Not a fan of this wine and this bottle confirms it. Ripe Merlot nose with a bit stewed fruit but not oxidative, tons of oak and torrefaction. The French always talk about terroir, but very little terroir in this wine, just lots of oak and dark fruit, could be from anywhere. St.Emilion continues to be the minefield appellation of Bordeaux, even their best, Figeac, Cheval Blanc and Ausone are inconsistent and the the recent A-upgrads Pavie and Angelus hopelessly stuck in the Parker era. Stick to Medoc is my recommendation or if it has to be Merlot, Pomerol.
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Appearance : clear deep ruby with deep intensity, some garnet at the rim, medium + legs. Nose : clean, medium + intensity, underlying black currant and cassis, fully developed with tertiary aromas of cedar. Palate : dry, high acid with medium+ tannins, medium+ alcohol, intense and long finish. Cassis, licorice and bramble. Conclusion : very good, harmonious and integrated. Drink now with decant or hold.
3 hour decant and improved over the next hour as we demolished it.
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Another 2001 drinking beautifully. Not overly complex, but well balanced with a nice dark ripe plum flavor through the middle. Elegant wine, with a nice finish. 92-93.
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2hr decant. Light meniscus just beginning to brick. Floral nose with menthol and some heat. Easy entry onto palate with decent mouthfeel and integrated tannins. Fruit supported by structure here. A little gritty and chewy on mid-palate. Decent finish. Time left but if you have many try one now without concern.
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I thought this would be an early drinker but did not guess correctly. It was a bit thin with red fruit, leather, and medium-plus acidity with dry, oaky tannin on the finish (87-90).
Day 2: After having been stored in the fridge, the wine exhibits more fruit, weight, and balance. I would cellar 2-3 years to see if it develops positively, as it isn't as good as expected at this point in time.
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Still has a great nose. Little cigar box and dirt. Fruit behind. Palate is soft and a bit watered down. It’s made it past it’s peak. Still good on the descent but drink em if you got em.
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Beautiful, classic cigar-box nose. Taste was rather sweet, but not unpleasant. Not much structure on the palate ... soft and a bit simple. Very nice though! In prime condition at this age: 16 years.
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Open three hours. Some lightening on the edge - dark garnet. Aromas of camphor, black licorice, cassis and bay leaf. Saturating, caressing entry. This offers more melted black licorice, blackberry and a plus oak spice finish. Some blackberry tart refrains on the tail. This is outstanding and I don't see it going anywhere for a while. This is a well done '01. 93
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At this point, I cant add much to Jeffs previous note...but this bottle was more brown at the edge than I expected and the palate consistently more aged, with a taint of greeness that slightly detracted from an otherwise great wine.
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From a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, this inky, dark wine opens with black licorice, coffee bean, jammy, black cherry liqueur, blueberry, earth and floral aromas. Powerful, packed and concentrated, the long, opulent, fleshy, jammy dark berry, filled finish is complicated by stone, licorice, chocolate and spice.
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Time to explore the progression of this promising Saint-Émilion after its first decade. Nice deep purple hues from center to rim. The scent of Kalamata olives at first whiff during decant piqued my interest. After pouring, notes of cassis, black fruit, and earthy terroir pleasured the olfactory nerves. After a short decant there was plenty of acid to brighten the cherry, cigar box, cedar, and soft herbal mid-palate leading to fine chewy tannins with an elegant pleasing finish. Became more nuanced after first hour with cocoa, airy menthol, and more dark fruit. This wine is sexy and feminine. I'd say it is progressing very well.
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Ignoring one of my most important foundational principles, I checked my prior notes on this wine before posting. Why? I couldn't remember when the last time I had it was, which turned out to be three months ago! I'm not some professional taster who samples 100 wines a week. I should know that I had this in January plus or minus. So I'd say my last note was pretty good, except the fruit if anything was more seductively sweet, plummy, ripe, bitter chocolatey and appealing. Very merlot in its whole presentation, there was no chance to confuse this with the Left Bank. The only argument you could make was, did it taste Californian, but I think not due to the more lithe body and overall drinkability. At an absolutely peak and good for another 5-10 with no problem. I think what I'm saying here is, I better record a note on everything I try cause Lord knows I won't remember it my own self.
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Brim full of mocha/coffee/chocolate with some contributing cassis- oriented, plummy fruit. Open for business. Not showing tremendous depth, but neither is it the dreaded "over the top." Reasonably suave and sophisticated. Seems suspiciously like a nice, merlot-driven Bordeaux. The fruit plays peek-a-boo like the sun poking through clouds on an overcast day.
