A lovely Bordeaux and one that has been anchored in the acidity that keeps it moving slow. This is fully mature now and in the third stage of its evolution with nowhere to go. Here you get a surprisingly quiet nose but the wine underneath is Bordeaux through and through. Melted pencil, cedar, some floral elements, and a distinctive cool climate Cabernet herbaceous note that is probably another factor in the longevity of this modest Pauillac. The chocolate notes bring in the third layer, telling you its time to enjoy this and release it into history and capture it in this memory. DRINK
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Farbe leicht bräunlich, mit hellem Rand, Bouquet nach Pferdestall, Sattel-Leder, großer Körper, voll, füllt den ganzen Gaumen aus, ganz tiefgründig, feiner und langer Abgang, alles stimmig, toller Pauillac-Genuss
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Monthly Tuesday group "The Dead Sparrow": Pauillac and St. Julien (By me @ the factory): Beautiful and deep bouquet, a bit rustic, but also luxurious with beautiful oak, cedar and cigar box, plums and graphite as well. On the palate beautifully ripe dark berries which give a round and juicy mouth feel. Great length. Beautiful wine at its peak now and no real hurry. 92 – 93.
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Drank 3 hrs after opening, double decanted at open. Superb, the tannins a little too mellow but here’s a classic aged Bordeaux that is delicious background supporter for richer foods (in this case le coucou - quenelle, sweetbreads, filet w bone marrow jus, leeks vinaigrette). Cherries mahogany, and subtle wet soil.
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I had low expectations for this bottle after finding it in the recesses of my cellar, knowing that it SHOULD have been consumed several yeats ago. What a surprise to find this well-structured fruity and almost opulent wine waiting for us, and continuing to improve to "the last drop!"
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Showed slightly thin at first (after the Pontet-Canet) but after 10 minutes really blossomed, floral, pretty, feminine to P-C's masculine. Lovely and went well with the lamb stuffed pepper w/ a squeeze of lemon. EWG Bacari Silverlake
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Zh/ErbRuf) Angenehme Überraschung: ein schöner reifer Wein mit einem ausreichenden Säuregerüst und milder Attitüde….Hat einiges an Kraft und Volumen verloren und auch die Länge hat gelitten. Aber sehr mild und fein balanciert. Macht Spaß zu trinken…
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Nose has the lovely mature right bank Bordeaux nose of cigar box, leather and undergrowth with black and red fruit undercurrents.
To taste a savoury hit of those secondary elements of earth, tobacco, followed by black and red current fruit before the still active acid and tannin structure makes its presence felt.
Definitely an old school slightly strict Bordeaux but very enjoyable and as it’s firmly in its secondary phase at least another 5-10 years of enjoyment ahead.
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Delicious. Expressive nose, only a bit sweet, mineral, touch of Asian spice. Medium bodied. Cassis fruit. Long finish. High acidity. Plenty of life left but nothing wrong with drinking it now.
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Deep garnet red textbook leftbanker very elegant some cedarwood and licorice still lots of blackberry black currant and hints of vanilla. Soft tannins and persistent finish.
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Agree with other notes that it's excellent, but the nose definitely outshines the palate. Wonderful nose. Cedar, herbs, classic Bordeaux cassis on the nose. Preserved cherries dominate, even a touch of strawberry, rosemary on the palate. Again, some cedar on the finish as it tapers off over a minute. In a good place now. I suspect will decline over the next 5 years. Very minimal decant, to remove sediment.
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CB: 93. Ready to drink the second i opened it. Excellent structure, great nose and palate, but not overwhelmingly amazing as i know Bordeaux can be. It's REALLY delicious though and I'm so glad we opened it. Will be Paired with Neils pot roast recipe that's been in the slow cooker all day.
JR: 92-93
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Decanted, moderate amount of settled sediment. Medium-plus ruby, age-appropriate bricking; aromatic, lovely balance of black fruits, blackberry, balanced by a savory capsicum, underbrush, shoe leather, slight tobacco; palate is full bodied, fresh medium-plus acidity throughout, impeccably balanced and restrained 12.5% alcohol, integrated tannins and provide some texture, nice core of underlying black fruits, clean midpalate; finish is medium length and does terminate just a bit early. Agree with my assessment from 2016, nose>palate, superb balance, lacking a bit of length and depth but impeccably well put together. Drinks well now but it hasn't seemed to have moved much in 5 years and it will easily last another 5. You could easily pay a lot more for a lot less. 91
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Bought at auction so provenance was unknown. Drunk with d'Armailhac 2009. The 2000 is still on par with the 2009. Mature yes, but very fresh. Drinking extremely well now and would not be worried to leave 2-3 years more in cellar. Drunk with roast beef filet - perfect. Tasting notes: see Nutty08 and J O E (like the ... throwback in time ... note :-)) - no need ro repeat.
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In a perfect spot. Jumped from glass as soon as it was opened. Classic Pauillac notes of mint, cedar and pipe tobacco notes. Mostly integrated fruit elements on the palate, with repeating mint notes mixed with tobacco notes. Mild tannins. Lengthy finish with the fruit really hanging on. Impressive. My best bottle of 6
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Translucent crimson. Leather, cassis, smoke and cedar aromatics place this squarely in the aged Left Bank Bordeaux category. On the palate, there is medium body, a decidedly red fruit character, along with a faint mocha note and gentle tannic grip. In some ways, this wine feels like a throwback in time—low alcohol (12.5% on the label), no sense of heaviness, a hint of rusticity, and zero over-ripe character. In short, a very nice Pauillac that is at its apogee, but will probably drink well for an another decade or so. 91.
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Impeccable nose of dark currant fruits, a hint of luxury in there, new leather, a touch of sweet minerals, lovely nose! Translucent dark red in colour! The palate is rich and full of racy dark fruits, again with a hint of minerals, a little thick and yet still retain some freshness, absolutely ready to go!
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Delicious paulliac in early maturity. Showing a bit more red fruit and less barnyard and feral notes than a recent ‘01. This showed a lovely smoky and flint nose. Mostly red fruit driven. Mid weight palate with fine slightly austere tannins still present. Persistent length with just a bit of herbal notes mixed in. Has some firmness to the tannin that needs to resolve—may dry out—but I favor this cruising for the next 10yrs or so.
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Dark and still pretty youthful booking. Initial aromatic skew heavily towards leather notes, earth, black currant, charcoal, a touch of brett. Rather focused, rather intense, and very dark. Tight on entry, decidedly less opulent and powerful than the nose suggests. This is a bit tight, still quite youthful, elegant with juicy black currant fruit, modest tannins focused on the midpalate followed by rather juicy acidity that ends this snap and focus through the moderately long finish. There’s some complexity bound up here, wood spice, a touch of green nuttiness, some gravelly, dusty notes, but they are quite subtle still. Will be interesting to see if this blossoms with air, or falls flat. From this initial peak I would say tight, in need of more air
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This bottle was in a great place... perfectly balanced primary, secondary, and tertiary flavors. Acidity and silky, resolved tannins provided firm, yet elegant structure.
I’d call this wine textbook, in the most complimentary way. Not a thing out of place here. While some may think this is in decline, others might say it’s got years ahead of it.
Drank after a decant (fine sediment) and one hour of air... proceeded to enjoy over the next 4 hours.
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My final bottle; after opening I was initially a little concerned it was not going to be a good bottle. A little while in the glass allowed it to open up a bit and I was getting a nice woodsy aroma and some fruit showed up. Day 2 was enlightening, now the wine was very nice with everything more intensely coming through, delicious dark fruit; tannins that were striking but smooth and a very enjoyable finish. This wine feels like it is fully mature and I don't know if it will get any better but given the day 2 results I have to believe it will drink well for a while still.
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Granite with browning on edges. Typical Bordeaux style aromas …. cassis, cedar, tobacco, spices, and an earthiness. Flavours repeat but I also note a weaker mid palate to finish … maybe a bit thin. Medium bodied, and still medium acidity. Dusty smooth tannins. But overall a really nice aging Bordeaux. Well done and tasty.
On day2, the thinness has disappeared, and the wine has filled in a bit more to give a more consistent taste experience from start to finish
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Epic. Hits every mature Bordeaux note. Elevated duck w/dark fruit sauce and hung in through cheese and after dinner conversation. Second to last bottle - wish i had another case!
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From 75cl, perfect cork, decanted 1 hour, improved until last drop two hours later. So glad I waited to open these. As noted on 22.09.2019, a 94+P scent, quintessential Pauillac with all the hackneyed descriptors, here open, obvious and waving out the window to you. Beautiful measured entry; silky-smooth, with excellent balance and multi-dimensional texture. And, duh, cedar, blackcurrant, rich tobacco, spice box, you know... Surprisingly full-bodied on the mid-palate, at least for d'Armailhac, compared to the neighbouring vintages I am most familiar with (1998, 2001, 2002), indeed my husband reached for the bottle and asked "sure this isn't Clerc Milon?" to which the answer was "I know what you mean, but there isn't enough Merlot". Beautiful, exemplary wine, well worth the 32 EUR German retail price paid back in 2003 on release. Singing now, well stored bottles have a happy 5-10 years of maturity ahead. 93P
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Austere Bordeaux in very much the classical style. Herb, earth, smoke and hints of fruit on the nose. Cedar and tannin on palate. Still bold and tannic after 20 years. Should easily last another ten years in cool cellar conditions.
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totally agree with “AMF” and greedy...this wine is so well integrated smooth tanins, still plenty of fruit. its such a terrific QPR Bdx Alas, our last btl of this vintage
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Drank in Chris's backyard during quarantine from 6 ft away.
The thing about tasting this right now is I’m shocked now chuggable/crushable it is. It’s not heavy like a Napa Cab, nor thin like a cheaper Bordeaux. I imagine a time when 5th growths like this were much cheaper and people just opened them up to drink quickly and enjoy. Of course, it’s a $120 or so bottle retail so we must savor it. Sigh...
Just starting to get tertiary. But still lots of black cherries and black raspberries. Cedar, cigar box, pencil lead. Mellow tannins. Med + body. Drink now or hold
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This wine make me has yet to disappoint me. Lots of fruit left. Some tertiary flavors coming in. This is a great Bordeaux for the price. I have some 2010s and look forward to drinking them in 10 years.
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Right now, a big, fruit forward, luscious wine, which I suppose one would expect from the vintage. This is not a bad thing, and could be a great thing if you liked the style. For me, it was enjoyable, but I think it will be better in 5, 10, and perhaps also 15 and 20 years.
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Mature wine (more than I would have guessed being a 2000) with nose and palate of tobacco, plum, cedar. Very clearly traditional Bordeaux style, drinking in a nice window in my opinion.
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Great wine. Nose of red and dark fruits, cedar, secondary and tertiary notes, sweet fine tannins, some oak, long finish. Delightful!. Does not appear in decline.
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Lovely old-school claret, and very Pauillac in its feature. Nice secondary cassis fruit notes and hints of sweet tobacco, olives and pencil lead. Tannins are still unresolved though, so 5-10 more years are most likely needed to put this beauty into its prime time. 93+
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This is drinking well now. There is some bottle variation. This is my 2nd in the past 2 months, and showed much better than the first (which I would rate an 86).
I agree with "Greedy", who said "What a beauty. Definitely into the barnyard tertiary flavours. Beautiful nose of brambled red fruit. Long smooth finish. Lots of delicious red fruit. Tannins nice and smooth. This is well worth the 147 cad I paid. Lots of life left.
My score is a little lower, but this is very enjoyable claret.
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What a beauty. Definitely into the barnyard tertiary flavours. Beautiful nose of brambled red fruit. Long smooth finish. Lots of delicious red fruit. Tannins nice and smooth. This is well worth the 147 cad I paid. Lots of life left.
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Opened my last two bottles for Thanksgiving. Both corks came out intact. Decanted (a fair amount f sediment had accumulated) and then let stand for an hour. It could have used another hour, as the wine opened up more fully well into the meal. A lovely classic left bank Bordeaux blend and the nearly two decades of bottle age allowed it to mature into a well rounded, complex wine with a gentle but delicious bouquet. Worth the wait.
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Decanted an hour and served. Lightly tart acid on the attack, then a lovely mature body with earth, cassis, sous bois, and with air a little milk chocolate. Probably past peak but still a nice old claret from a great year.
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2000 Chateau d'Armailhac was complex, well-balanced, evolving and mature. It was medium garnet in colour with an orange rim and lots of fine sediments. The Pauillac displayed aromas of leather, Oriental spices and dried tangerine peel, and with an hour in air, showed red plum, licorice, graphite and a touch of smoke. On the palate, it was dry and medium bodied with medium acidity and satisfying mature tannin, concluding with flavours leather and spices in the medium finish.
Other reviews on Cellartracker suggested youthfulness, like intense primary fruits like cassis and blackberries. With 19 years of age, significant bottle variations might occur depending on transportation and storage conditions. Read any reviews with a grain of salt.
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Beautiful dark color, no browning, tremendous nose with great potential. Great red and dark fruit notes, secondary motes and some teriary whick are affected by moderate prickly tannins. Long enjoyable finish. May still be young and need to settle those tannins down.
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Typical Bordeaux perfume envelops this beauty. Still youthful but extremely approachable, this wine provides immense pleasure at this stage. Although it can still hold for another 10-15 years, I would ask why wait when it's delicious now?
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From 75cl, perfect cork, decanted 1 hour. I'm glad J @ y H @ c k recently pointed out the 94P scent (CT TN 16.12.2018): It is indeed sensational, a creamy cedar/pencil-lead/cassis Pauillac dream. The entry is slender, buoyantly light and dry, with a silky texture, green bell pepper and a hint of cool menthol. It leads to an equally old school-austere mid-palate and a structured, dry/dusty tannic finish, so if you don't like your claret that way, you won't like this much. I do. Just entering maturity, I think this has at least another 5+ years to go, depending on personal taste. 90-91P
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Decanted for an hour then followed for two and a half hours. About a third of the bottle left, poured back into bottle, vacuum seal with air sucked out and put into refrigerator for tomorrow.
Today it's a good wine, not a great wine. Tanins are mostly but not fully resolved. Very acidic right to the edge of annoying, but not quite there. The nose is quite beautiful with expressive dark red fruit, principally cherry. However, the palate is much lighter and you feel a bit cheated after a 94 point aroma that you can smell when the glass is three feet away. The interesting thing is that the taste of this wine is the best AFTER you swallow it! The flavor remaining in your mouth is a very nice warm fruit mix of red tree fruit and red berries. If Paulliac is the smooth and sexy Bordeaux, this fits in well with that description, but just a bit too light and thin for my taste.
I have one more. Save it until 2023 to see what develops.
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I like where this is right now. It may fill out a bit more in the mid palate but don’t feel you have to wait. Has a hint of Pauillac funk but little green. Adding a nice leafy complexity to the fruit. Dry, a bit hollow on the mid palate, but comes together nicely in the finish. Still has a bit of angular tannin to resolve.
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Déguste 3 Pauillac 2000, Batailley, Armailhac et Clerc-Milon Ouff on est loin du 2005 en Pauillac sur 2000...les 3 ont donné plus sur le côté austère et même tertiaire...un peu rustique même...déception. A mieux paru que Baitailley, un peu fermé mais moins tertitiare. Fruits noirs, terre et le côté animal qui ressort encore. Massez tannique et finale assez longue.
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So much better and more rewarding than a bottle three years ago. Pop n' pour and drank over 4 hours. Full, forward nose with a medley of classic left bank notes -- currants, plum, bell pepper, tobacco and cedar. The palate has round and rich fruit (much more charming than a leaner bottle a few years ago). Good balance between fruit and structure. In a nice drinking window.
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- Brick color with medium forming legs. It's somewhat balanced with a medium body. Leathery texture with a short finish - Really great nose on this wine. Wine is clearly ready to drink and enjoy.
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Beautiful claret. Medium bodied, more charm than power. Graphite and red fruit nose. Cassis/cherry palate. Great mellow finish. Nothing wrong with drinking now, I think it doesn't get too much better but I'm not in a great hurry to finish these off.
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Has it really been 5 years since my last bottle? I shouldn't be surprised, because this has aged quite a bit, the primary fruit slimmed down and retrained into a more mature bricked complexion. The personality is more restrained too and appears on the closed-up side for perhaps the first time since release. This was much better 5 years ago and (hopefully) it will be better again 5 years from now, but I'm not sure how many gears Armailhac really has.
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Better than our last bottle - medium to medium deep ruby w hints of age - cigar box nose, good acidity - smooth, medium bodied, classic cherry and tobacco palate - lovely, classic claret w good fruit, balanced and showing some secondary notes - correct; a "proper claret" as the Brits would say, , but it's not thrilling or wowing in any sense, which one would prefer at C$100/bottle! - but v nice, v. Bordeaux. Should hold here for a few years yet.
