delicious! drinking perfectly now at 13 years. the fruit and tannins balance beautifully with the mineral and lead pencil in proportion. When Bordeaux is like this, why would I drink anything else?
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Ruby core with a slight brick fade. Powerful cassis on the nose. Mineral, earthy character. A hint of black olive? Light and elegant on the palate with a chalkiness to the mouthfeel. Quite linear really. Medocain rather than Pessac style. Little complexity. Competent.
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Vigorous, purple red core with a little fade on the rim. Vibrant cassis, but not a typical Pessac nose - the wine lacks the gravelly minerality of its youth. Good fruit on the palate with fine tannins but not very complex. Chalky on the finish.
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Baked, concentrated nose. Pronounced minerality over the top of the blackcurrant. Tight-knit and well-built on the palate, with good integration of tannins and balanced acidity. Typical minerality and gravel; dry and savoury but a little hollow.
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Big fighting tannins in this young one, definitley needs some aging to mellow out the tannins and let it unfold some of the other flavors and aroma that it is holding on to. tannin and acid were balanced with dark fruit and oak on the palate. Nose was tight and had oak with light vanilla and dark fruit, did not get the chocolate others have detected I will have to have it again to see if I find it. :) Medium finish.
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3/2/2014 - parkersdad wrote:
Classic Bordeaux. Good nose abd depth. Held almost a week after opening . All together a very nice drink
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5/31/2013 - jorivesud wrote: 90 Points
Au Gazellig, nez sur les fruit rouge et un peu de cuire. En bouche, encore beaucoup de fruits, tanins fondus. Belle longueur. Excellent.
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4/13/2013 - hitechnomad Likes this wine: 93 Points
delicious! drinking perfectly now at 13 years. the fruit and tannins balance beautifully with the mineral and lead pencil in proportion. When Bordeaux is like this, why would I drink anything else?
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7/12/2008 - vespasian wrote:
Ruby core with a slight brick fade. Powerful cassis on the nose. Mineral, earthy character. A hint of black olive? Light and elegant on the palate with a chalkiness to the mouthfeel. Quite linear really. Medocain rather than Pessac style. Little complexity. Competent.
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7/12/2008 - gdisanto wrote:
Vigorous, purple red core with a little fade on the rim. Vibrant cassis, but not a typical Pessac nose - the wine lacks the gravelly minerality of its youth. Good fruit on the palate with fine tannins but not very complex. Chalky on the finish.
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6/24/2007 - gdisanto wrote:
Baked, concentrated nose. Pronounced minerality over the top of the blackcurrant. Tight-knit and well-built on the palate, with good integration of tannins and balanced acidity. Typical minerality and gravel; dry and savoury but a little hollow.
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4/5/2006 - swirl wrote:
Big fighting tannins in this young one, definitley needs some aging to mellow out the tannins and let it unfold some of the other flavors and aroma that it is holding on to. tannin and acid were balanced with dark fruit and oak on the palate. Nose was tight and had oak with light vanilla and dark fruit, did not get the chocolate others have detected I will have to have it again to see if I find it. :) Medium finish.
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9/11/2005 - alshoh01 wrote:
Flavorful wine, opened up quite nicely after about 1 hour. Probably needs another 1-2yrs of cellaring.
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