
All primary nose and palate of cab sauvignon now with plenty of oak. Oak fades quite a bit after 24 hrs. slow ox. Quite enjoyable on day 2; shows promise for a good QPR Margaux.
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5/21/2020 - NathalieKodiak Likes this wine: 90 Points
Was not familiar with this wine and purchased on the basis of reviews-thinking it may be a good tuesday night wine. Drank first bottle over two nights : night 2 far more enjoyable with cedar and suede notes I’d expect from a bigger name Margaux. Nice to find a bargain here and there !
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5/21/2020 - franinnyc Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very nice. Very drinkable. Enjoy now.
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4/30/2020 - RichardP wrote: 90 Points
Raspberry and camphor on the nose. On the palate, currant, raspberry, and black cherry with notes of bitter tobacco and savory spice on the medium to long finish, with strong, smooth tannins and strong acidity. This is very young, but already excellent. It's not hard to drink now, but it should improve significantly in five years.
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3/13/2020 - VegaBodega Likes this wine: 86 Points
It definitely needs some time
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2/5/2020 - Arcturus wrote: 92 Points
92+. Floral bouquet with black currant and stone. Palate is polished and clean with bitter blackberry and dark chocolate, no oakiness. Overall excellent weight and balance, should age well.
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1/24/2020 - Andre Brattland wrote: 92 Points
65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. Tight and clean aromas with blackberries, redder plums, espresso and a touch of graphite. Full bodied wine with good mouthfeel with good combination of power and more delicate style. Darker red berries, salts and easily extinguished tobacco. Solid tannins, this builds for a good future in the cellar. Long finish. 92 points. (92-94 points)
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12/14/2019 - swapdoc wrote:
2016: Bourdeaux vs Tuscany: Oak aroma. The fruit is somewhat lean. More structured than fruit driven.
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11/29/2019 - csimm wrote: 92 Points
Black fruit and spice with medium delivery and length overall. An interesting combination of fresh and brooding; the tail fell off fairly quickly, with a faint cedar note clipping the finish. A decent mid-palate initially, but then it hit a flat key after extended exposure to air. Mostly shut down after a few hours in the decanter.
Give this a few years to morph into something a little more layered and interesting. It was tasty at first before it took a dive at the end. A much leaner (though perhaps a bit fresher) version when compared to the sexy and more opulent 2015 Prieure-Lichine (which I thought was a well-done 94-95 point wine). As for this 2016, 90-92+ points for now.
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11/23/2019 - AllRed wrote: 94 Points
4th Saturday Brown Bagger (T&L's): Blind. Dark fruit and spice notes with a distinct floral overtone. Wonderful black fruit and red fruit flavors with floral notes. Easy to pick out as our bottle of Prieure-Lichine in this flight.
Decanted for 6.5 hours. Will be adding more of this to the cellar.
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8/17/2019 - WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nose: Ripe red fruits and white florals from above. Spiced oak, cranberries or tobacco notes as you come closer. Light earth and heat as you go into the glass. (Initial pour seemed to flourish with red fruits and florals but faded quick.. seems closed now.) After some time in the glass, green underbrush/forest floor and some forest funk appears.
Palate: Touch of red fruit that is there and lingers softly but in the background. Present oak throughout, bold tea, green underbrush, earthy forest floor and a soft spice and minerality on the finish.
Slightly dark Ruby or Garnet color. Dry with high amounts of strong, grippy tannins. Medium body with medium to medium-minus acidity. Good finish of about 12-14 seconds. Decant this for at least 2 hours if you're drinking now or give it time in the glass if you're lazy to do so. Initially, the nose and palate seem closed/mute and this was a disappointment in the beginning (like 83-85) but through the period of about 2 hours, it has grown on me and seemed to really show its true characteristics, which seems to be a nice earthy forest floor, spiced oak and some minerality. I understand this is young and will need plenty of time to integrate but I can imagine this to be much smoother and integrated after it rests for, what the tannic structure seems to suggest, at least 10 years. 89 for now and more for sure in the future. It actually grows on you but this might just be my palate or just my bottle. I did not get all the fruits as other tasters might have noted.. but again, may be just me or my bottle. It consisted a lot more oak and earth than fruit.