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have had a lot of these over the past few years. always been a decent pedestrian wine. This bottle had a level of brett that I have not experienced before. Drinkable but not representative.....
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This is a classic Pauillac that is full of energy and good tension. It delivers earth, espresso, cedar and bright red fruit while the acidity is evidently the big theme and the backbone of the graceful, slow aging. The fruit tannins are right where they need to be for my taste and that makes this wine a Drink!
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Rather classic Paulliac; dark, healthy color. Telltale currents, lead pencil and cedar. Good length and some spice on the palate lead me to think it could still evolve. Excellent bottle.
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A rich red color and good rich fruit and body. This wine is drinking very well now, could go another 2-3 years? Went very well with prime rib roast. on blind tasting some guest preferred the 2012 Sanson Estate Baco Noir Reserve.
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Plums, cassis, cigar box and cedar on the nose, with a ripe, vibrant mouthful of plum and cassis, tinted with raspberry and strawberry flavours. Medium-bodied but persistent and with decent grip, this is now at peak. Not Premier League standard, but not far off, this is drinking beautifully and totally outclassed the Haut-Batailley 2000 it was tried with.
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Alpha Estate & Friends Dinner (The Leadbury, London): Tasted blind and this was a solid solid wine. What is very impressive is how the nose of this wine evolved. First notes were of classic bordeaux, then evolved to a northern Rhone with light smoky, roast meat feel, black olive notes and towards the end showed a more mocha feel. Very impressive wine, round, supple, layered and with lost of balance and elegance. Very Very good. 93-94
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Der beste Armailhac den ich bisher hatte, aber da liegt die Messlatte ja auch nichts besonders hoch. Ein typischer Paulliac, etwas Zeder, Graphit, Leder, dunkle Beeren. Am Gaumen eher schlank und kompakt, dunkler Fruchtkern mit etwas Extrakt, ist im Abgang etwas unsauber, fast schon grün, hält nicht sonderlich lange nach. Klassischer, reifer Bordeaux, aber wie immer bei Armailhac für den Jahrgang enttäuschend. Drink up.
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Beautiful expression of Pauillac, in a more classic style. Tight, very focused, cedar and pencil shavings abound. Intense and pure blackcurrant fruit quality. Excellent balance and while certainly in maturity, this feels quite young and able to go another decade....
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A lovely cedar wood / cigar-box savouriness here - and plenty of sweet cassis fruit to go with it. Interesting, fully mature, but lovely chewy fruit too. Great
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This wine has continued to improve and is in a very good spot. Notes of eucalyptus and pencil lead. Lean, soft and drinking beautifully. Decanted an hour before drinking.
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No notes, but a significant disappointment - slightly thin, too acidic, lacking body - for this vintage, from a member of the Rothschild stable, this is not up to snuff.
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The D'Armailhac 2000 is currently drinking well with still some life yet. I bought this wine en-primeur so have followed its evolution over the years. I still find a heavy influence of oak on the nose, never the less the wine is smooth and a pleasure to drink if perhaps not showing a lot of complexity. A few days later I opened a 2000 Langoa Barton which gave much more enjoyment a step up in the quality of fruit and finish.
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A correct Pauillac dominated by dark fruit notes of blackcurrant and blackberry. There are also some hints of cedar on the finish. Drinking well now - it can hold but I'm not sure there's much upside to doing so.
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Perfect fill and pristine cork. Very dark in colour. Plums and cassis on the nose with the usual cigar box and cedar. Initially quite short, even thin, but it just needed time to reveal a typically Pauillac, deep mouthful of blackcurrant and blackberry, with a good second wave of plums, before quite a persistent finish. If the finish was more profound, this would be outstanding but it's still the best Armailhac I've tasted.
Despite what some would say, I won't be hurrying to finish mine. This is still improving. A self-proclaimed "expert" declared a few years back that Armailhac should be drunk in its first ten years. Whilst I would agree that it's better to drink bottles too young than too old, to crack open this kind of wine in its first decade is simply to miss the point. Oh well.
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I had this at 89 a few years ago. May have been shut down or bottle variation as this was more energetic than the prior three. Forrest berry palate and aromas. In a good place. 90
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Very classic Pauillac! Quite masculine, tobacco noter, deep blue berries, earthy cellar. Only flaw was that it was a bit short on the aftertaste. Good wine though!
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Upon opening, the nose was a little muddled at first, with cedar, faint berry, coffee and pencil lead. The palate was slightly tannic, cool to the mouth- nice red berry and plum. This wine had moments of clarity over the few hours I drank this, the purity shone through intermittently. 1/4 of the bottle was consumed 2 days later (after refrigerating), and it did loose some of its freshness. Very good
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Very competent wine, well made. Fruit starting to fade just a bit, while tannins still present. Nice Tobacco and slight secondary notes, medium finish.
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Coravin 6/18/2016: Decanted 30 min. Deep ruby with slight appropriate bricking; nose is surprisingly aromatic with tobacco, cedar, blackberry, good complexity that fades just a tad with extra swirling; palate is full bodied, youthful medium tannin, medium acid, medium alcohol, well integrated blackberry and black cherry fruit though these are a bit more muddled rather than crisp; medium finish. Overall this is well balanced, complex on the nose>palate, and superb value at $25 (release), even $50 (now), though it does lack the definition and depth of the very top tier bordeaux. Drinking well now and over the next few years. 90-91.
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Purchased on release. Double decanted tonight two hours before drinking, which really brought out its best. Twelve years and twelve bottles. Beautiful with curried short ribs with a lemongrass dipping chili. A perfectly aged, dignified, compatible Pauillac.
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Shy one nose wth raspberry and leather notes - coffee, earth and pencil at the palate. Tannins soft, uneven bottle. Would probably not develop any more. Drink up - with meat. 90-91p.
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This wine is finally starting to show its stuff. Dark maroon in color, brooding but deep. Decanted for an hour and tasting very nice. Pencil-lead, cigar box, still has some tannin backbone. Drinking nice now but still has a couple of years to go.
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The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like vanilla, bark and coffee. It tastes like black currant (cassis) and black pepper. The body is full. The wine has narrow texture. The wine finishes short. The wine has medium acidity. Not real impressive.
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Tasted as part of 2000 Bordeaux tasting. Blackberry, bell pepper, forest floor notes. Palate very refined and balanced. Moderate finish. Very enjoyable now but no need to rush.
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Appearance: Bright and clear, it has medium ruby color, with garnet rims and legs. Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of black fruit of cassis and plum, oak notes of cedar, kernel notes of dark chocolate and coffee, herbaceous notes of yellow bell pepper, maturity notes of cigar box, animal notes of meaty. The wine is developing. Palate: Dry with medium acidity, the wine has medium tannin of ripe and silky in texture, medium alcohol and medium (+) body, demonstrating medium (+) intensity of flavors including black fruit of blackberry and plum, herbal notes of five spices, oak notes of cedar, kernel notes of coffee. The wine has a medium finish. Conclusion: Good quality Pauillac with an intense nose of good complexity, the wine has elegance and structure, a good representation of the commune, with the tannin already mellow to the degree it is well-integrated. With also good concentration, it has reasonable length on the finish. A nice wine which is ready to drink now, it can still maintain for another 2-3 years.
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Needed 2hrs of air to integrate and show well. Moderately expressive nose of cigar box, funk, and dark fruit. Palate has medium concentration with black currants and a little cedar spice. Finish adds a little ash. Fruit is still youthful, and nose isn't quite as expressive as you'd expect from a mature example. A year or 2 away from its mature plateau but still enjoyable in a primary sense now. Tannins in check.
This is finally coming around. For the first hour after opening the fruit was hiding, very pencil-lead and not much else, a bit of dry fruit on the palate. After being open a bit the wine maintains its graphite nose but has a much more rich feel in the mouth. There's still quite a bit of tannin at the end, but the finish is long. I think this could use another 2 years to soften a little more, I now have faith that it will be very good.
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Preface : The capsule was sticky and smelled of past seepage. Wine was not decanted but popped, poured and tasted over 3 hours.
Nose: Strong notes of sandlwood, leather and damp earth. There are undertones of dark dried fruits, plum, pomegranate and a bit of cherry.
Palate: Slightly weedy, but not in a bad way. The acid is still sharp but somehow a little soft (yea, it doesn't really make sense, it's hard to accurately describe). The tannins are silky and intigrated.
Finish: Astringent and long with hints of dark fruit and "forest floor".
Thoughts: I was at first rather underwhelmed, but with a little air the underlying fruit seemed to emerge from behind the more brown/green aspects adding some wonderful depth and character. This bottle seems to be over the hill, but it's near the top and not at the bottom on the other side with several years of life left.
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Decanted for 60-90 minutes before dinner. Showing very well with dark fruits and smooth tannins. I liked this one best while my son preferred the St. Julien.
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Sheer dark fruits! Not exciting! In the dump phase? Not reflecting the quality of the vintage! Questionable? Try it in a few years time! Living in hope!
Christmas Wine Tasting (BB&R)
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Decanted 60-90 minutes. Was very smooth. Uniform color and a wonderful nose. Doing quite well, but I think I will try to drink the second half of this case over the next year or so.
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This wine was OK , a bit dry , decent nose , the tannins and dryness smashed the fruit , was expecting more , will try again in a year(s) as this juice needs time to have the tannins resolve a bit more.
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Beautiful mature aromas of aged plum and cherry fruit, dried tobacco leaf, cigar box, underbrush and mineral. Medium bodied palate, though the fruit is light and receding. Good acids on the mid-palate. Fine tannin rides over the fruit in the finish. The fruit has started to fade here and I'd drink up.
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Better than the last one, this opened up nicely, with quite rich, jammy fruit and a decent finish. All the usual Armailhac taste and aroma components. Not the stunner I thought it would turn into but a very decent bottle.
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I opened my last bottle tonight, with some sirloin stroganoff, and while I do 'like' it, I don't 'love' it, and primarily because I get a HUGE dose of coffee on the palate. Coffee is scarcely dominant on a Bordeaux - normally saddle leather, pencil shavings, sweet cherry, etc - but it's hugely dominant on this. It's so dominant on the palate and the finish that it almost has a bitter approach overall, which is unfortunate. Not bad, just not great.
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Pw/2 hr decant. Very solid cork, only 1/16" stain. Clear, med purple/red color, no bricking/brown edge. Absolutely no funk or cork on the nose. Exceptional vintage providing rich flavor and soft tannins at the close of finish. Perfect balance/integration, the bottle aged well and better than expected. Medium body, correct claret flavor profile which stayed the course, never got flat or thin. Delicious. $30 at release.
Medium-bodied smooth and balanced tannins from start to finish for this sweet scented cedar forest delicious mouth caressing black fruit delight from the wonderful 2000 vintage.
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Purple colour, good clarity. Moderate legs. Unmistakeable Pauillac nose with typical cedar. Rounded on the palate, pleasant mouthfeel with some soft tannins. Leather and graphite perhaps outstrip the fruit, but overall very pleasing and will last for 15 years more. May improve over next 5 years. Very nice Pauillac.
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SO nice to break away from the Burgundy vortex every now and then…..this has always been a fan fav for me…..Pauillac on the cheap back in the day…….can't believe its been 6 yrs since my last bottle of this? Still very youthful….smooth and silky, yet still firm with a dusty tannic grip. Might not be fully open for biz just yet…..still statuesque….but the flavors are totally tasty Bordeaux…leather, pencil lead, smoked nuts, dried currants, raspberry, licorice, purple flowers, dusty cedar spice……super smooth feel…then kicker of spice and dried fruit finish. SO fun to sip on…..and more interesting than most Ca. cabs. Plenty more in the tank on this one…wish I had another case!
Outstanding Bordeaux at its peak of development, for my tastes. Medium bodied (at most) but with an exquisite sense of balance and proportion. The acid and tannin levels are in harmony and are gentle in nature. Classic blackcurrant, cigar box and lead pencil with lots of integrated oak. This will age for another 10 years, but I find it difficult to imagine this improving further.
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This wine is finally hitting its stride, but still has some life. The tannins have broken to allow you to taste this delicious wine. Prior bottles were almost impenetrable. Decanted for at least one hour and it drank fine. Typical Pauilliac style. Well integrated.
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Very nice well aged Bordeaux. Drank with steak. Typical Bordeaux nose, with hint of ripe olives. High acidity, but balanced. This wine held four nights, and a long car trip to Denver, four days after opening.
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More in hope than certainty. Very tight, with good structure but the fruit has rather dried and thinned since the last bottle. This could be in a mute phase but I'm not over optimistic. There's no point in drinking it now so better to wait another year or two and hope for the best.
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Older Bordeaux Tasting (Dan's Place): Dark ruby with no sign of bricking. 52% cab, 48% merlot. Restrained, well balanced with good fruit and tannic backbone. To watch for further development; somewhat reticent now.
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- Brick color with medium forming legs. It's somewhat balanced and has flavours of raspberry with a medium body. Coarse texture with a medium finish - Nose is that of a typical Bordeaux wine. Very earthy.
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This has developed well over the last year. It has now got some decent complexity on show, mixing cedar, cassis with earthy funky notes. Still has some gravelly structure but this has softened a little. I think this has eased into it's plateau where it should sit for 10 years or so.
From jeroboam. Attractive nose, a bit of Mouton mintiness, cool. On the palate, quite tannic, slightly sharp acidity, good length but a bit simple. 90-92
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Wonderful rich purple colour, and a nose that suggested strong cassis fruit, with a hint of tertiary cigar-box & almost charcoal notes. This didn't quite follow through on the palate, unfortunately, which had a rush of acidity and tannin with the fruit perhaps slightly muted by comparison. This probably still needs another couple of years to settle down IMO, but the bones of an excellent wine are still here.
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From a bottle purchased upon release and cellared in pristine fashion, this wine was kindly presented to our tasting group by M.B. Deep garnet in color, it is effusive of cassis, tobacco, earth and Asian spices on both the nose and palate. Medium-bodied and with nicely integrated alcohol (12.5%), it is a structured wine with medium acidity and medium dusty tannins. Solid in the middle, the wine closes with a medium-length, tart finish. This particular bottle shows plenty of fruit and structure to ensure at least another decade of life. I would suspect that this would be the case for other comparably-cellared bottles. Drink now-2024.
This is in a very good place right now. Starting to develop tertiary flavors. Cherry and blackberry fruit. Smooth saddle leather, herbs and dusty earth.
Very nice mature aromas with notes of cedar, earth, mulberry. Palate a bit tight, with the fruit a bit lacking. Drying solid finish. Expected a bit more. Drink up as fruit is fading.
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Mature, soft, easy drinking Pauillac with a tobacco, cassis and earthy, forest character. This requires drinking as it's not meant to age much after this point.
Decanted for 30 minutes and followed for 3 hours. Not a bad wine, but nothing to write home about. Bought as a future. Not showing much sign of age and may get better. Improved a bit with air. Dark red tart cherry fruit and a bit of Bordeaux bandaid. No leathery age, no tertiary flavors yet. It's light. Flavor is subdued. Not worth the 12 year wait. I was hoping for much more.
From 375 ml... Ok, I've been hard on this wine, at first because it was a let down in the context of the vintage and then because it seemed to be dying a premature death... This bottle is better than my part 2 criticism, but still fails part 1.
Herbal, spicy nose, even a bit bell pepper, perhaps some pencil shavings. The palate is drying but this bottle has much better midpalate depth than previous ones, leaving it merely lean rather than emaciated. The backend is still semi-tannic and excessively drying. Certainly drinkable and some of the most stalwart of the AFWE might find some charms, but still mostly meh. 84-85 pts.
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Coravined. Deep dark red color. Aromas of small crushed red fruits, lovely cedar perfume, tobacco and graphite makes up a nice nose. A refined palate follows with earthy and slightly bitter-sweet red fruits, low acidity, resolved tannins and a very dry finish.
Drinking well, but I still get the sense that it will soften and flourish more with another couple of years. Maybe it'll never be as good as I'd like it to be, right now about 88 points or so.
Opened 3 hours ahead - ready now. Nice Pauillac bouquet. Medium body, fairly ripe mix of red and black fruits, some tobacco, cedar, and good acidity and a pleasant touch of sweetness. Tannins faded. Overall round and ready to drink. 90 points
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Nose is a bit closed but dusty dark fruit hints. Well structured. Dark fruitlet balanced with nice acid and smooth tannins. Nice finish. Can go another 5 years.
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Decanted for two hours before we tried it. Opened up nicely over the next two hours. After 5-6 hours, it had faded. Great Bordeaux nose, smooth tannins and long finish.
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Coravin over several months. Maintained freshness. Delightful wine with some secondary notes, plenty of fruit and some tannins left to go a while longer.