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-- decanted for 16 hours before tasting -- -- tasted non-blind --
Very tight on the nose and palate upon opening; a 16 hour decant really opened this up, showing incredible red fruits on the nose as well as earth and mineral. Medium bodied; Well-balanced, but even the 16 hour decant didn't smooth the ample drying tannins that assert themselves on the finish. Flavors mirror the nose; this still needs lots of time in the cellar: I can only venture a guess as to how long -- maybe six or seven more years before this even starts to hit its prime drinking window. Great wine. Gut impression score: 92 - 94.
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Regular dinner group (@ CdW Bordeaux 2000 vs 2001.): Expressive, creamy bouquet with cassis and some sweetness. Everything comes back on the palate. Very harmonious wine. Great now, but no hurry. This wine will stay on this level or even improve a bit the next 3+ years.
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Smells like a medicine storage cabinet. I was expecting so much more out of this wine. Lacks complexity and concentration. Too tight and the antithesis of fun while drinking.
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Seductive nose of St.Emilion, strong scent of full-toasted used barrel, chocolate, coffee, smoke, terroir, less fruit but nice. Surprisingly round, medium+, hints of fresh acidity, a delicious wine with a deep, good deep and fairy long finished. We drink it very fast, the bottle is empty in 35 minutes.
Anyway, I open this wine due to the T/N of Pavie Princess and totally agree with. ( My most favorite among Pavie.)
Aromas of black cherry, flowers and smokiness. On the palate, dark cherry and blueberry, faintly herbal and some spice, subtle oak. Medium bodied, smooth finish.
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This was more like an Amarone than a Bordeaux. Black plummy fruit, chocolate and coffee together with vanilla dominated the nose. Full bodied with soft but huge tannins. Good but slighltly overpowering.
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I have had this wine before at EP's and rated it then a 90 and had a flat affect over it. This time I open one and for 24 hrs and boy I am glad I did that. The aroma of this wine was brisk. It had big black cherry fruit with chocolate and blue berry. The wine aroma was very prominent with further aeration. The mid platae was loaded with more fruit. Cherry Strawberry and cassis and currants with coffee toffee licorice wet clay crush stone and cigar box. The seocondaries in this wine are pretty substantial and the wine is velvet smooth. Still the tannin leve is brisk hiding fruit but this wine will get grade elevation with age. The ending had cigar box and minerality with fresh herbs and some more jammy fruit. Excellent experience with this wine compared to older notes. Makes me think this is headed north of 95 points in the next 10 yrs. Loved the wine but it needs more cellar time. If you drink it decant it forever and aerate it. It unlocked its true potential. Serious juice.
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Decanted. Very "fresh" nose of black cherries, spice, and mocha. On the medium to light bodied palate I immediately noticed how well the oak was integrated. Otherwise, the flavors mirrored the nose, plus a slight mineral tinge that added some complexity. Well balanced acidity and tannins. Overall, a little lighter than expected but quite lovely and easy to drink. Drink now or hold for another 2-4 years, IMO.
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Decanted and immediately poured. Big and generous from the get-go. At first I thought it might be pumped up, but that didn't turn out to be the case. It had immediate accessible overtones of dense red fruits, chocolate, coffee, dried herbs, vanilla and god knows what else. Went through various stages over the course of two hours: fleshy/ripe, lean vegetal, open/closed. Very much trying to decide what it wants to be when it grows up. Try again in 3-5 to see if this adolescent turns into a hottie.
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Nice nose, rich and ripe fruit extract, and on the palate pleasant thick and gritty texture. Flavor profiles of cherry and red fruit, not typical of what I expect in a Bordeaux, even a young gun. In fact, to my palate the ripe floral and fruit profile was reminiscent of a concentrated pinot (minus the cola, that is!) -- so, to purists: forewarned is forearmed! Whatever, I found upending the glass to be a pleasant task. It disappeared quickly ... I really can't predict whether more typical secondary characterstics might evolve with time. (90 pts. for pure pleasure, with an asterisk: deductions for lack of typicity may be appropriate, depending on who is doing the quaffing)
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($60) '99 and '01 Bordeaux at Taverna: Sweet oak nose. Fruit forward dark fruit with a tiny bit of menthol. Day two this smelled pleasantly of sweet tobacco as well. Pretty good, but overpriced.