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5/11/2019 - depechemoroder Likes this wine: 92 Points
This is a smart, polished Margaux, very much in a modern style. Certainly too young, but not inaccessible either. Dense pure black fruits, bordering on rich. Floral delicacy reminds you you're in Margaux, but the tannins are so silky you might think you're in the right bank. Lots of potential here and will wait another 10 years.
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3/31/2019 - oldwines Likes this wine: 92 Points
Coravin pour to taste. Opaque dark garnet with a crimson/purple edge. Nose is noticeably oaky with creamy vanilla, cedar and floral notes most prominent. Palate has plenty of stony minerals, soft tannins and fairly bright (medium) acidity and tart cherry, cassis and plum. Pretty elegant and restrained like a good Margaux should be, if still mostly “modern” in style. Finish is average in length but balanced. Actually reminiscent of the Ch. Prieure-Lichene vintages from the 1980’s that I enjoyed for a couple decades. This should certainly be enjoyable for the next decade, probably not much more.
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2/25/2019 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
UCGB tasting Bordeaux 2016 (Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam.): Dark and a lot of red berries. Firm dose of oak, tannin and acidity. This wine needs time. Wait until 2030 at least is probably wise. 91+ for now.
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2/25/2019 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
Amsterdam UGCB Tasting and Winemakers' Dinner (Beurs van Berlage / Café De Klepel): Quite a serious style, good concentration, relatively masculine in the Margaux context.
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2/10/2019 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points
The floral notes come along with a healthy dose of sweet oak,, licorice and plums, so this is going to need time to come together. Texturally, it is full-bodied, round, silky, polished and loaded with ripe, sweet, juice filled, luscious, dark red fruits.
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1/26/2019 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 92 Points
Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux 2016 Vintage Tasting (Las Vegas, NV): This opaque crimson wine serves up a beautiful combination of black and red fruit, with dark plums, raspberries and red currants at the forefront. Accented with lavender, violets and espresso, it is a fresh, full-bodied offering with plentiful ripe tannins and nicely integrated alcohol. Dense on the mid-palate and finishing medium-to-long, this is a structured Prieuré-Lichine that will be long-lived. Drink 2024-2046.
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1/25/2019 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 91 Points
UNION DES GRANDS CRUS DE BORDEAUX 2016 VINTAGE SAN FRANCISCO. (Metreon, San Francisco, Ca.): UNION DES GRANDS CRUS DE BORDEAUX 2016 VINTAGE SAN FRANCISCO. Nose of black cherry, red cherry, raspberry, and plum, same on the palate, medium/big body, tasty, rich fruit, mouth frying tannins hurt score, medium/long finish, best Prieure-Lichine in memory.
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1/25/2019 - blanquito wrote:
UGC San Francisco: the 2016 Bordeaux: Tried toward the end of the night, it didn't stand out at all.
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1/24/2019 - Aravind Asok wrote:
UGC 2019 Los Angeles (Jeremy Hotel, West Hollywood): A little dirty on the nose (probably some brett); alternatively, very earthy. Good plum on the nose, but otherwise a bit quiet. Ok acid on the palate, and very finely grained tannin. Not very compelling.
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1/21/2019 - tomoem wrote: 89 Points
Zachys Grands Crus de Bordeaux 2016 (New York City, NY): Hmmmm... I don't quite get a Margaux. Thin and a little more like a Medoc than I prefer. Some harshness to the mid-palette. Flatter finish
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5/20/2018 - Jeff Leve wrote: 92 Points
Fresh, silky, ripe, round and with layers of black cherry, licorice, blackberry, espresso and floral notes, the wine is concentrated, lively and polished.
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4/29/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points
This deeply colored wine with its polished, silky tannins and fleshy, dark red fruit, presents you with opulence and charm.
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