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From Jeroboam. Sweet, luscious fruit, forest floor, tobacco and spices on the nose. Good grip, again sweet fruit and just enough acidity, gentle tannins, good length. Very nice. No rush to drink this in my view.
I've always been more fond of Armailhac than everybody else in the world, it seems. The '94 was the first Grand Cru Classé I ever had, because it kind of gave me a rush to try something with "Rothschild" on the label, and I can't say that was a great Bordeaux but it was a pretty damn satisfying one. This one is very impressive though. It pretty much reeks of Pauillac with that typical cedar-shaving thing on top of sweet red fruit scents. It starts out a little tannic and backwards but as it warms up the fruit really smooths out and even ripens in the glass. The cedar builds in intensity along with the fruit. This obviously doesn't hit the level of finesse of, say, the Pichons in this vintage, but it still turns out exceptionally drinkable once it hits its stride and exemplifies Pauillac about as well as anything I've had in a very long time.
From half bottle... Another lousy bottle of this wine, and getting worse. The bouquet is decent, with some dusty black cherry and a slight floral note, but it is merely inoffensive. The palate is pretty much shot, hollowed out, thin and now dominated by shrill and sour acidity. Whatever fruit this wine once had seems gone. There are some gritty tannins still. Not really drinkable for those with options.
I know this position is debated, but this is yet another solid-to-mid-range 2000 Bordeaux (along with chateau like Cantemerle, Bernadotte, Fontenil, Charmail, Fombrauge, and Fougas Maldoror) that was at least better a few years ago and at worst is drying out. Very discouraging for the vintage of the millennium and a worrisome indication of how modern winemaking may have changed the aging curve of Bordeaux.
I was hoping there would be a little more fat on it, I think this wine is still somewhat in a slumber. It's got great color and nice bordeaux aromatics (pencil shavings and cassis). Medium body, but I find it a little reticent, it doesn't want to give right now. I suspect another few years will bring out more charm and more fat. Wait for another 2-3 years IMO.
First of three in the cave. Solid bordeaux...tons of fruit still there, typical secondary flavors of tobacco, leather cedar and graphite. Fruit just a little on the sweet side, still some acidity to prop it up. Well made. Would have given this a higher score about three years ago during my "bordeaux phase."
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PNP decided not to decant. Nice bouquet of sweet red fruits, leather, dark chocolate, wet earth, and a faint presence secondary aromas on the very back. Silky smooth, with a tea like dryness to it and a sour apple finish. Payed $40 for it, no problem enjoying this wine. In my humble opining I don't see this wine gaining more volume honestly, I would drink up. The dryness at the end was not a problem but I would recommend pairing it with a light cheese and good company to get more out of the wine. Salud :)
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Ok, but nothing special or memorable. At first, this shows more red fruit, but with air it darkens and shows more cassis-type darker fruit. The tannins are surprisingly soft and the wine shows some softening of structure without a corresponding increasing in complexity or anything particularly charming. Could also use some more lift to the midpalate; this seems to have a slight midpalate weakness. Bottle #1 of 6, I think, and I will probably wait another few years to open the next and I hope for a more interesting wine then.
Better than my last bottle from a year ago but still not a shining example of 2000 bordeaux. Opened and let breathe in the bottle for 5 hours. Consumed over two days. A nice wine but nothing to get too excited about. Tannins integrating well. Decent body. Palate lacks any real depth. Did not improve much at all on day 2. Drink over the next 5 years.
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Way too young! Under a thick layer of tannins there is a hint of almonds, blackberries and tar to be grasped, quite nobly so. This will certainly become an excellent wine, but I won't touch it for another 10 years.
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A little too much underbrush and too little fruit. Mellowed out after about 2 hours in the decanter. Still fairly youthful, though drinking well for what it is.
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Dark red color, significant bricking to the edge. Nose of cedar, tobacco, cassis, sous bois. Savory palate, sage, underbrush, ash, some delicious red fruit in the background. Medium+ acid, round mouth feel. Finish is medium with savory, earthy tannin that are well integrated.
This was just amazing with irish beef stew. Classic claret. 12.5%
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Very dark colour, completely opaque. Initially this was a little tight, so I decanted it for 3 hrs before tasting properly.
A nose of dark plums, blackcurrant and herbs, with the classic Pauillac cigar box and cedar touch. A mouthful of blackberry and blackurrant, with a second wave of dark plums and crème de cassis, then a very intense finish. Powerful, rich, quite burly, reminiscent of a Pichon -still quite tannic, I would have guessed this was a 2005. Just about ready for drinking, but this will certainly improve further.
An outstanding example of d'Armailhac, easily the best I have ever tasted. Normally d'Armailhac is a perfectly decent Pauillac but lacking in star quality - this one reminds me of the best Pauillacs from 1990.
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Lovely if young. This wine will likely develop flesh with patience, but even as it is now it has enough mid-palate to merit the precise, crisp, and supple finish. The nose seems classic to Bordeaux: toffee, herbal, cassis, anise, and savory. Sure, more fruit would add some hedonism, but this is a great wine and I enjoy those savory notes. My only wish is that it wasn't my last bottle, this is clearly quite young to be in my glass.
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Had about an hour of air initially, later revisited with 3-4hrs air. Initially with bell pepper and “poopy” nose with nice leafy herbal notes. Palate a fine, somewhat austere, with coarse tannins in the background. Moderate finish, with repeating bell pepper notes and some dried red fruits. After a few hours air the “green” notes were much closer to mint than bell pepper, with more length and complexity and the “poop” blew off. At this point was quite elegant and polished. Initially guessed St Estephe (Calon) but after a few hours this was much more distinctly Pauillac. Give this 5 more years and it’ll be in a very nice place.
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Cigar tobacco and blackberry jam, really nice on the nose. Fat on the palate with a good grip and a nice core of dark fruit. I found this to be better than a previous bottle. Could clearly wait a few more years and maybe improve, however it was quite nice now.
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Garnet red colour. Tannins have melted away. Starting to show secondary nuances such as balsamic and tomato. After 12 years it's staring to reach its sweet spot.
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Dyb rød farve? Egetræsduft med solbær. Smag solbær, egetræ, tannin og jord. Eftersmag af solbær træ tannin. Du er der kun en enkelt tilbage i kælderen - vinen købt 2007 med Ib og Christian.
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The fill was into the neck and the cork was sound; popped, poured and consumed with dinner. Notes of ripe black fruits and cedar, with hints of black truffle. Medium-bodied, with good depth of flavor, good texture, and fine grip and focus on the finish. There seems to be quite a bit of variation with bottles of this wine.
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Traci opened this blind for us to have for dinner (of course she knew what it was!). Accompanied roasted pork tenderloin, sweet potato fries and broccoli. Smelled it, dark in color and ruby red at the rim, with that dusty, pencil lead/graphite, dark fruit that says this is Cabernet and not from CA. So I taste and run through the progession - medium tannins with a decent core of red fruit and cassis just poking through. More pencil lead/graphite and I proclaim it is Bdx and probably left bank from the 2005 vintage - guessed b/c of the tannin structure and relative shyness of the fruit. I didn't go so far as Pauillac but should have...Oh well. Nice wine, I think she said she paid about $20 which is fair. 88-90?/100, maybe a bit lower on the 88 if it doesn't pop. Didn't really pair well with the tenderloin though.
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classic pauillac flavour. this has improved over the last couple of years but is still severely limited. there is insufficient richness to carry this weight of tannin. decidedly old school claret!
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A musty, barnyard odor upon opening, that mostly blew off in the glass after a few twirls. Needed some time to open. Muted red fruit, with more coffee and lead pencil. This evolved into a little more cassis fruit, with soft tannis. Around $40 as a future in June 2001. Stored at 55 since received in October 2003. OK but not impressed.
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Monthly Tasting Group HWS #064; Bordeaux; Pauillac (By RvD): Beautiful and complex bouquet with ripe dark forest fruits , cassis, cigar box, cedar and graphite. A textbook and classical Pauillac bouquet. A mouth filling start with ripe fruits and beautiful acidity and a pleasant touch of sweetness. Same impressions as in the bouquet. Also some chocolate. Everything is round and harmonious in this wine. Although there is some development, the wine is still youthful with beautiful tannin. A classical and full bodied, round and friendly Pauillac. Beautiful now already and with enough power to be a beauty in 2016 still.
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I have tried this wine once every year over the past three years and it has been a disappointment. It is still so closed down and I do not think I will try it again for a few years. After four hours in the decanter it started to open up, but by then it was almost finished. WARNING: Decant at least four hours before drinking.
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Tasted blind. Dark ruby. Kirsch on the nose, cedar emerging with air. Quite tannic. Slightly bitter finish. Clearly a too young left-bank Bordeaux. I'd wait another 3-5 years with this.
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Not sure about some of the descriptions below. This wine was not only ready, it was almost in peak form. Full of life, not tannic or hard at all, bursting with medoc fruit flavors and typical Bordeaux nuance; graphite, leather, pencil, etc. It was delicious.
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From memory: needs a good 30 minutes to open up but shows pretty well. Good fruit on the nose along with some tobacco; solid acidity and initigrated tannin, but very dry.
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Opened and left in the bottle at cellar temperature for 4 hours before serving. It is not easy to make such a mediocre wine in such a good year. Nothing offensive but also nothing exciting. Muted nose and muted palate. Comes across as a watered down shell of what it should have been. Wine was purchased EP and stored at 55C since purchase. Judging on others comments I have my doubts about whether this was a sub par bottle or just a sub par performance by d'Armailhac.
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Better than TN's suggested, though would agree that time is not on its side. While a little thin on the mouthfeel, still had the good terroir (with some funk) and drank well. A couple hours of air seemed to help.
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Drank better than I might have believed given the trend of TNs but perhaps should have showed better at this age. Soft and well balanced with no tannin firmness at all. Quite surprising actually. Mild funky barnyard but otherwise quite straightfoward. Drink over the next 2 years.
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No sing of age - great barnyard aromas - the flavoir is old world Bordeux. Its is a good wine but not great. I will probably score this between 89 and 90 due to the high expectations on the vintage.
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Dyb rød farve med duft af kirsebær blomst læder og mineraler. Fin balance i smag alkohol lakrids blomme rosin vanilje. Smagen slutter med moden tannin og vanilje.
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desperately disappointing. despite a pleasant cedar box bouquet this wine is highly tannic with very little fruit left. if this improves significantly i will be amazed. needs drinking soon
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Dark red color with still no signs of age. Aromas of currant, cherry cola, graphite, leather, flowers, perfume, and minerals. Medium plus weight with decent balance. Still lots of acid and structure, but fruit seems a fruit a little shy. Long ripe tannins on the finish. Better than the last!
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Plenty of forest smoke in this nicely balanced ready to drink juicy berry and currant medium-bodied wine. Easy drinking, integrated tannins and fine finish. Paid $30 in 2001 at futures price. What can you get today for like amount that drinks so lovingly?
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Mørk rød, Egetræsduft med solbær. Smag solbær, egetræ, tannin og jord. Eftersmal solbær træ tannin. Skal måske ligge lidt mere - åbnede sig lidt mere til slut.
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2 hr decant; sweet leather blackberry gravel-earth nose; sweet blackberry but reticant and greenish; developing and gathering itself; tasted like a pessac leognan at times; needs time to bloom.
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Dark Cherry core, lightening slightly towards the rim. Not much on the nose, a touch of green pepper mixed with pencil lead. Quite silky on palate. Resolved and integrated. A little viscosity/heady. Not particularly long but a nice pleasurable drink. Enjoyable. No rush to drink up.
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Blind Night: Dark purple color. Pretty French oak nose. Taste of blackberry, currant, pencil lead, and earth. A slight touch of greenness on the finish. A well made wine but just disappointing tonight. On the past four times I've tried it I enjoyed it much more. Maybe just in a bad place in it's evolution. Off bottle? Popped and poured. I'd be curious to see where this wine was is with some air.
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Immaculate wine. Textbook Paulliac. Intense ripe (but not too ripe) blackcurrants, fennel seeds and lead pencil on the nose. In the mouth, medium bodied and intense with marzipan, fennel and blackcurrants - nice grip in the mid palate. The wine lingers and feels like it's about 5 years away from maturity. Having said that, the wine has tremendous balance and goes down like water - a wonderful food wine. The tannins are fine grained but apparent. I think this wine will age to grace.
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Garnet in colour. Still a little tannic and quite drying. Lost all the primary fruit nose. If you have a few bottles of this try one just to see it in its current stage of evolution.
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2000 Bordeaux Horizontal: Parts I & II; 7/1/2010-7/6/2010: Big, effusive bouquet of herbs, zesty notes and sour cherry. After the pleasing nose, the palate comes across as fairly light, fairly lean, fairly disappointing. There’s some good chewiness, but the fruit is underwhelming and it’s tart-lemony in the mouth. This seems surprisingly advanced for a classified growth in a year like 2000. Aeration helps and it gains some weight and sweetness, but it can’t hide that is not much more than a pleasant picnic-styled wine. Drink now.
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The bottle and cork were in pristine condition, but this is the second disapointing showing in a row of this wine. No signs of advanced aging or other storage issues. The bouquet was rather straightforward, with notes of black and red fruits, and some hints of spice. Medium-bodied, but with more acidity poking through than previous examples.
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This is ok, but not better than ok, The latest vintages seems to have more of everything ! It will never be more than average, for me to dry and to simple, would have expected more from a 2000 ... . totally agreed on the average notes ..
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Decided to try one of these now. This note is from night #2. Dark red wine. The nose is rich with a little baked fruit (maybe that's the 2nd night oxidization) with flint and a little spice. Medium body, very fresh taste with ripe tannins and firm acidity. The finish is pleasing, but not terribly long. It needs another 3-5 years to start showing, but I'll probably try another in 1-2 more years to help track it and other 2000 Bordeaux.
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Offering secondary notes of tobacco, earth and truffle. This medium bodied wine did not seem fully ripe. The flavors in the finish edged to the red fruit side.
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Drank this with a group at Andree Bouchee in Carmel, this was surprisingly gentle on the palate, if not fully as mature as some of the 2000 I have had. Not a trace of the Brett that affected many of the 1999 so strongly, this has balance and poise and should continue to age well. Worth trying a bottle now.
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Dark ruby red with no signs of aging. Aromas of currant, cherry cola, coffee, pencil, leather, and sulfite. Medium weight with nice balance. Tannins are tighter than expected with lots of structure and medium fruit. Long classic Bordeaux finish. Should last a long time.
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Nicely balanced, classic Bordeaux. Not giving too much right now - still a bit tight - but lovely to drink. My sense is that this needs 3-5 more years.
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Little funk, but tasty raspberry puree, dried currants/cherries, leather, pencil lead, dusty spicy cedar. Smooth and silky, yet still very youthful with room to grow. Tasty wine!
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The bottle was in pristine condition; opened about 1.5 hours prior to consumption. A healthy dark garnet/purple color; clearly a young wine. The bouquet was more reserved than previous bottles, with scents of black and red fruits, licorice, and tapenade. Medium-bodied in the mouth, with good structure and fine concentration; a bit short on the finish. This bottle was somewhat closed compared to prior examples.
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Wanted more from this wine. It's good; even interesting; but somehow sad in its medium-bodied dried currant, leather, herbs, and burnt espresso. The fruit is nice but takes a back seat. Lots of bottle variation at age 9.
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On the jammy side, but with evident supporting tannins and complexity that makes it worthwhile. My previous description 6 months ago was "disjointed and unpleasant", this time it feels more integrated. Maybe bottle variation that will settle in the next few years. There is plenty of fruit, tannin and oily-richness that it is worth it. As I noted before, blackberry, vanilla, light flinty bitterness, but a lot better tasting this time.
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A lovely wine. Youthful appearance; slight lightening at the edge. Provocative boquet of ripe black fruits, spicy oak, licorice and smoke. A firm grip, with good concentration of fruit and a long finish. Beautiful QPR.
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This was flat out great. Nose of smoke, leather, pencil lead, and blackberry. Palate of juicy black cherry, licorice, tabacco leaf, and dill. Still a youngster, with ample tannin, but balanced but good acidity. Wish I had more.
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A dark purple core, turning to purple at the edge. A generous bouquet, offering up scents of ripe dark fruits, leather, liccorice and spice. Medium-bodied, with good concentration, a velvety texture, and a well delineated finish.
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This wine is just like Parker describes it. The fruit is sweet and black with complex flavors and ripeness. The only question I have is about when this wine will reach a peak. In my opinion that will come in about three to five years which is much earlier than Parker’s forcast of 2007 to 2020. This wine is delicious right now but will definite get much better over time.
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Dark purple-red in colour. Raw meat and leather on the nose. Dark cherries on the palate. Well balanced tannins, drinking well now. Decanted to aerate only a few minutes before drinking. This is the third half-bottle I have had from this batch, and probably the best.