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2001 Claret Tasting (Vintners' Hall, London): Nose a bit simple, nice depth of fruit, cherry and raspberry more than blackcurrent. Smooth grippy tannins, acidity slightly too high
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2/10/2024 - eddie100 wrote: 96 Points
Still clicking.
Beautiful.
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1/30/2021 - msauer Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dunkelrot
Rauchige Nase
Lang, Zimt, rauchig.
Dicht.ernsthaft. Großer Stoff
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1/9/2021 - Collector1855 wrote: 90 Points
Not a fan of this wine and this bottle confirms it. Ripe Merlot nose with a bit stewed fruit but not oxidative, tons of oak and torrefaction. The French always talk about terroir, but very little terroir in this wine, just lots of oak and dark fruit, could be from anywhere. St.Emilion continues to be the minefield appellation of Bordeaux, even their best, Figeac, Cheval Blanc and Ausone are inconsistent and the the recent A-upgrads Pavie and Angelus hopelessly stuck in the Parker era. Stick to Medoc is my recommendation or if it has to be Merlot, Pomerol.
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7/19/2020 - RedFilth wrote: 92 Points
Appearance : clear deep ruby with deep intensity, some garnet at the rim, medium + legs.
Nose : clean, medium + intensity, underlying black currant and cassis, fully developed with tertiary aromas of cedar.
Palate : dry, high acid with medium+ tannins, medium+ alcohol, intense and long finish. Cassis, licorice and bramble.
Conclusion : very good, harmonious and integrated. Drink now with decant or hold.
3 hour decant and improved over the next hour as we demolished it.
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7/9/2020 - SonnyChiba wrote:
Exactly how I remember it back in January. Picked it in a blind tasting. Really nice wine!
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6/15/2020 - msauer wrote: 95 Points
großer Trinkspass.
sehr abgerundet, kein Holz mehr Fruchtbombe
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1/24/2020 - SonnyChiba wrote: 93 Points
Another 2001 drinking beautifully. Not overly complex, but well balanced with a nice dark ripe plum flavor through the middle. Elegant wine, with a nice finish. 92-93.
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10/26/2018 - Primordialsoup Likes this wine: 92 Points
2hr decant. Light meniscus just beginning to brick. Floral nose with menthol and some heat. Easy entry onto palate with decent mouthfeel and integrated tannins. Fruit supported by structure here. A little gritty and chewy on mid-palate. Decent finish. Time left but if you have many try one now without concern.
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8/14/2018 - MarkLA wrote: 87 Points
I thought this would be an early drinker but did not guess correctly. It was a bit thin with red fruit, leather, and medium-plus acidity with dry, oaky tannin on the finish (87-90).
Day 2: After having been stored in the fridge, the wine exhibits more fruit, weight, and balance. I would cellar 2-3 years to see if it develops positively, as it isn't as good as expected at this point in time.
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6/16/2018 - Whinojb Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still has a great nose. Little cigar box and dirt. Fruit behind. Palate is soft and a bit watered down. It’s made it past it’s peak. Still good on the descent but drink em if you got em.
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1/9/2018 - Bshu Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drink now. Fruity flavor. Very smooth and silky.
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2/16/2017 - eddie100 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Drink asap. It reach it's peak.
Elegant and tasty
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2/11/2017 - terry j Likes this wine: 91 Points
Beautiful, classic cigar-box nose. Taste was rather sweet, but not unpleasant. Not much structure on the palate ... soft and a bit simple. Very nice though! In prime condition at this age: 16 years.
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6/4/2016 - djhammond Likes this wine: 90 Points
This has in my opinion declined over the last year. However, it is still a mature and well balanced wine.
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6/4/2016 - HENNO1 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Just well balanced lovely claret.
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9/16/2015 - swade wrote: 93 Points
Open three hours. Some lightening on the edge - dark garnet. Aromas of camphor, black licorice, cassis and bay leaf. Saturating, caressing entry. This offers more melted black licorice, blackberry and a plus oak spice finish. Some blackberry tart refrains on the tail. This is outstanding and I don't see it going anywhere for a while. This is a well done '01. 93
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11/13/2012 - bullmrkt wrote: 90 Points
At this point, I cant add much to Jeffs previous note...but this bottle was more brown at the edge than I expected and the palate consistently more aged, with a taint of greeness that slightly detracted from an otherwise great wine.
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2/21/2012 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points
From a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, this inky, dark wine opens with black licorice, coffee bean, jammy, black cherry liqueur, blueberry, earth and floral aromas. Powerful, packed and concentrated, the long, opulent, fleshy, jammy dark berry, filled finish is complicated by stone, licorice, chocolate and spice.
