Opened and double decanted two hours. Lovely smooth merlot, hint of spice, and a bit of tar/licorice and herbal nose. Not much fruit, but drinking well now.
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Very dark color. Closed nose at the start, after some air red fruit, licorice and underbrush. On the palate dominating tannines, lack of fruit. Became softer after a while (4 hours), but the fruit never showed up as I expected. Finish medium but to much tannines. This wine has the caracteristics of the 2002 vintage.
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This is a good wine, relatively ripe, with notes of cherries and other red fruits as well as dry fallen leaves. To me, it is not as good as the '99 Fieuzal I tried it alongside.
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Typical softness of Bordeaux merlot. Spicy French oak and hints of blue berry and chocolate on the nose. A bit high in acidity as expected for a Bordeaux. Great to have with food. It showed spectacularly at Fogo de Chao (Brazilian Churrascaria). Drink now-2010.
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10/22/2011 - bacchusnyon wrote: 89 Points
Opened and double decanted two hours. Lovely smooth merlot, hint of spice, and a bit of tar/licorice and herbal nose. Not much fruit, but drinking well now.
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2/16/2008 - gven wrote: 83 Points
Very dark color. Closed nose at the start, after some air red fruit, licorice and underbrush. On the palate dominating tannines, lack of fruit. Became softer after a while (4 hours), but the fruit never showed up as I expected. Finish medium but to much tannines. This wine has the caracteristics of the 2002 vintage.
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12/28/2006 - David Wilson wrote:
This is a good wine, relatively ripe, with notes of cherries and other red fruits as well as dry fallen leaves. To me, it is not as good as the '99 Fieuzal I tried it alongside.
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10/21/2006 - jakob.krummenacher@gmail.com wrote: 90 Points
Typical softness of Bordeaux merlot. Spicy French oak and hints of blue berry and chocolate on the nose. A bit high in acidity as expected for a Bordeaux. Great to have with food. It showed spectacularly at Fogo de Chao (Brazilian Churrascaria). Drink now-2010.
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