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Ddisjointed and unpleasant at first. Blackberry, vanilla, grassy, flinty and a little sour. It was like you could taste the Merlot, the Cabernet and the Oak, but the package was not integrated. Maybe it needs a few more years, but I'm not so knowledgeable about that. Unless I just have an off bottle, Parker totally misses. And, so many of the other TNs seem to give negative descriptions, yet offer scores of 85-89 (very good to Excellent); doesn't make sense.
[after 24 hours] Upgraded to 83 from 79. No longer disjointed. Flavors integrate to produce a pleasant, medium bodied, moderately elegant wine. Not one of your hedonistic, over-ripe, over-extracted fruit bombs, which is fine. Light tannins; sufficient acid to go with food. I don't know what this means for aging. Maybe another few years in the cellar, and you will can get this elegance at 2 hours instead of 24, without the risk of some oxidation.
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This wine was closed in - I did not get a nose but it had a really long finish and was quite nice with a rack of lamb. The wine was smokey and tasted like typical Paulliac - tar and leather.
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opened during a party to see how it was developing. not a great wine, and disappointing considering the outstanding vintage. thin and unremarkable on the nose as well as palette. will hold on to the others a few more years in hopes that it was just in a closed period.
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bordeaux tasting (Binny's Highland Park): nose: really nice typical pauillac nose of smoke, leather, kirsch, and tobbacco with some good red currant tones and nice red fruit notes to round things out
taste: great feel with leather, tobbacco, smoke, red currants, dark cherry and cranberry tones and slight bits of earth notes too
overall: the first time that I've actually really liked a d'armailhac to be honest. Really good grip with nice traditional flavors and good red fruited core. Seemless in the transitions with a nice smokey finish
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A healthy dark garnet/purple color. Upon opening, a fairly impressive bouquet, offering up scents of smoky red fruits, creosote, and anise. Medium-bodied in the mouth, with a structured finish.
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A friend opened this bottle at his Summer house in Michigan a couple weeks ago. We opened this next to a 1971 Mouton Baron Philippe which was the name of this estate until about 15-20 years ago. This was paired with dinner of grilled lamb chops which had been marinated in lemon, garlic and mustard using a recipe that my wife got out of the most recent Lewelling newsletter. My wife also made a red wine/beef stock and leftover marinade reduction au jus with the lamb. Some of the best lamb I have ever had. 2nd time I have had this wine the first being at a tasting upon release. This was better than the 1971. Decanted for 3 hours. Solid red color. Slightly soapy nose which blew off rapidly. Notes of pencil lead, rose petals, smoky black fruit and toasted oak. Firm tannins. Much more approachable than at release. The 2000 Reignac which we also opened was much more closed. I liked this very much. It was better than the 1996, 1997 or 1999 and was about the equivalent of the 1995. However, the 2000 is still improving. 91 points.
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Decanted and left for an hour to allow it to get to room temperature. Good balance with medium finish and drinking very well. Berries on the nose with smooth tannins. After 2 weeks of medication where I couldn't drink alcohol it was great to drink a classic left bank bordeaux.
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Nice french oak and black fruit on the nose. Tastes of black cherry, blackcurrant and earth. Well balanced with nice acidity. Elegant finish. Very nice.
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Bob Muraro brought this to our business lunch at the club, along with the 97 Falseco Montiano. This shined in comparison. Cab/merliot blend that is definitely Bordeaux, some cedar, stones. Very promising for the 2000 vintage, which I have been letting sleep. Time to begin trying.
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taste: very smooth. BLueberry and cranberry coming through a lot with some nice firm structure on the mouth too
overall: real good solid wine. Firm tannins, good backbone, nice mouth feel, and a solid finish. It just doesn't have that special feel to it though, it does pretty much everything it's supposed to, but just not enough to push it more forward
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[375 ml]. Open in the bottle for 30 min. Black purple color, minimal nose at first but continues to open nicely in the glass. Came to have dark fruit and earth on the nose and palate. Very well balanced. Pleasantly dry with medium-long finish.
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Blackberries, blackcurrant, leather, plumbs, earth, hint of brett. Nice mid palate length and purity of fruit. Very well balanced with an elegant finish.
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Very tightly wond with very little nose or palate. Mostly tannin with a little cassis peeking out from around the edges. i am not sure that the fruit will outlast the tannin. If it emerges, it could be a good wine and merit another point or two. JP
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THIRD ANNUAL RISE & DECLINE TASTING: Each of these three cab (blends)--Bordeaux, Napa, and Australian--steps up to its expected caricature. The d'Armailhac has forrest, tar, and sweat on the nose. It is the earthiest, lightest bodied (though still medium/full bodied) with lovely oily smoke and flowers. We suspect, from three years of change so far, that this one has the longest aging potential, but then, that's one of the things we are hoping this ten-year game will help us understand. Note: this year three was the first time we did the tasting over dinner: Rob's A+ braised duck breast (for his birthday).
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what everybody else said - this wine is good but nothing special. Probably a little overpriced. The 99 wasn't much different in taste but was 2/3 the price.
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From a half bottle this wine showed closed. It had an earthy, leathery nose with new oak and a hint of greeness. I got the austerity that I've tasted in this wine before as though it is holding back potential. Not really as fruity as my last bottle, perhaps I should have decanted.
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Blind Night (Enotria, Scottsdale): Caramel nose. Dark cherry fruit with blackcurrant. A little tannic. This was much better when I had it a few months ago. Must be an off bottle. Ever so slight corked? No one else agreed but Rich thought it was off as well but didn't know why. Too bad. My contribution to blind night.
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The STG and Me take on 2001 Bordeaux (Susan's House, Seattle, WA): Reticent nose showing some talc minerality - not giving much yet. On the palate, the wine is more open. A lovely round wine with nice balance and good structure. Some coffee grounds and underbrush. Good fruit. Really nice wine.
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STG Does 2001 Bordeaux (Susan's house): Susan pulled the right wine but wrong vintage from her cellar. I have a case of these resting, so it was good to check in on it. The color was very dark and far less red than the other wines in the flight. The nose was closed with only some minerality poking through. The palate was lush and very sweet, but it lacked much complexity. The tannins also seemed a bit clunky.
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It was infantcided for my buddy's birthday. Popped open the night before at around 11pm. It was almost black in colour. This is defintely closed. It was numb on the nose and I took a sip, geez, extremely tannic, mouth coating and my taste bud is completely numb. Feels just like infanciding a young Gaja. Dacanted for an hour or so, then pour back to the bottle. Took another sip in the am before going to work at 6am, still tannic, but much rounder and smoother. Showing some black fruits in the bouquet and complexity was found. Went over to my friend's house with it at 8pm. Start drinking it after dinner around 9:30pm. Total of 22.5 hours of double decant. Wow, as soon as the cork was pulled, a nice black fruit aroma just filled the dinning room. Still very dark in colour. In the palate, tannins are nicely integrated with a nice texture. Full body with hints of black fruit and coffee. Very well balanced and will last decades. Shared between 9 people and finished the bottle in no time. Everybody wish it was a 3lt that I brought instead of a 750ml. Will not open another for another 5+ years. Delicious.
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The d'Armailhac showed a purple-red clear color and earthy nose of fruit. Good flavorful attack with pronounced dusty tannins on the mid-palate. Very tannic on the mid-palate and finish. Needs a lot of time before it will provide much pleasure. Still, there is a lot of good material here. [Tasted @ K&L].
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After tasting this, I wanted to cut my mouth with butter. Wow, is it tannic. Nose of bret, licorice, and leather. Charcoal on the palate with sweet black fruit, licorice (this is dominant on the nose and palate). Dry, dusty tannins that are really intense. Needs 5 years to settle.
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Seattle Tasting Group does German Riesling (Issaquah, WA, USA): Tobacco, brett, earthy and lovely on the nose. This is an awesome, earth-driven wine, but the fruit is currently hiding. Is it losing? (Actually, once I saw the label I worried less.) The finish is medium in length, a bit tart but quite nice. I think this is pretty shut down right now.
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I found this to be extremely restrained at this time. Tannic with violets, herbs, and blackberry fruit. I had this back in January and it was similar, but more open. A few years of cellaring will be an improvement.
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Tasted unblinded at 2000 Bordeaux horizontal at the home of Marshall Banker. Bright disc. Deep-to-opaque purple robe with violet rim. Clean nose, showing moderately intense coffee, black currant, plum and vanilla aromas. Medium-bodied on the palate, with medium ripe tannins, medium acidity and slightly hot alcohol. The medium finish carries some heat.
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3/11/2024 - Purple Tooth wrote: 93 Points
A lovely Bordeaux and one that has been anchored in the acidity that keeps it moving slow. This is fully mature now and in the third stage of its evolution with nowhere to go. Here you get a surprisingly quiet nose but the wine underneath is Bordeaux through and through. Melted pencil, cedar, some floral elements, and a distinctive cool climate Cabernet herbaceous note that is probably another factor in the longevity of this modest Pauillac. The chocolate notes bring in the third layer, telling you its time to enjoy this and release it into history and capture it in this memory. DRINK
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3/2/2024 - Lindwine Likes this wine: 95 Points
Farbe leicht bräunlich, mit hellem Rand, Bouquet nach Pferdestall, Sattel-Leder, großer Körper, voll, füllt den ganzen Gaumen aus, ganz tiefgründig, feiner und langer Abgang, alles stimmig, toller Pauillac-Genuss
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2/27/2024 - PSirah Tampa Likes this wine: 92 Points
Thinning out, but still lively. Barnyard funk, school paste, and muted fruit. Lovely!
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2/20/2024 - Zweder Likes this wine: 93 Points
Monthly Tuesday group "The Dead Sparrow": Pauillac and St. Julien (By me @ the factory): Beautiful and deep bouquet, a bit rustic, but also luxurious with beautiful oak, cedar and cigar box, plums and graphite as well. On the palate beautifully ripe dark berries which give a round and juicy mouth feel. Great length. Beautiful wine at its peak now and no real hurry. 92 – 93.
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9/8/2023 - funderwood10 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Drank 3 hrs after opening, double decanted at open. Superb, the tannins a little too mellow but here’s a classic aged Bordeaux that is delicious background supporter for richer foods (in this case le coucou - quenelle, sweetbreads, filet w bone marrow jus, leeks vinaigrette). Cherries mahogany, and subtle wet soil.
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7/20/2023 - slmckenney wrote: 94 Points
I had low expectations for this bottle after finding it in the recesses of my cellar, knowing that it SHOULD have been consumed several yeats ago. What a surprise to find this well-structured fruity and almost opulent wine waiting for us, and continuing to improve to "the last drop!"
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5/7/2023 - peternelson Likes this wine: 93 Points
Showed slightly thin at first (after the Pontet-Canet) but after 10 minutes really blossomed, floral, pretty, feminine to P-C's masculine. Lovely and went well with the lamb stuffed pepper w/ a squeeze of lemon. EWG Bacari Silverlake
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3/25/2023 - Srenix wrote: 93 Points
Stable, tobbaco, leather. This is a wine I can just sit down and enjoy the nose on. Wonderful.
Nice palate, quite high acidity but balanced, long finish that dominates of herbs and fennel. WOTN!
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3/24/2023 - thunberg wrote: 90 Points
BYOB - Bordeaux Red, Finewines.se (Sollentuna, Sweden): Manure, stable, vanilla, sour cola candy, mature red fruit, truffle.
Medium tannins, acidity pushes through at the end.
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2/25/2023 - Axelpeter wrote: 92 Points
Zh/ErbRuf) Angenehme Überraschung: ein schöner reifer Wein mit einem ausreichenden Säuregerüst und milder Attitüde….Hat einiges an Kraft und Volumen verloren und auch die Länge hat gelitten. Aber sehr mild und fein balanciert. Macht Spaß zu trinken…
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1/15/2023 - RussK wrote: 91 Points
Russk. Andrew brought to CDC at Pablo's. One of my WOTNs.
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12/31/2022 - Brucie69 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nose has the lovely mature right bank Bordeaux nose of cigar box, leather and undergrowth with black and red fruit undercurrents.
To taste a savoury hit of those secondary elements of earth, tobacco, followed by black and red current fruit before the still active acid and tannin structure makes its presence felt.
Definitely an old school slightly strict Bordeaux but very enjoyable and as it’s firmly in its secondary phase at least another 5-10 years of enjoyment ahead.
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8/7/2022 - grossie Likes this wine: 90 Points
Delicious. Expressive nose, only a bit sweet, mineral, touch of Asian spice. Medium bodied. Cassis fruit. Long finish. High acidity. Plenty of life left but nothing wrong with drinking it now.
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8/2/2022 - PSirah Tampa Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dope
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7/4/2022 - 308bulls wrote:
Yummy!!
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3/4/2022 - The_Cat wrote: 94 Points
Deep garnet red textbook leftbanker very elegant some cedarwood and licorice still lots of blackberry black currant and hints of vanilla. Soft tannins and persistent finish.
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2/14/2022 - cavedivr Likes this wine: 93 Points
Agree with other notes that it's excellent, but the nose definitely outshines the palate. Wonderful nose. Cedar, herbs, classic Bordeaux cassis on the nose. Preserved cherries dominate, even a touch of strawberry, rosemary on the palate. Again, some cedar on the finish as it tapers off over a minute. In a good place now. I suspect will decline over the next 5 years. Very minimal decant, to remove sediment.
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2/13/2022 - drcbarroso wrote: 93 Points
CB: 93. Ready to drink the second i opened it. Excellent structure, great nose and palate, but not overwhelmingly amazing as i know Bordeaux can be. It's REALLY delicious though and I'm so glad we opened it. Will be Paired with Neils pot roast recipe that's been in the slow cooker all day.
JR: 92-93
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12/22/2021 - S-C-S Likes this wine: 92 Points
Pop & pour … perfect now, balanced
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11/11/2021 - aagrawal wrote: 91 Points
Decanted, moderate amount of settled sediment. Medium-plus ruby, age-appropriate bricking; aromatic, lovely balance of black fruits, blackberry, balanced by a savory capsicum, underbrush, shoe leather, slight tobacco; palate is full bodied, fresh medium-plus acidity throughout, impeccably balanced and restrained 12.5% alcohol, integrated tannins and provide some texture, nice core of underlying black fruits, clean midpalate; finish is medium length and does terminate just a bit early. Agree with my assessment from 2016, nose>palate, superb balance, lacking a bit of length and depth but impeccably well put together. Drinks well now but it hasn't seemed to have moved much in 5 years and it will easily last another 5. You could easily pay a lot more for a lot less. 91
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11/10/2021 - J&A's Likes this wine: 92 Points
What an awesome wine! Drinking well right now
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10/29/2021 - Binder Likes this wine: 93 Points
Bought at auction so provenance was unknown. Drunk with d'Armailhac 2009. The 2000 is still on par with the 2009. Mature yes, but very fresh. Drinking extremely well now and would not be worried to leave 2-3 years more in cellar. Drunk with roast beef filet - perfect. Tasting notes: see Nutty08 and J O E (like the ... throwback in time ... note :-)) - no need ro repeat.
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9/3/2021 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 94 Points
In a perfect spot. Jumped from glass as soon as it was opened. Classic Pauillac notes of mint, cedar and pipe tobacco notes. Mostly integrated fruit elements on the palate, with repeating mint notes mixed with tobacco notes. Mild tannins. Lengthy finish with the fruit really hanging on. Impressive. My best bottle of 6
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7/8/2021 - fcxj wrote: 90 Points
Quaffable.
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7/5/2021 - jjones Likes this wine: 90 Points
Textbook left bank with cassis, leather, cedar and smoke. Decanted for one hour. Soft tannins. Drinking well.
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5/17/2021 - J o e wrote: 91 Points
Translucent crimson. Leather, cassis, smoke and cedar aromatics place this squarely in the aged Left Bank Bordeaux category. On the palate, there is medium body, a decidedly red fruit character, along with a faint mocha note and gentle tannic grip. In some ways, this wine feels like a throwback in time—low alcohol (12.5% on the label), no sense of heaviness, a hint of rusticity, and zero over-ripe character. In short, a very nice Pauillac that is at its apogee, but will probably drink well for an another decade or so. 91.
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4/22/2021 - Tao wrote: 92 Points
Impeccable nose of dark currant fruits, a hint of luxury in there, new leather, a touch of sweet minerals, lovely nose! Translucent dark red in colour! The palate is rich and full of racy dark fruits, again with a hint of minerals, a little thick and yet still retain some freshness, absolutely ready to go!
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4/18/2021 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delicious paulliac in early maturity. Showing a bit more red fruit and less barnyard and feral notes than a recent ‘01. This showed a lovely smoky and flint nose. Mostly red fruit driven. Mid weight palate with fine slightly austere tannins still present. Persistent length with just a bit of herbal notes mixed in. Has some firmness to the tannin that needs to resolve—may dry out—but I favor this cruising for the next 10yrs or so.