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2/3/2012 - Fishboy wrote: 89 Points
Really nice wine but could use some more time in the bottle
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6/24/2011 - Primordialsoup wrote: 92 Points
Time to explore the progression of this promising Saint-Émilion after its first decade. Nice deep purple hues from center to rim. The scent of Kalamata olives at first whiff during decant piqued my interest. After pouring, notes of cassis, black fruit, and earthy terroir pleasured the olfactory nerves. After a short decant there was plenty of acid to brighten the cherry, cigar box, cedar, and soft herbal mid-palate leading to fine chewy tannins with an elegant pleasing finish. Became more nuanced after first hour with cocoa, airy menthol, and more dark fruit. This wine is sexy and feminine. I'd say it is progressing very well.
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4/23/2011 - bevetroppo Likes this wine: 91 Points
Ignoring one of my most important foundational principles, I checked my prior notes on this wine before posting. Why? I couldn't remember when the last time I had it was, which turned out to be three months ago! I'm not some professional taster who samples 100 wines a week. I should know that I had this in January plus or minus. So I'd say my last note was pretty good, except the fruit if anything was more seductively sweet, plummy, ripe, bitter chocolatey and appealing. Very merlot in its whole presentation, there was no chance to confuse this with the Left Bank. The only argument you could make was, did it taste Californian, but I think not due to the more lithe body and overall drinkability. At an absolutely peak and good for another 5-10 with no problem. I think what I'm saying here is, I better record a note on everything I try cause Lord knows I won't remember it my own self.
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1/8/2011 - bevetroppo Likes this wine: 90 Points
Brim full of mocha/coffee/chocolate with some contributing cassis- oriented, plummy fruit. Open for business. Not showing tremendous depth, but neither is it the dreaded "over the top." Reasonably suave and sophisticated. Seems suspiciously like a nice, merlot-driven Bordeaux. The fruit plays peek-a-boo like the sun poking through clouds on an overcast day.
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12/16/2010 - madia wrote: 90 Points
Chateau Lynch Bages & Chateau Pavie Macquin Testing (Wine Route Tel Aviv): The nose reminds me the '03 – smoky, fruits, and chocolate. The palate was less impressive – medium bodied, acidity predominant. (150$)
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12/16/2010 - Yagil Likes this wine: 93 Points
Chateau Lynch-Bages & Chateau Pavie-Macquin vertical tasting (Wine Road Tel-Aviv): Jammy, rich, cherries & leather aroma;
Dense, rich, full-bodied, fruity, mouthful, enjoyable.
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9/13/2010 - krispi wrote: 92 Points
Only medium-bodied, but complex and very well balanced.
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9/4/2010 - Whinojb wrote: 92 Points
Earthy with rich dark fruits. Subtle on the pallette. Medium finish. Underrated vintage bringing strong value. Wish I had more.
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3/27/2010 - grafstrb wrote:
-- decanted for 16 hours before tasting --
-- tasted non-blind --
Very tight on the nose and palate upon opening; a 16 hour decant really opened this up, showing incredible red fruits on the nose as well as earth and mineral. Medium bodied; Well-balanced, but even the 16 hour decant didn't smooth the ample drying tannins that assert themselves on the finish. Flavors mirror the nose; this still needs lots of time in the cellar: I can only venture a guess as to how long -- maybe six or seven more years before this even starts to hit its prime drinking window. Great wine. Gut impression score: 92 - 94.
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3/1/2010 - D@vidsWine wrote:
Beautiful nose. Classic right bank violets, minerals, a little licorice. Tasted months ago hence the brief note ****
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1/23/2010 - Zweder wrote: 92 Points
Regular dinner group (@ CdW Bordeaux 2000 vs 2001.): Expressive, creamy bouquet with cassis and some sweetness. Everything comes back on the palate. Very harmonious wine. Great now, but no hurry. This wine will stay on this level or even improve a bit the next 3+ years.
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9/12/2009 - pian0_player wrote: 94 Points
Surprising and beautiful. Lush, balanced, layered, dark fruit. Espresso, and chocolate. Really singing today. great buy!
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8/14/2009 - Surfdoc wrote: 89 Points
Nice black cherry flavor with some pepper and french oak. Medium finish with good balance.
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8/1/2009 - djdaqm wrote: 86 Points
Smells like a medicine storage cabinet. I was expecting so much more out of this wine. Lacks complexity and concentration. Too tight and the antithesis of fun while drinking.
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7/22/2009 - noppakit s. wrote: 92 Points
Open it 2 hours before drinking.