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2/9/2021 - sbfoote wrote: 91 Points
What Cochon said. Textbook. Ready to go, but no hurry.
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1/16/2021 - Gregory Dal Piaz wrote: 89 Points
2000 d’Armailhac magnum
Grey market purchased on release
Dark and still pretty youthful booking. Initial aromatic skew heavily towards leather notes, earth, black currant, charcoal, a touch of brett. Rather focused, rather intense, and very dark. Tight on entry, decidedly less opulent and powerful than the nose suggests. This is a bit tight, still quite youthful, elegant with juicy black currant fruit, modest tannins focused on the midpalate followed by rather juicy acidity that ends this snap and focus through the moderately long finish. There’s some complexity bound up here, wood spice, a touch of green nuttiness, some gravelly, dusty notes, but they are quite subtle still. Will be interesting to see if this blossoms with air, or falls flat. From this initial peak I would say tight, in need of more air
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1/11/2021 - Cochon74 wrote:
This bottle was in a great place... perfectly balanced primary, secondary, and tertiary flavors. Acidity and silky, resolved tannins provided firm, yet elegant structure.
I’d call this wine textbook, in the most complimentary way. Not a thing out of place here. While some may think this is in decline, others might say it’s got years ahead of it.
Drank after a decant (fine sediment) and one hour of air... proceeded to enjoy over the next 4 hours.
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12/22/2020 - popopdrops Likes this wine: 91 Points
Ikke dekantert. Pen mot herrevin. Andre halvdel vidunderlig god.
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11/26/2020 - popopdrops Likes this wine: 90 Points
Ikke dekantert. Stadig meget behagelig.
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11/3/2020 - vfccpa123 Likes this wine: 90 Points
My final bottle; after opening I was initially a little concerned it was not going to be a good bottle. A little while in the glass allowed it to open up a bit and I was getting a nice woodsy aroma and some fruit showed up. Day 2 was enlightening, now the wine was very nice with everything more intensely coming through, delicious dark fruit; tannins that were striking but smooth and a very enjoyable finish. This wine feels like it is fully mature and I don't know if it will get any better but given the day 2 results I have to believe it will drink well for a while still.
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10/16/2020 - popopdrops wrote: 89 Points
Ikke dekantert. Igjen, lite frukt, syre har kontrollen. Gammeldags bordeaux.
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9/26/2020 - popopdrops Likes this wine: 91 Points
Ikke dekantert. Meget pen.
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9/10/2020 - OttawaB Likes this wine: 91 Points
Granite with browning on edges. Typical Bordeaux style aromas …. cassis, cedar, tobacco, spices, and an earthiness.
Flavours repeat but I also note a weaker mid palate to finish … maybe a bit thin. Medium bodied, and still medium acidity. Dusty smooth tannins.
But overall a really nice aging Bordeaux. Well done and tasty.
On day2, the thinness has disappeared, and the wine has filled in a bit more to give a more consistent taste experience from start to finish
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9/9/2020 - popopdrops wrote: 90 Points
Ikke dekantert. Meget pen, ikke like bra dag 2.
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9/4/2020 - bvanbower Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted for one hour beforehand. Drinking well with good fruit still. Not going to wait too long before drinking my last bottle.
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8/8/2020 - Boardoh Likes this wine: 94 Points
Epic. Hits every mature Bordeaux note. Elevated duck w/dark fruit sauce and hung in through cheese and after dinner conversation. Second to last bottle - wish i had another case!
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7/28/2020 - honest bob wrote: 93 Points
From 75cl, perfect cork, decanted 1 hour, improved until last drop two hours later. So glad I waited to open these. As noted on 22.09.2019, a 94+P scent, quintessential Pauillac with all the hackneyed descriptors, here open, obvious and waving out the window to you. Beautiful measured entry; silky-smooth, with excellent balance and multi-dimensional texture. And, duh, cedar, blackcurrant, rich tobacco, spice box, you know... Surprisingly full-bodied on the mid-palate, at least for d'Armailhac, compared to the neighbouring vintages I am most familiar with (1998, 2001, 2002), indeed my husband reached for the bottle and asked "sure this isn't Clerc Milon?" to which the answer was "I know what you mean, but there isn't enough Merlot". Beautiful, exemplary wine, well worth the 32 EUR German retail price paid back in 2003 on release. Singing now, well stored bottles have a happy 5-10 years of maturity ahead. 93P
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6/28/2020 - tinycellar Likes this wine: 92 Points
Austere Bordeaux in very much the classical style. Herb, earth, smoke and hints of fruit on the nose. Cedar and tannin on palate. Still bold and tannic after 20 years. Should easily last another ten years in cool cellar conditions.
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6/6/2020 - michaelgor wrote: 93 Points
totally agree with “AMF” and greedy...this wine is so well integrated smooth tanins, still plenty of fruit.
its such a terrific QPR Bdx Alas, our last btl of this vintage
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5/19/2020 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank in Chris's backyard during quarantine from 6 ft away.
The thing about tasting this right now is I’m shocked now chuggable/crushable it is. It’s not heavy like a Napa Cab, nor thin like a cheaper Bordeaux. I imagine a time when 5th growths like this were much cheaper and people just opened them up to drink quickly and enjoy. Of course, it’s a $120 or so bottle retail so we must savor it. Sigh...
Just starting to get tertiary. But still lots of black cherries and black raspberries. Cedar, cigar box, pencil lead. Mellow tannins. Med + body. Drink now or hold
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3/29/2020 - greedy wrote: 94 Points
This wine make me has yet to disappoint me. Lots of fruit left. Some tertiary flavors coming in. This is a great Bordeaux for the price. I have some 2010s and look forward to drinking them in 10 years.
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3/23/2020 - ATL wrote:
Right now, a big, fruit forward, luscious wine, which I suppose one would expect from the vintage. This is not a bad thing, and could be a great thing if you liked the style. For me, it was enjoyable, but I think it will be better in 5, 10, and perhaps also 15 and 20 years.
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3/19/2020 - SonnyChiba wrote: 92 Points
Mature wine (more than I would have guessed being a 2000) with nose and palate of tobacco, plum, cedar. Very clearly traditional Bordeaux style, drinking in a nice window in my opinion.
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3/8/2020 - Geoff Likes this wine: 94 Points
Great wine. Nose of red and dark fruits, cedar, secondary and tertiary notes, sweet fine tannins, some oak, long finish. Delightful!. Does not appear in decline.
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2/28/2020 - andreask888 wrote: 94 Points
Balanced, mature Bordeaux with resolved tannins and good fruit. Lovely notes of mint on the finish with some salinity at the edge of the pallet.
Good length of finish.
Medium to medium-heavy body.
A very good wine indeed and good for plenty of years to come.
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2/17/2020 - Fred_Bo Likes this wine: 92 Points
Ripe for the picking
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2/17/2020 - Cmainardi wrote: 92 Points
No formal notes. Opened during a wine tasting among friends. Excellent mature bord with life ahead of it but right in its drinking window.
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1/25/2020 - RussK wrote: 92 Points
Russk. My WOTN at Andrea's hosting of the expats. Tertiary. Barnyard. Almost light bodied.
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1/11/2020 - Larre Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lovely old-school claret, and very Pauillac in its feature. Nice secondary cassis fruit notes and hints of sweet tobacco, olives and pencil lead. Tannins are still unresolved though, so 5-10 more years are most likely needed to put this beauty into its prime time. 93+
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1/8/2020 - andreask888 Likes this wine: 94 Points
This is drinking well now. There is some bottle variation. This is my 2nd in the past 2 months, and showed much better than the first (which I would rate an 86).
I agree with "Greedy", who said "What a beauty. Definitely into the barnyard tertiary flavours. Beautiful nose of brambled red fruit. Long smooth finish. Lots of delicious red fruit. Tannins nice and smooth. This is well worth the 147 cad I paid. Lots of life left.
My score is a little lower, but this is very enjoyable claret.
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12/14/2019 - greedy wrote: 99 Points
What a beauty. Definitely into the barnyard tertiary flavours. Beautiful nose of brambled red fruit. Long smooth finish. Lots of delicious red fruit. Tannins nice and smooth. This is well worth the 147 cad I paid. Lots of life left.
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11/28/2019 - Sid G Likes this wine: 94 Points
Opened my last two bottles for Thanksgiving. Both corks came out intact. Decanted (a fair amount f sediment had accumulated) and then let stand for an hour. It could have used another hour, as the wine opened up more fully well into the meal. A lovely classic left bank Bordeaux blend and the nearly two decades of bottle age allowed it to mature into a well rounded, complex wine with a gentle but delicious bouquet. Worth the wait.
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11/27/2019 - grossie Likes this wine: 91 Points
Similar to last bottle. Ready to go, but has several more years left
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11/9/2019 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted an hour and served. Lightly tart acid on the attack, then a lovely mature body with earth, cassis, sous bois, and with air a little milk chocolate. Probably past peak but still a nice old claret from a great year.
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9/14/2019 - GeorgeSW wrote: 89 Points
Dark, light fruit, mushroom, likely a bit too late
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6/2/2019 - apple1813 Likes this wine: 91 Points
2000 Chateau d'Armailhac was complex, well-balanced, evolving and mature. It was medium garnet in colour with an orange rim and lots of fine sediments. The Pauillac displayed aromas of leather, Oriental spices and dried tangerine peel, and with an hour in air, showed red plum, licorice, graphite and a touch of smoke. On the palate, it was dry and medium bodied with medium acidity and satisfying mature tannin, concluding with flavours leather and spices in the medium finish.
Other reviews on Cellartracker suggested youthfulness, like intense primary fruits like cassis and blackberries. With 19 years of age, significant bottle variations might occur depending on transportation and storage conditions. Read any reviews with a grain of salt.
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5/31/2019 - paulst Likes this wine: 88 Points
Light with earthy blackberry; tannic; light finish.
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4/23/2019 - Geoff Likes this wine: 91 Points
Beautiful dark color, no browning, tremendous nose with great potential. Great red and dark fruit notes, secondary motes and some teriary whick are affected by moderate prickly tannins. Long enjoyable finish. May still be young and need to settle those tannins down.
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2/23/2019 - Ara Kafafian Likes this wine: 91 Points
Typical Bordeaux perfume envelops this beauty. Still youthful but extremely approachable, this wine provides immense pleasure at this stage. Although it can still hold for another 10-15 years, I would ask why wait when it's delicious now?
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2/22/2019 - honest bob wrote: 91 Points
From 75cl, perfect cork, decanted 1 hour. I'm glad J @ y H @ c k recently pointed out the 94P scent (CT TN 16.12.2018): It is indeed sensational, a creamy cedar/pencil-lead/cassis Pauillac dream. The entry is slender, buoyantly light and dry, with a silky texture, green bell pepper and a hint of cool menthol. It leads to an equally old school-austere mid-palate and a structured, dry/dusty tannic finish, so if you don't like your claret that way, you won't like this much. I do. Just entering maturity, I think this has at least another 5+ years to go, depending on personal taste. 90-91P
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12/24/2018 - PolarBear22 wrote: flawed
Not sure if this was age, or a poor cork seal. Hoping that the remaining bottles are OK.
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12/16/2018 - J @ y H @ c k Likes this wine: 89 Points
Decanted for an hour then followed for two and a half hours. About a third of the bottle left, poured back into bottle, vacuum seal with air sucked out and put into refrigerator for tomorrow.
Today it's a good wine, not a great wine. Tanins are mostly but not fully resolved. Very acidic right to the edge of annoying, but not quite there. The nose is quite beautiful with expressive dark red fruit, principally cherry. However, the palate is much lighter and you feel a bit cheated after a 94 point aroma that you can smell when the glass is three feet away. The interesting thing is that the taste of this wine is the best AFTER you swallow it! The flavor remaining in your mouth is a very nice warm fruit mix of red tree fruit and red berries. If Paulliac is the smooth and sexy Bordeaux, this fits in well with that description, but just a bit too light and thin for my taste.
I have one more. Save it until 2023 to see what develops.
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11/17/2018 - PolarBear22 wrote: 91 Points
Has aged well. Nice nose. Dark color to the edge. Smooth tannins. Decanted 30-60 minutes.
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10/21/2018 - orange boy wrote: 89 Points
too early, austere, great potential. needs many more years
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10/21/2018 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 92 Points
I like where this is right now. It may fill out a bit more in the mid palate but don’t feel you have to wait. Has a hint of Pauillac funk but little green. Adding a nice leafy complexity to the fruit. Dry, a bit hollow on the mid palate, but comes together nicely in the finish. Still has a bit of angular tannin to resolve.
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10/8/2018 - PolarBear22 wrote: 91 Points
Decanted about an hour. Still a great nose, cedar, tobacco and a little barnyard funk. Dark fruit with smooth tannins. This has matured very nicely.
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9/26/2018 - maxima wrote: 88 Points
Déguste 3 Pauillac 2000, Batailley, Armailhac et Clerc-Milon
Ouff on est loin du 2005 en Pauillac sur 2000...les 3 ont donné plus sur le côté austère et même tertiaire...un peu rustique même...déception.
A mieux paru que Baitailley, un peu fermé mais moins tertitiare.
Fruits noirs, terre et le côté animal qui ressort encore.
Massez tannique et finale assez longue.
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8/24/2018 - Nanda wrote: 91 Points
So much better and more rewarding than a bottle three years ago. Pop n' pour and drank over 4 hours. Full, forward nose with a medley of classic left bank notes -- currants, plum, bell pepper, tobacco and cedar. The palate has round and rich fruit (much more charming than a leaner bottle a few years ago). Good balance between fruit and structure. In a nice drinking window.
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8/18/2018 - Marc S wrote: 88 Points
- Brick color with medium forming legs. It's somewhat balanced with a medium body. Leathery texture with a short finish - Really great nose on this wine. Wine is clearly ready to drink and enjoy.
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8/5/2018 - grossie Likes this wine: 91 Points
Beautiful claret. Medium bodied, more charm than power. Graphite and red fruit nose. Cassis/cherry palate. Great mellow finish. Nothing wrong with drinking now, I think it doesn't get too much better but I'm not in a great hurry to finish these off.
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7/16/2018 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 88 Points
Has it really been 5 years since my last bottle? I shouldn't be surprised, because this has aged quite a bit, the primary fruit slimmed down and retrained into a more mature bricked complexion. The personality is more restrained too and appears on the closed-up side for perhaps the first time since release. This was much better 5 years ago and (hopefully) it will be better again 5 years from now, but I'm not sure how many gears Armailhac really has.
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7/9/2018 - swiftr wrote: 84 Points
Good but beginning to lose fruit and intensity. Most of my other 2000s are lasting better.
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6/23/2018 - Nels+ Likes this wine: 90 Points
Cassis, blackberry, tobacco, suede, cigar box. Typical Pauillac. Pleasantly smooth, but rather short and tends to descend in shape. Drink up.
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5/18/2018 - winot Likes this wine: 90 Points
Better than our last bottle - medium to medium deep ruby w hints of age - cigar box nose, good acidity - smooth, medium bodied, classic cherry and tobacco palate - lovely, classic claret w good fruit, balanced and showing some secondary notes - correct; a "proper claret" as the Brits would say, , but it's not thrilling or wowing in any sense, which one would prefer at C$100/bottle! - but v nice, v. Bordeaux. Should hold here for a few years yet.
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5/16/2018 - Oskiwawa wrote: flawed
have had a lot of these over the past few years. always been a decent pedestrian wine. This bottle had a level of brett that I have not experienced before. Drinkable but not representative.....
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5/12/2018 - WEB,III Likes this wine: 87 Points
Weak showing. Industrial character is unmistakable.
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2/19/2018 - Purple Tooth wrote: 93 Points
This is a classic Pauillac that is full of energy and good tension. It delivers earth, espresso, cedar and bright red fruit while the acidity is evidently the big theme and the backbone of the graceful, slow aging. The fruit tannins are right where they need to be for my taste and that makes this wine a Drink!
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2/18/2018 - guribh wrote: 91 Points
Rather classic Paulliac; dark, healthy color. Telltale currents, lead pencil and cedar. Good length and some spice on the palate lead me to think it could still evolve. Excellent bottle.
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12/24/2017 - northerner Likes this wine: 90 Points
A rich red color and good rich fruit and body. This wine is drinking very well now, could go another 2-3 years? Went very well with prime rib roast. on blind tasting some guest preferred the 2012 Sanson Estate Baco Noir Reserve.
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12/17/2017 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 91 Points
Plums, cassis, cigar box and cedar on the nose, with a ripe, vibrant mouthful of plum and cassis, tinted with raspberry and strawberry flavours. Medium-bodied but persistent and with decent grip, this is now at peak. Not Premier League standard, but not far off, this is drinking beautifully and totally outclassed the Haut-Batailley 2000 it was tried with.
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12/10/2017 - Poh Likes this wine: 91 Points
Lead, pencil, earthy with aromatic nose. aftertaste was good
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11/24/2017 - Ebartone Likes this wine: 92 Points
Age if well, very little amber, nice wine.
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11/10/2017 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
Alpha Estate & Friends Dinner (The Leadbury, London): Tasted blind and this was a solid solid wine.
What is very impressive is how the nose of this wine evolved. First notes were of classic bordeaux, then evolved to a northern Rhone with light smoky, roast meat feel, black olive notes and towards the end showed a more mocha feel. Very impressive wine, round, supple, layered and with lost of balance and elegance. Very Very good. 93-94
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10/28/2017 - pinotwok wrote: 89 Points
Der beste Armailhac den ich bisher hatte, aber da liegt die Messlatte ja auch nichts besonders hoch. Ein typischer Paulliac, etwas Zeder, Graphit, Leder, dunkle Beeren. Am Gaumen eher schlank und kompakt, dunkler Fruchtkern mit etwas Extrakt, ist im Abgang etwas unsauber, fast schon grün, hält nicht sonderlich lange nach. Klassischer, reifer Bordeaux, aber wie immer bei Armailhac für den Jahrgang enttäuschend. Drink up.
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10/16/2017 - Janstan Likes this wine: 89 Points
Well knitted, earthy, leather, lighter than I expected. Had with smoked brisket
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10/7/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 89 Points
Another Saturday at Chevalier...Mostly Blind (Chevalier Fine Wines - Chicago IL): Tasted double blind. Black cherry, cassis, cigarbox and spice hints. Easily identified as ripe vintage bordeaux, this is very balanced and enjoyable right now.
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9/20/2017 - Marc wrote: 91 Points
Beautiful expression of Pauillac, in a more classic style. Tight, very focused, cedar and pencil shavings abound. Intense and pure blackcurrant fruit quality. Excellent balance and while certainly in maturity, this feels quite young and able to go another decade....
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9/20/2017 - Marc wrote: flawed
Used as a cooking wine for e Coq au Vin.
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9/18/2017 - asajoseph Likes this wine: 91 Points
A lovely cedar wood / cigar-box savouriness here - and plenty of sweet cassis fruit to go with it. Interesting, fully mature, but lovely chewy fruit too. Great
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9/9/2017 - sirwine Likes this wine: 91 Points
This wine has continued to improve and is in a very good spot. Notes of eucalyptus and pencil lead. Lean, soft and drinking beautifully. Decanted an hour before drinking.
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8/21/2017 - winot wrote: 88 Points
No notes, but a significant disappointment - slightly thin, too acidic, lacking body - for this vintage, from a member of the Rothschild stable, this is not up to snuff.
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8/2/2017 - VAGentleman wrote: 92 Points
In full flower-integrated with lovely perfume notes over mahogany and dark fruit. Full and lasting in the mouth. Bit of mint at the end. Delightful.
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7/31/2017 - paulst Likes this wine: 90 Points
Earth still tannic and austere; some blackberry; nice texture; nice finish.
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7/9/2017 - Cathair Chaladinn Likes this wine: 90 Points
The D'Armailhac 2000 is currently drinking well with still some life yet. I bought this wine en-primeur so have followed its evolution over the years. I still find a heavy influence of oak on the nose, never the less the wine is smooth and a pleasure to drink if perhaps not showing a lot of complexity. A few days later I opened a 2000 Langoa Barton which gave much more enjoyment a step up in the quality of fruit and finish.
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7/7/2017 - Radboy wrote: 92 Points
This hits all of the proper notes. Just right.
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6/25/2017 - PolarBear22 wrote: 90 Points
Decanted for 30-60 minutes. Dark color with dark fruit and smooth tannins. This was a wonderful wine.
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6/25/2017 - A.Hansen Likes this wine: 90 Points
A correct Pauillac dominated by dark fruit notes of blackcurrant and blackberry. There are also some hints of cedar on the finish. Drinking well now - it can hold but I'm not sure there's much upside to doing so.
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4/9/2017 - Cmainardi wrote: 91 Points
Great nose. Absolutely typical of left bank Bordeaux., Not complex but classic Pauillac. Crowd favorite.
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3/25/2017 - Pciampa wrote:
Very smooth. Drinking beautifully now.
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12/18/2016 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 91 Points
Perfect fill and pristine cork. Very dark in colour. Plums and cassis on the nose with the usual cigar box and cedar. Initially quite short, even thin, but it just needed time to reveal a typically Pauillac, deep mouthful of blackcurrant and blackberry, with a good second wave of plums, before quite a persistent finish. If the finish was more profound, this would be outstanding but it's still the best Armailhac I've tasted.
Despite what some would say, I won't be hurrying to finish mine. This is still improving. A self-proclaimed "expert" declared a few years back that Armailhac should be drunk in its first ten years. Whilst I would agree that it's better to drink bottles too young than too old, to crack open this kind of wine in its first decade is simply to miss the point. Oh well.
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11/3/2016 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Very pretty and evolved off the cork pull. Still vibrant on the palate, lots of tobacco, tasty stuff. Tense still off the cork pull.
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10/19/2016 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
On day two almost all tertiary.
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10/18/2016 - swade wrote: 90 Points
I had this at 89 a few years ago. May have been shut down or bottle variation as this was more energetic than the prior three. Forrest berry palate and aromas. In a good place. 90
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10/18/2016 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Porves that 200 doesn't suck.
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10/9/2016 - WEB,III Likes this wine: 88 Points
Unmistakable Pauillac character, but not much depth, complexity, and more noticeable brett than I desire.
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9/16/2016 - Insanio Likes this wine: 90 Points
This is a perfect day to day wine
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9/13/2016 - plitton wrote: 92 Points
Popped and poured. Really enjoyable.
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8/12/2016 - jrh82 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very classic Pauillac! Quite masculine, tobacco noter, deep blue berries, earthy cellar. Only flaw was that it was a bit short on the aftertaste. Good wine though!
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8/1/2016 - pilot360 wrote:
Upon opening, the nose was a little muddled at first, with cedar, faint berry, coffee and pencil lead.
The palate was slightly tannic, cool to the mouth- nice red berry and plum.
This wine had moments of clarity over the few hours I drank this, the purity shone through intermittently. 1/4 of the bottle was consumed 2 days later (after refrigerating), and it did loose some of its freshness.
Very good
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7/16/2016 - Geoff Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very competent wine, well made. Fruit starting to fade just a bit, while tannins still present. Nice Tobacco and slight secondary notes, medium finish.
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6/18/2016 - aagrawal wrote: 91 Points
Coravin 6/18/2016: Decanted 30 min. Deep ruby with slight appropriate bricking; nose is surprisingly aromatic with tobacco, cedar, blackberry, good complexity that fades just a tad with extra swirling; palate is full bodied, youthful medium tannin, medium acid, medium alcohol, well integrated blackberry and black cherry fruit though these are a bit more muddled rather than crisp; medium finish. Overall this is well balanced, complex on the nose>palate, and superb value at $25 (release), even $50 (now), though it does lack the definition and depth of the very top tier bordeaux. Drinking well now and over the next few years. 90-91.
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5/22/2016 - Rollerball wrote: 92 Points
Purchased on release. Double decanted tonight two hours before drinking, which really brought out its best. Twelve years and twelve bottles. Beautiful with curried short ribs with a lemongrass dipping chili. A perfectly aged, dignified, compatible Pauillac.
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5/16/2016 - Andre Brattland wrote: 91 Points
Shy one nose wth raspberry and leather notes - coffee, earth and pencil at the palate. Tannins soft, uneven bottle. Would probably not develop any more. Drink up - with meat. 90-91p.
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4/30/2016 - davidandrose wrote: 86 Points
An hour of air; very little depth. Might be solid w fish but certainly not good on its own, or w sufficient body to stand up to beef
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4/29/2016 - Radboy wrote: 91 Points
This is drinking well now with notes of cherries and earth with soft tannins. Drink up!
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3/28/2016 - sirwine Likes this wine: 91 Points
This wine is finally starting to show its stuff. Dark maroon in color, brooding but deep. Decanted for an hour and tasting very nice. Pencil-lead, cigar box, still has some tannin backbone. Drinking nice now but still has a couple of years to go.
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2/20/2016 - mduque wrote: flawed
Bummer
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2/14/2016 - ralstenm wrote: 89 Points
The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like vanilla, bark and coffee. It tastes like black currant (cassis) and black pepper. The body is full. The wine has narrow texture. The wine finishes short. The wine has medium acidity. Not real impressive.
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2/11/2016 - Milos Likes this wine:
Tasted as part of 2000 Bordeaux tasting. Blackberry, bell pepper, forest floor notes. Palate very refined and balanced. Moderate finish. Very enjoyable now but no need to rush.
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2/5/2016 - peterchoy wrote: 90 Points
Appearance: Bright and clear, it has medium ruby color, with garnet rims and legs.
Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of black fruit of cassis and plum, oak notes of cedar, kernel notes of dark chocolate and coffee, herbaceous notes of yellow bell pepper, maturity notes of cigar box, animal notes of meaty. The wine is developing.
Palate: Dry with medium acidity, the wine has medium tannin of ripe and silky in texture, medium alcohol and medium (+) body, demonstrating medium (+) intensity of flavors including black fruit of blackberry and plum, herbal notes of five spices, oak notes of cedar, kernel notes of coffee. The wine has a medium finish.
Conclusion: Good quality Pauillac with an intense nose of good complexity, the wine has elegance and structure, a good representation of the commune, with the tannin already mellow to the degree it is well-integrated. With also good concentration, it has reasonable length on the finish. A nice wine which is ready to drink now, it can still maintain for another 2-3 years.
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1/10/2016 - Nutty08 wrote: 91 Points
Needed 2hrs of air to integrate and show well. Moderately expressive nose of cigar box, funk, and dark fruit. Palate has medium concentration with black currants and a little cedar spice. Finish adds a little ash. Fruit is still youthful, and nose isn't quite as expressive as you'd expect from a mature example. A year or 2 away from its mature plateau but still enjoyable in a primary sense now. Tannins in check.
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1/9/2016 - grossie Likes this wine: 91 Points
This is finally coming around. For the first hour after opening the fruit was hiding, very pencil-lead and not much else, a bit of dry fruit on the palate. After being open a bit the wine maintains its graphite nose but has a much more rich feel in the mouth. There's still quite a bit of tannin at the end, but the finish is long. I think this could use another 2 years to soften a little more, I now have faith that it will be very good.
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12/27/2015 - bu11itt Likes this wine: 90 Points
Preface : The capsule was sticky and smelled of past seepage. Wine was not decanted but popped, poured and tasted over 3 hours.
Nose: Strong notes of sandlwood, leather and damp earth. There are undertones of dark dried fruits, plum, pomegranate and a bit of cherry.
Palate: Slightly weedy, but not in a bad way. The acid is still sharp but somehow a little soft (yea, it doesn't really make sense, it's hard to accurately describe). The tannins are silky and intigrated.
Finish: Astringent and long with hints of dark fruit and "forest floor".
Thoughts: I was at first rather underwhelmed, but with a little air the underlying fruit seemed to emerge from behind the more brown/green aspects adding some wonderful depth and character. This bottle seems to be over the hill, but it's near the top and not at the bottom on the other side with several years of life left.
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12/24/2015 - PolarBear22 wrote: 90 Points
Decanted for 60-90 minutes before dinner. Showing very well with dark fruits and smooth tannins. I liked this one best while my son preferred the St. Julien.
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12/15/2015 - jdinkin1 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drinking well. Nice structure and balance. Wonderful with spareribs.
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12/7/2015 - Tao wrote: 89 Points
Sheer dark fruits! Not exciting! In the dump phase? Not reflecting the quality of the vintage! Questionable? Try it in a few years time! Living in hope!
Christmas Wine Tasting (BB&R)
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11/13/2015 - PolarBear22 wrote: 90 Points
Decanted 60-90 minutes. Was very smooth. Uniform color and a wonderful nose. Doing quite well, but I think I will try to drink the second half of this case over the next year or so.
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11/1/2015 - jsebiri wrote:
This wine was OK , a bit dry , decent nose , the tannins and dryness smashed the fruit , was expecting more , will try again in a year(s) as this juice needs time to have the tannins resolve a bit more.
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10/31/2015 - Nanda Likes this wine: 88 Points
Beautiful mature aromas of aged plum and cherry fruit, dried tobacco leaf, cigar box, underbrush and mineral. Medium bodied palate, though the fruit is light and receding. Good acids on the mid-palate. Fine tannin rides over the fruit in the finish. The fruit has started to fade here and I'd drink up.
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10/11/2015 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 90 Points
Better than the last one, this opened up nicely, with quite rich, jammy fruit and a decent finish. All the usual Armailhac taste and aroma components. Not the stunner I thought it would turn into but a very decent bottle.
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8/27/2015 - Todd French wrote:
I opened my last bottle tonight, with some sirloin stroganoff, and while I do 'like' it, I don't 'love' it, and primarily because I get a HUGE dose of coffee on the palate. Coffee is scarcely dominant on a Bordeaux - normally saddle leather, pencil shavings, sweet cherry, etc - but it's hugely dominant on this. It's so dominant on the palate and the finish that it almost has a bitter approach overall, which is unfortunate. Not bad, just not great.
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8/19/2015 - Barry Notes wrote: 92 Points
Pw/2 hr decant. Very solid cork, only 1/16" stain. Clear, med purple/red color, no bricking/brown edge. Absolutely no funk or cork on the nose. Exceptional vintage providing rich flavor and soft tannins at the close of finish. Perfect balance/integration, the bottle aged well and better than expected. Medium body, correct claret flavor profile which stayed the course, never got flat or thin. Delicious. $30 at release.
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8/17/2015 - gsquireh Likes this wine:
Medium-bodied smooth and balanced tannins from start to finish for this sweet scented cedar forest delicious mouth caressing black fruit delight from the wonderful 2000 vintage.
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7/29/2015 - Shoebox Likes this wine: 90 Points
Purple colour, good clarity. Moderate legs. Unmistakeable Pauillac nose with typical cedar.
Rounded on the palate, pleasant mouthfeel with some soft tannins.
Leather and graphite perhaps outstrip the fruit, but overall very pleasing and will last for 15 years more. May improve over next 5 years.
Very nice Pauillac.
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7/26/2015 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 93 Points
SO nice to break away from the Burgundy vortex every now and then…..this has always been a fan fav for me…..Pauillac on the cheap back in the day…….can't believe its been 6 yrs since my last bottle of this? Still very youthful….smooth and silky, yet still firm with a dusty tannic grip. Might not be fully open for biz just yet…..still statuesque….but the flavors are totally tasty Bordeaux…leather, pencil lead, smoked nuts, dried currants, raspberry, licorice, purple flowers, dusty cedar spice……super smooth feel…then kicker of spice and dried fruit finish. SO fun to sip on…..and more interesting than most Ca. cabs. Plenty more in the tank on this one…wish I had another case!
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7/8/2015 - Marc wrote: 92 Points
Outstanding Bordeaux at its peak of development, for my tastes. Medium bodied (at most) but with an exquisite sense of balance and proportion. The acid and tannin levels are in harmony and are gentle in nature. Classic blackcurrant, cigar box and lead pencil with lots of integrated oak. This will age for another 10 years, but I find it difficult to imagine this improving further.
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6/28/2015 - sirwine Likes this wine: 91 Points
This wine is finally hitting its stride, but still has some life. The tannins have broken to allow you to taste this delicious wine. Prior bottles were almost impenetrable. Decanted for at least one hour and it drank fine. Typical Pauilliac style. Well integrated.
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3/22/2015 - schellbe wrote: 90 Points
Very nice well aged Bordeaux. Drank with steak. Typical Bordeaux nose, with hint of ripe olives. High acidity, but balanced. This wine held four nights, and a long car trip to Denver, four days after opening.
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2/28/2015 - jcoleman wrote: 88 Points
good lead pencil structure but this bottle has not delivered like previous ones.
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2/1/2015 - Julian Marshall wrote: 89 Points
More in hope than certainty. Very tight, with good structure but the fruit has rather dried and thinned since the last bottle. This could be in a mute phase but I'm not over optimistic. There's no point in drinking it now so better to wait another year or two and hope for the best.
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1/9/2015 - Montecalvo Likes this wine: 89 Points
tight and closed. rather singular
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1/9/2015 - aChave wrote: 89 Points
Older Bordeaux Tasting (Dan's Place): Dark ruby with no sign of bricking. 52% cab, 48% merlot. Restrained, well balanced with good fruit and tannic backbone. To watch for further development; somewhat reticent now.