Seductive nose of St.Emilion, strong scent of full-toasted used barrel, chocolate, coffee, smoke, terroir, less fruit but nice. Surprisingly round, medium+, hints of fresh acidity, a delicious wine with a deep, good deep and fairy long finished. We drink it very fast, the bottle is empty in 35 minutes.
Anyway, I open this wine due to the T/N of Pavie Princess and totally agree with. ( My most favorite among Pavie.)
Drink 2010 - 2018..................91-92+/100......................
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7/2/2009 - acox wrote:
Aromas of black cherry, flowers and smokiness. On the palate, dark cherry and blueberry, faintly herbal and some spice, subtle oak. Medium bodied, smooth finish.
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7/1/2009 - pikemasterflash wrote: 84 Points
Thin all the way around (with the exception of color). The '02 is much better. Not "bad" but nothing good to report either.
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2/1/2009 - Stefanos T. wrote: 92 Points
This was more like an Amarone than a Bordeaux.
Black plummy fruit, chocolate and coffee together with vanilla dominated the nose.
Full bodied with soft but huge tannins. Good but slighltly overpowering.
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10/12/2008 - ludwigbpm wrote: 91 Points
Dégustation Collin
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6/10/2008 - Pavie Princess wrote: 92 Points
I have had this wine before at EP's and rated it then a 90 and had a flat affect over it. This time I open one and for 24 hrs and boy I am glad I did that. The aroma of this wine was brisk. It had big black cherry fruit with chocolate and blue berry. The wine aroma was very prominent with further aeration. The mid platae was loaded with more fruit. Cherry Strawberry and cassis and currants with coffee toffee licorice wet clay crush stone and cigar box. The seocondaries in this wine are pretty substantial and the wine is velvet smooth. Still the tannin leve is brisk hiding fruit but this wine will get grade elevation with age. The ending had cigar box and minerality with fresh herbs and some more jammy fruit. Excellent experience with this wine compared to older notes. Makes me think this is headed north of 95 points in the next 10 yrs. Loved the wine but it needs more cellar time. If you drink it decant it forever and aerate it. It unlocked its true potential. Serious juice.
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4/22/2008 - Alex H wrote: 83 Points
Satisfying nose of flowers, dark red fruits and some wild notes. Juicy plums and moderate oak on the palate. Great with the truffle mee pok.
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12/1/2007 - *Vine* wrote: 89 Points
Decanted. Very "fresh" nose of black cherries, spice, and mocha. On the medium to light bodied palate I immediately noticed how well the oak was integrated. Otherwise, the flavors mirrored the nose, plus a slight mineral tinge that added some complexity. Well balanced acidity and tannins. Overall, a little lighter than expected but quite lovely and easy to drink. Drink now or hold for another 2-4 years, IMO.
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12/8/2006 - bevetroppo wrote: 90 Points
Decanted and immediately poured. Big and generous from the get-go. At first I thought it might be pumped up, but that didn't turn out to be the case. It had immediate accessible overtones of dense red fruits, chocolate, coffee, dried herbs, vanilla and god knows what else. Went through various stages over the course of two hours: fleshy/ripe, lean vegetal, open/closed. Very much trying to decide what it wants to be when it grows up. Try again in 3-5 to see if this adolescent turns into a hottie.
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11/5/2006 - bingedrinker wrote: 90 Points
Nice nose, rich and ripe fruit extract, and on the palate pleasant thick and gritty texture. Flavor profiles of cherry and red fruit, not typical of what I expect in a Bordeaux, even a young gun. In fact, to my palate the ripe floral and fruit profile was reminiscent of a concentrated pinot (minus the cola, that is!) -- so, to purists: forewarned is forearmed! Whatever, I found upending the glass to be a pleasant task. It disappeared quickly ... I really can't predict whether more typical secondary characterstics might evolve with time. (90 pts. for pure pleasure, with an asterisk: deductions for lack of typicity may be appropriate, depending on who is doing the quaffing)
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11/5/2005 - OneLastSyrah wrote:
($60) '99 and '01 Bordeaux at Taverna: Sweet oak nose. Fruit forward dark fruit with a tiny bit of menthol. Day two this smelled pleasantly of sweet tobacco as well. Pretty good, but overpriced.
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11/2/2005 - Russell Faulkner wrote:
2001 Claret Tasting (Vintners' Hall, London): Nose a bit simple, nice depth of fruit, cherry and raspberry more than blackcurrent. Smooth grippy tannins, acidity slightly too high
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