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12/12/2014 - J @ y H @ c k wrote: 88 Points
Nice,solid, nothing spectacular
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12/6/2014 - jdinkin1 wrote: 91 Points
Mature Bordeaux. Nice
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11/3/2014 - Marc S wrote: 88 Points
- Brick color with medium forming legs. It's somewhat balanced and has flavours of raspberry with a medium body. Coarse texture with a medium finish - Nose is that of a typical Bordeaux wine. Very earthy.
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10/13/2014 - WillersC wrote: 91 Points
This has developed well over the last year. It has now got some decent complexity on show, mixing cedar, cassis with earthy funky notes. Still has some gravelly structure but this has softened a little. I think this has eased into it's plateau where it should sit for 10 years or so.
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10/12/2014 - Rollerball wrote: 89 Points
Complex, with enjoyably reserved tension complementing its nice mid-weight and mineral finish.
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10/1/2014 - rossi.wine wrote: 91 Points
From jeroboam. Attractive nose, a bit of Mouton mintiness, cool. On the palate, quite tannic, slightly sharp acidity, good length but a bit simple. 90-92
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9/8/2014 - asajoseph Likes this wine: 90 Points
Wonderful rich purple colour, and a nose that suggested strong cassis fruit, with a hint of tertiary cigar-box & almost charcoal notes. This didn't quite follow through on the palate, unfortunately, which had a rush of acidity and tannin with the fruit perhaps slightly muted by comparison. This probably still needs another couple of years to settle down IMO, but the bones of an excellent wine are still here.
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8/22/2014 - jcoleman Likes this wine: 90 Points
this is getting steadily better. it is still a little on the austere side but the fruit is still there and the tannins are softening nicely
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8/10/2014 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 89 Points
From a bottle purchased upon release and cellared in pristine fashion, this wine was kindly presented to our tasting group by M.B. Deep garnet in color, it is effusive of cassis, tobacco, earth and Asian spices on both the nose and palate. Medium-bodied and with nicely integrated alcohol (12.5%), it is a structured wine with medium acidity and medium dusty tannins. Solid in the middle, the wine closes with a medium-length, tart finish. This particular bottle shows plenty of fruit and structure to ensure at least another decade of life. I would suspect that this would be the case for other comparably-cellared bottles. Drink now-2024.
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6/28/2014 - J @ y H @ c k Likes this wine: 88 Points
Nice Bordeaux. Nothing fantastic but quite enjoyable.
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6/28/2014 - J @ y H @ c k wrote: 90 Points
This is in a very good place right now. Starting to develop tertiary flavors. Cherry and blackberry fruit. Smooth saddle leather, herbs and dusty earth.
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6/8/2014 - macker100 wrote: 89 Points
Very nice mature aromas with notes of cedar, earth, mulberry. Palate a bit tight, with the fruit a bit lacking. Drying solid finish. Expected a bit more. Drink up as fruit is fading.
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6/2/2014 - lexwine Likes this wine: 90 Points
Evolved but with great fruit and acidity to go for another 7-10 years. Right now at very good place. Great Puillac personality.
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5/28/2014 - Jeff Leve wrote: 88 Points
Mature, soft, easy drinking Pauillac with a tobacco, cassis and earthy, forest character. This requires drinking as it's not meant to age much after this point.
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5/26/2014 - J @ y H @ c k wrote: 86 Points
Decanted for 30 minutes and followed for 3 hours. Not a bad wine, but nothing to write home about. Bought as a future. Not showing much sign of age and may get better. Improved a bit with air. Dark red tart cherry fruit and a bit of Bordeaux bandaid. No leathery age, no tertiary flavors yet. It's light. Flavor is subdued. Not worth the 12 year wait. I was hoping for much more.
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5/5/2014 - blanquito wrote: 84 Points
From 375 ml... Ok, I've been hard on this wine, at first because it was a let down in the context of the vintage and then because it seemed to be dying a premature death... This bottle is better than my part 2 criticism, but still fails part 1.
Herbal, spicy nose, even a bit bell pepper, perhaps some pencil shavings. The palate is drying but this bottle has much better midpalate depth than previous ones, leaving it merely lean rather than emaciated. The backend is still semi-tannic and excessively drying. Certainly drinkable and some of the most stalwart of the AFWE might find some charms, but still mostly meh. 84-85 pts.
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3/2/2014 - devraj Likes this wine: 90 Points
Coravined. Deep dark red color. Aromas of small crushed red fruits, lovely cedar perfume, tobacco and graphite makes up a nice nose. A refined palate follows with earthy and slightly bitter-sweet red fruits, low acidity, resolved tannins and a very dry finish.
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2/21/2014 - john@draneaslaw.com Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very good wine. All the right characteristics. Still fresh but still tight. Good with food. Should last several more years.
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2/5/2014 - grossie wrote: 88 Points
Drinking well, but I still get the sense that it will soften and flourish more with another couple of years. Maybe it'll never be as good as I'd like it to be, right now about 88 points or so.
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2/3/2014 - sastewart wrote: 90 Points
Opened 3 hours ahead - ready now. Nice Pauillac bouquet. Medium body, fairly ripe mix of red and black fruits, some tobacco, cedar, and good acidity and a pleasant touch of sweetness. Tannins faded. Overall round and ready to drink. 90 points
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1/4/2014 - amateurwino wrote: 89 Points
Solid Pauillac with typicity. Still tannic, this is early in its drinking window. 89-90, as to be expected for what this is.
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12/30/2013 - WillersC wrote: 92 Points
Still a few years off peak. Really lovely Paulliac,earthy, ceday with deep black fruits and great length. Very nice savouy wine
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12/1/2013 - jdinkin1 wrote: 90 Points
Nose is a bit closed but dusty dark fruit hints. Well structured. Dark fruitlet balanced with nice acid and smooth tannins. Nice finish. Can go another 5 years.
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11/29/2013 - PolarBear22 wrote: 90 Points
Decanted for two hours before we tried it. Opened up nicely over the next two hours. After 5-6 hours, it had faded. Great Bordeaux nose, smooth tannins and long finish.
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11/26/2013 - Geoff Likes this wine: 91 Points
Coravin over several months. Maintained freshness. Delightful wine with some secondary notes, plenty of fruit and some tannins left to go a while longer.
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11/24/2013 - G_H wrote: 87 Points
Brie, cedar wood, very elegant but too light...
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11/20/2013 - rossi.wine wrote: 92 Points
From Jeroboam. Sweet, luscious fruit, forest floor, tobacco and spices on the nose. Good grip, again sweet fruit and just enough acidity, gentle tannins, good length. Very nice. No rush to drink this in my view.
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11/13/2013 - Geoff Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very pleasing. Nuances of aged Bordeaux. Balanced. Tannins muted but still present. Plenty of fruit left. 12.5% alcohol is a delight.
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11/9/2013 - Nohedes wrote: 92 Points
Nicely mature, but plenty of fruit - smooth tannins and very moreish. Drink or hold.
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11/5/2013 - shutto1992@gmail.com wrote: 85 Points
Nice bordeaux nose and with cedar, earth and cassis. Mid palate and late palate are flat.
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10/12/2013 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: flawed
Friday Night @ Ripple (Ripple - Cleveland Park - Washington, DC): Damn, the second corked wine of the evening. This was terribly rotten on the nose, full of wet dog, mold and armpit. Sucks, because I was looking forward to tasting this wine.
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9/25/2013 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 94 Points
I've always been more fond of Armailhac than everybody else in the world, it seems. The '94 was the first Grand Cru Classé I ever had, because it kind of gave me a rush to try something with "Rothschild" on the label, and I can't say that was a great Bordeaux but it was a pretty damn satisfying one. This one is very impressive though. It pretty much reeks of Pauillac with that typical cedar-shaving thing on top of sweet red fruit scents. It starts out a little tannic and backwards but as it warms up the fruit really smooths out and even ripens in the glass. The cedar builds in intensity along with the fruit. This obviously doesn't hit the level of finesse of, say, the Pichons in this vintage, but it still turns out exceptionally drinkable once it hits its stride and exemplifies Pauillac about as well as anything I've had in a very long time.
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9/19/2013 - blanquito wrote: 80 Points
From half bottle... Another lousy bottle of this wine, and getting worse. The bouquet is decent, with some dusty black cherry and a slight floral note, but it is merely inoffensive. The palate is pretty much shot, hollowed out, thin and now dominated by shrill and sour acidity. Whatever fruit this wine once had seems gone. There are some gritty tannins still. Not really drinkable for those with options.
I know this position is debated, but this is yet another solid-to-mid-range 2000 Bordeaux (along with chateau like Cantemerle, Bernadotte, Fontenil, Charmail, Fombrauge, and Fougas Maldoror) that was at least better a few years ago and at worst is drying out. Very discouraging for the vintage of the millennium and a worrisome indication of how modern winemaking may have changed the aging curve of Bordeaux.
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8/28/2013 - grossie wrote: 89 Points
I was hoping there would be a little more fat on it, I think this wine is still somewhat in a slumber. It's got great color and nice bordeaux aromatics (pencil shavings and cassis). Medium body, but I find it a little reticent, it doesn't want to give right now. I suspect another few years will bring out more charm and more fat. Wait for another 2-3 years IMO.
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8/4/2013 - sastewart wrote: flawed
CORKED! Bought as futures, cellared at 55 degrees.
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7/6/2013 - CabIsKing wrote: 91 Points
Nose of plum, dark cherry, cedar, tobacco and earth. Tannins very integrated and good finish. Classic Pauillac drinking very good right now.
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6/21/2013 - derek.hara@sbcglobal.net wrote: 89 Points
First of three in the cave. Solid bordeaux...tons of fruit still there, typical secondary flavors of tobacco, leather cedar and graphite. Fruit just a little on the sweet side, still some acidity to prop it up. Well made. Would have given this a higher score about three years ago during my "bordeaux phase."
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6/11/2013 - markellen.foodies@gmail.com wrote: 90 Points
Brown Bag Wine Dinner at Two Chefs Double Blind; 6/11/2013-6/14/2013 (TWO CHEFS, MIAMI, FL): Cleary Pauillac. Comparable to its 95 cousin Clerc Millon I brought last time. Good fruit and depth reflecting the Vintage. Barry's Red.
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5/25/2013 - GEDC Likes this wine: 91 Points
PNP decided not to decant. Nice bouquet of sweet red fruits, leather, dark chocolate, wet earth, and a faint presence secondary aromas on the very back. Silky smooth, with a tea like dryness to it and a sour apple finish. Payed $40 for it, no problem enjoying this wine. In my humble opining I don't see this wine gaining more volume honestly, I would drink up. The dryness at the end was not a problem but I would recommend pairing it with a light cheese and good company to get more out of the wine. Salud :)
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5/19/2013 - Geoff Likes this wine: 91 Points
Everything nice, mild secondary notes. Not blockbuster, but everything in place. No overt tannins, smooth. Pretty palate and long on the finish.
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5/12/2013 - Pknut wrote:
Ok, but nothing special or memorable. At first, this shows more red fruit, but with air it darkens and shows more cassis-type darker fruit. The tannins are surprisingly soft and the wine shows some softening of structure without a corresponding increasing in complexity or anything particularly charming. Could also use some more lift to the midpalate; this seems to have a slight midpalate weakness. Bottle #1 of 6, I think, and I will probably wait another few years to open the next and I hope for a more interesting wine then.
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5/5/2013 - Rollerball wrote: 91 Points
Outstanding with porcini-rubbed fillets.
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4/27/2013 - Oskiwawa wrote: 89 Points
Better than my last bottle from a year ago but still not a shining example of 2000 bordeaux. Opened and let breathe in the bottle for 5 hours. Consumed over two days. A nice wine but nothing to get too excited about. Tannins integrating well. Decent body. Palate lacks any real depth. Did not improve much at all on day 2. Drink over the next 5 years.
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1/13/2013 - rdsboca wrote: 92 Points
This wine is full of life. Black cherry, plum, some moss and a hint of cedar. REally a great value. Has plenty of time left to it.
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11/17/2012 - Hotspur21 wrote:
Way too young! Under a thick layer of tannins there is a hint of almonds, blackberries and tar to be grasped, quite nobly so. This will certainly become an excellent wine, but I won't touch it for another 10 years.
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11/17/2012 - Deryl wrote: 88 Points
A little too much underbrush and too little fruit. Mellowed out after about 2 hours in the decanter. Still fairly youthful, though drinking well for what it is.
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10/27/2012 - tbabes wrote: flawed
Slightly corked.
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10/6/2012 - alr6767 wrote: 91 Points
Dark red color, significant bricking to the edge. Nose of cedar, tobacco, cassis, sous bois. Savory palate, sage, underbrush, ash, some delicious red fruit in the background. Medium+ acid, round mouth feel. Finish is medium with savory, earthy tannin that are well integrated.
This was just amazing with irish beef stew. Classic claret. 12.5%
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9/24/2012 - Julian Marshall wrote:
Very dark colour, completely opaque. Initially this was a little tight, so I decanted it for 3 hrs before tasting properly.
A nose of dark plums, blackcurrant and herbs, with the classic Pauillac cigar box and cedar touch. A mouthful of blackberry and blackurrant, with a second wave of dark plums and crème de cassis, then a very intense finish. Powerful, rich, quite burly, reminiscent of a Pichon -still quite tannic, I would have guessed this was a 2005. Just about ready for drinking, but this will certainly improve further.
An outstanding example of d'Armailhac, easily the best I have ever tasted. Normally d'Armailhac is a perfectly decent Pauillac but lacking in star quality - this one reminds me of the best Pauillacs from 1990.
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7/4/2012 - twotee Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lovely if young. This wine will likely develop flesh with patience, but even as it is now it has enough mid-palate to merit the precise, crisp, and supple finish. The nose seems classic to Bordeaux: toffee, herbal, cassis, anise, and savory. Sure, more fruit would add some hedonism, but this is a great wine and I enjoy those savory notes. My only wish is that it wasn't my last bottle, this is clearly quite young to be in my glass.
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6/9/2012 - rklafter wrote: 91 Points
Open
Cedar
Plum
Smoke
Dirt
Clean
That is all
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5/6/2012 - Wylie Coyote wrote:
still a little tight; opened 2 hrs early, didn't decant. Not lush, but very good.
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3/25/2012 - Nutty08 wrote: 92 Points
Had about an hour of air initially, later revisited with 3-4hrs air. Initially with bell pepper and “poopy” nose with nice leafy herbal notes. Palate a fine, somewhat austere, with coarse tannins in the background. Moderate finish, with repeating bell pepper notes and some dried red fruits. After a few hours air the “green” notes were much closer to mint than bell pepper, with more length and complexity and the “poop” blew off. At this point was quite elegant and polished. Initially guessed St Estephe (Calon) but after a few hours this was much more distinctly Pauillac. Give this 5 more years and it’ll be in a very nice place.
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3/6/2012 - Rani wrote: 91 Points
Cigar tobacco and blackberry jam, really nice on the nose. Fat on the palate with a good grip and a nice core of dark fruit. I found this to be better than a previous bottle. Could clearly wait a few more years and maybe improve, however it was quite nice now.
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2/24/2012 - ctwomey wrote:
Garnet red colour. Tannins have melted away. Starting to show secondary nuances such as balsamic and tomato. After 12 years it's staring to reach its sweet spot.
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2/18/2012 - Bureso wrote: 85 Points
Dyb rød farve? Egetræsduft med solbær. Smag solbær, egetræ, tannin og jord. Eftersmag af solbær træ tannin.
Du er der kun en enkelt tilbage i kælderen - vinen købt 2007 med Ib og Christian.
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2/3/2012 - tbabes wrote: 90 Points
The fill was into the neck and the cork was sound; popped, poured and consumed with dinner. Notes of ripe black fruits and cedar, with hints of black truffle. Medium-bodied, with good depth of flavor, good texture, and fine grip and focus on the finish. There seems to be quite a bit of variation with bottles of this wine.
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1/30/2012 - tonyvelebil wrote: 88 Points
Traci opened this blind for us to have for dinner (of course she knew what it was!). Accompanied roasted pork tenderloin, sweet potato fries and broccoli. Smelled it, dark in color and ruby red at the rim, with that dusty, pencil lead/graphite, dark fruit that says this is Cabernet and not from CA. So I taste and run through the progession - medium tannins with a decent core of red fruit and cassis just poking through. More pencil lead/graphite and I proclaim it is Bdx and probably left bank from the 2005 vintage - guessed b/c of the tannin structure and relative shyness of the fruit. I didn't go so far as Pauillac but should have...Oh well. Nice wine, I think she said she paid about $20 which is fair. 88-90?/100, maybe a bit lower on the 88 if it doesn't pop. Didn't really pair well with the tenderloin though.
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1/2/2012 - Rani wrote: 87 Points
Tasted blind. Cedar dominates the nose. Elegant in the mouth but not much fruit evident. Classically made left-bank Bordeaux but an unexciting one.
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1/2/2012 - jcoleman wrote: 88 Points
classic pauillac flavour. this has improved over the last couple of years but is still severely limited. there is insufficient richness to carry this weight of tannin. decidedly old school claret!
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12/19/2011 - RR47 wrote: 87 Points
A musty, barnyard odor upon opening, that mostly blew off in the glass after a few twirls. Needed some time to open. Muted red fruit, with more coffee and lead pencil. This evolved into a little more cassis fruit, with soft tannis. Around $40 as a future in June 2001. Stored at 55 since received in October 2003. OK but not impressed.
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12/14/2011 - Zweder Likes this wine: 92 Points
Monthly Tasting Group HWS #064; Bordeaux; Pauillac (By RvD): Beautiful and complex bouquet with ripe dark forest fruits , cassis, cigar box, cedar and graphite. A textbook and classical Pauillac bouquet. A mouth filling start with ripe fruits and beautiful acidity and a pleasant touch of sweetness. Same impressions as in the bouquet. Also some chocolate. Everything is round and harmonious in this wine. Although there is some development, the wine is still youthful with beautiful tannin. A classical and full bodied, round and friendly Pauillac. Beautiful now already and with enough power to be a beauty in 2016 still.
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10/20/2011 - sirwine wrote: 86 Points
I have tried this wine once every year over the past three years and it has been a disappointment. It is still so closed down and I do not think I will try it again for a few years. After four hours in the decanter it started to open up, but by then it was almost finished. WARNING: Decant at least four hours before drinking.
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9/20/2011 - Rani wrote: 90 Points
Tasted blind. Dark ruby. Kirsch on the nose, cedar emerging with air. Quite tannic. Slightly bitter finish. Clearly a too young left-bank Bordeaux. I'd wait another 3-5 years with this.
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9/10/2011 - gschneider wrote: 92 Points
Not sure about some of the descriptions below. This wine was not only ready, it was almost in peak form. Full of life, not tannic or hard at all, bursting with medoc fruit flavors and typical Bordeaux nuance; graphite, leather, pencil, etc. It was delicious.
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8/27/2011 - matherjo wrote: 89 Points
A bit hard and tannic. Will wait a few more years for the next.
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7/18/2011 - Patrick wrote: 89 Points
From memory: needs a good 30 minutes to open up but shows pretty well. Good fruit on the nose along with some tobacco; solid acidity and initigrated tannin, but very dry.
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6/5/2011 - PSirah Tampa wrote: 90 Points
Drinking well now, but still has a lot of life in it. Lots of fruit and acids left.
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5/21/2011 - Oskiwawa wrote: 85 Points
Opened and left in the bottle at cellar temperature for 4 hours before serving. It is not easy to make such a mediocre wine in such a good year. Nothing offensive but also nothing exciting. Muted nose and muted palate. Comes across as a watered down shell of what it should have been. Wine was purchased EP and stored at 55C since purchase. Judging on others comments I have my doubts about whether this was a sub par bottle or just a sub par performance by d'Armailhac.
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4/9/2011 - rjm_va wrote: 90 Points
Better than TN's suggested, though would agree that time is not on its side. While a little thin on the mouthfeel, still had the good terroir (with some funk) and drank well. A couple hours of air seemed to help.
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4/7/2011 - StewartWent wrote: 89 Points
Drank better than I might have believed given the trend of TNs but perhaps should have showed better at this age. Soft and well balanced with no tannin firmness at all. Quite surprising actually. Mild funky barnyard but otherwise quite straightfoward. Drink over the next 2 years.
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4/5/2011 - freka586 wrote:
D: Trevliga mognadstoner - stall, läder, tobak.
S: Slankare än övriga viner i provningen. Torr och kraftig.
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3/22/2011 - sgamiz wrote:
No sing of age - great barnyard aromas - the flavoir is old world Bordeux. Its is a good wine but not great. I will probably score this between 89 and 90 due to the high expectations on the vintage.
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2/28/2011 - Bureso wrote: 85 Points
Dyb rød farve med duft af kirsebær blomst læder og mineraler. Fin balance i smag alkohol lakrids blomme rosin vanilje. Smagen slutter med moden tannin og vanilje.
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2/26/2011 - jcoleman wrote: 84 Points
desperately disappointing. despite a pleasant cedar box bouquet this wine is highly tannic with very little fruit left. if this improves significantly i will be amazed. needs drinking soon
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2/15/2011 - Beachrooster Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dark red color with still no signs of age. Aromas of currant, cherry cola, graphite, leather, flowers, perfume, and minerals. Medium plus weight with decent balance. Still lots of acid and structure, but fruit seems a fruit a little shy. Long ripe tannins on the finish. Better than the last!
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2/11/2011 - gsquireh wrote: 92 Points
Plenty of forest smoke in this nicely balanced ready to drink juicy berry and currant medium-bodied wine. Easy drinking, integrated tannins and fine finish. Paid $30 in 2001 at futures price. What can you get today for like amount that drinks so lovingly?
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1/26/2011 - Brian Kennedy wrote: 93 Points
bricking at edges - almost transluscent at core.
very evolved on the nose. initially thought it was 96 based on this. leather, green pepper, graphite, yet good sweet fruit.
leather, cassis, and vegetal (in a good way) on the palate. good ripeness. medium(-) acidity and medium, fine tannin. lift from acidity at end.
surprised when it was revealed as 2000. aging more quickly than clerc milon. loved this wine.
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1/8/2011 - Bureso wrote: 82 Points
Mørk rød, Egetræsduft med solbær. Smag solbær, egetræ, tannin og jord. Eftersmal solbær træ tannin. Skal måske ligge lidt mere - åbnede sig lidt mere til slut.
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11/23/2010 - paulst wrote: 91 Points
2 hr decant; sweet leather blackberry gravel-earth nose; sweet blackberry but reticant and greenish; developing and gathering itself; tasted like a pessac leognan at times; needs time to bloom.
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11/7/2010 - Grinner wrote: 95 Points
14th Annual Lyon 10 Year Retro Tasting (Eugene, Oregon): Overacheived in this blind tasting. Great cigar box and spice combined w/ deep black fruit and a great mouthfeel. It shocked many when unveiled. 92 on day 2.
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10/9/2010 - rayq wrote:
Dark Cherry core, lightening slightly towards the rim.
Not much on the nose, a touch of green pepper mixed with pencil lead.
Quite silky on palate. Resolved and integrated. A little viscosity/heady.
Not particularly long but a nice pleasurable drink. Enjoyable. No rush to drink up.
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9/22/2010 - jeff nowak wrote:
double blind. not decanted. green and harsh. this never really had a chance. NR
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9/22/2010 - kstoddard wrote: 88 Points
Blind Night: Dark purple color. Pretty French oak nose. Taste of blackberry, currant, pencil lead, and earth. A slight touch of greenness on the finish. A well made wine but just disappointing tonight. On the past four times I've tried it I enjoyed it much more. Maybe just in a bad place in it's evolution. Off bottle? Popped and poured. I'd be curious to see where this wine was is with some air.
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8/24/2010 - Marc wrote: 91 Points
Immaculate wine. Textbook Paulliac. Intense ripe (but not too ripe) blackcurrants, fennel seeds and lead pencil on the nose. In the mouth, medium bodied and intense with marzipan, fennel and blackcurrants - nice grip in the mid palate. The wine lingers and feels like it's about 5 years away from maturity. Having said that, the wine has tremendous balance and goes down like water - a wonderful food wine. The tannins are fine grained but apparent. I think this wine will age to grace.
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7/24/2010 - ctwomey wrote:
Garnet in colour. Still a little tannic and quite drying. Lost all the primary fruit nose. If you have a few bottles of this try one just to see it in its current stage of evolution.
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7/1/2010 - blanquito wrote: 88 Points
2000 Bordeaux Horizontal: Parts I & II; 7/1/2010-7/6/2010: Big, effusive bouquet of herbs, zesty notes and sour cherry. After the pleasing nose, the palate comes across as fairly light, fairly lean, fairly disappointing. There’s some good chewiness, but the fruit is underwhelming and it’s tart-lemony in the mouth. This seems surprisingly advanced for a classified growth in a year like 2000. Aeration helps and it gains some weight and sweetness, but it can’t hide that is not much more than a pleasant picnic-styled wine. Drink now.
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7/1/2010 - tbabes wrote: 88 Points
The bottle and cork were in pristine condition, but this is the second disapointing showing in a row of this wine. No signs of advanced aging or other storage issues. The bouquet was rather straightforward, with notes of black and red fruits, and some hints of spice. Medium-bodied, but with more acidity poking through than previous examples.
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6/15/2010 - In2wines wrote: 89 Points
This is ok, but not better than ok, The latest vintages seems to have more of everything ! It will never be more than average, for me to dry and to simple, would have expected more from a 2000 ... . totally agreed on the average notes ..
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5/17/2010 - grossie wrote: 89 Points
Decided to try one of these now. This note is from night #2. Dark red wine. The nose is rich with a little baked fruit (maybe that's the 2nd night oxidization) with flint and a little spice. Medium body, very fresh taste with ripe tannins and firm acidity. The finish is pleasing, but not terribly long. It needs another 3-5 years to start showing, but I'll probably try another in 1-2 more years to help track it and other 2000 Bordeaux.
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5/4/2010 - gportilla wrote: 89 Points
Bordeaux Left Bank 10 year evaluation; 5/2/2010-5/4/2010 (Detroit Lakes, MN): Fell a bit short at the end but good dark fruit concentration and still a few tannins to resolve. A couple of people really liked it but overall came in number 6 in flight 2
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3/30/2010 - rherman wrote: 90 Points
showing nicely right now but still some upside ahead. blackberry, cassis, soft cedar and shavings. med length and med plus weight.
nice.
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3/5/2010 - Jeff Leve wrote: 88 Points
Offering secondary notes of tobacco, earth and truffle. This medium bodied wine did not seem fully ripe. The flavors in the finish edged to the red fruit side.
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2/22/2010 - tbabes wrote: 88 Points
Not the best bottle I have had of this wine, as the bouquet was a bit restrained, and there was a bit of astringency on the palate.
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2/16/2010 - CSteefel wrote:
Drank this with a group at Andree Bouchee in Carmel, this was surprisingly gentle on the palate, if not fully as mature as some of the 2000 I have had. Not a trace of the Brett that affected many of the 1999 so strongly, this has balance and poise and should continue to age well. Worth trying a bottle now.
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2/6/2010 - Beachrooster wrote: 90 Points
Dark ruby red with no signs of aging. Aromas of currant, cherry cola, coffee, pencil, leather, and sulfite. Medium weight with nice balance. Tannins are tighter than expected with lots of structure and medium fruit. Long classic Bordeaux finish. Should last a long time.
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1/12/2010 - tbabes wrote: 93 Points
Youthful color; nice bouquet, with notes of black fruit, briar patch, and earth; wonderful texture, good balance, and a focused and long finish.
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12/24/2009 - MarkSherm wrote: 89 Points
Nicely balanced, classic Bordeaux. Not giving too much right now - still a bit tight - but lovely to drink. My sense is that this needs 3-5 more years.
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11/6/2009 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Wow! A real stunner right now.
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10/12/2009 - johnwine wrote: 92 Points
This wine is just fabulous with ripe, black lush fruit with complexity of flavor on the palate. I should improve for about two more years.
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9/15/2009 - Mrbuzz wrote: 91 Points
Little funk, but tasty raspberry puree, dried currants/cherries, leather, pencil lead, dusty spicy cedar. Smooth and silky, yet still very youthful with room to grow. Tasty wine!
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8/23/2009 - randalleron wrote: 88 Points
drinking very nicely now. not remarkable, but enjoyable. at under $40 for a 9 year old BDX I think it's a good value.
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7/31/2009 - xpensivewino wrote:
somewhat boring but enjoyable
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7/3/2009 - jrcarpentier wrote:
deleicious. rebecca and seth enjoyed it more than the 96 carruades and the 97 almaviva
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5/21/2009 - tbabes wrote: 90 Points
The bottle was in pristine condition; opened about 1.5 hours prior to consumption. A healthy dark garnet/purple color; clearly a young wine. The bouquet was more reserved than previous bottles, with scents of black and red fruits, licorice, and tapenade. Medium-bodied in the mouth, with good structure and fine concentration; a bit short on the finish. This bottle was somewhat closed compared to prior examples.
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4/8/2009 - Tim Heaton wrote: flawed
corked
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3/26/2009 - Rollerball wrote: 87 Points
Wanted more from this wine. It's good; even interesting; but somehow sad in its medium-bodied dried currant, leather, herbs, and burnt espresso. The fruit is nice but takes a back seat. Lots of bottle variation at age 9.
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3/22/2009 - ParkHill wrote: 89 Points
On the jammy side, but with evident supporting tannins and complexity that makes it worthwhile. My previous description 6 months ago was "disjointed and unpleasant", this time it feels more integrated. Maybe bottle variation that will settle in the next few years. There is plenty of fruit, tannin and oily-richness that it is worth it. As I noted before, blackberry, vanilla, light flinty bitterness, but a lot better tasting this time.
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3/20/2009 - Rollerball wrote: flawed
Quite unpleasant.
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2/15/2009 - tbabes wrote: 92 Points
A lovely wine. Youthful appearance; slight lightening at the edge. Provocative boquet of ripe black fruits, spicy oak, licorice and smoke. A firm grip, with good concentration of fruit and a long finish. Beautiful QPR.
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1/9/2009 - JOJ wrote: 93 Points
This was flat out great. Nose of smoke, leather, pencil lead, and blackberry. Palate of juicy black cherry, licorice, tabacco leaf, and dill. Still a youngster, with ample tannin, but balanced but good acidity. Wish I had more.
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1/4/2009 - MichelBesner wrote: 89 Points
Nice but needs another 5-6 years to really balance off. Good fruit and tannins still very present.
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11/30/2008 - ScottG wrote:
Mostly tight and closed. Gave two hours to decant- not nearly enough. Good stuff, but needs 5 more years.
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11/19/2008 - tbabes wrote: 93 Points
A dark purple core, turning to purple at the edge. A generous bouquet, offering up scents of ripe dark fruits, leather, liccorice and spice. Medium-bodied, with good concentration, a velvety texture, and a well delineated finish.
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11/5/2008 - johnwine wrote: 92 Points
This wine is just like Parker describes it. The fruit is sweet and black with complex flavors and ripeness. The only question I have is about when this wine will reach a peak. In my opinion that will come in about three to five years which is much earlier than Parker’s forcast of 2007 to 2020. This wine is delicious right now but will definite get much better over time.
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11/1/2008 - Dan of Marylebone wrote: 85 Points
Dark purple-red in colour. Raw meat and leather on the nose. Dark cherries on the palate. Well balanced tannins, drinking well now. Decanted to aerate only a few minutes before drinking. This is the third half-bottle I have had from this batch, and probably the best.
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10/10/2008 - gsquireh wrote: 92 Points
Dark purple and balanced tannins, this delicious and opulent cedar and spice cake exhibits black currant and coffee. Sensual and seductive!
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8/17/2008 - ParkHill wrote: 83 Points
Ddisjointed and unpleasant at first. Blackberry, vanilla, grassy, flinty and a little sour. It was like you could taste the Merlot, the Cabernet and the Oak, but the package was not integrated. Maybe it needs a few more years, but I'm not so knowledgeable about that. Unless I just have an off bottle, Parker totally misses. And, so many of the other TNs seem to give negative descriptions, yet offer scores of 85-89 (very good to Excellent); doesn't make sense.
[after 24 hours] Upgraded to 83 from 79. No longer disjointed. Flavors integrate to produce a pleasant, medium bodied, moderately elegant wine. Not one of your hedonistic, over-ripe, over-extracted fruit bombs, which is fine. Light tannins; sufficient acid to go with food. I don't know what this means for aging. Maybe another few years in the cellar, and you will can get this elegance at 2 hours instead of 24, without the risk of some oxidation.
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8/8/2008 - bunhiong wrote:
surprising lack of concentration for this vintage, not even close to their 95
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7/3/2008 - vespasian wrote: 89 Points
Mocha, vegetal fruit on the nose. Smooth and refined on the palate. Some complexity, good length.
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7/3/2008 - Zinlady wrote: 90 Points
This wine was closed in - I did not get a nose but it had a really long finish and was quite nice with a rack of lamb. The wine was smokey and tasted like typical Paulliac - tar and leather.
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6/15/2008 - Asmo wrote: 87 Points
opened during a party to see how it was developing. not a great wine, and disappointing considering the outstanding vintage. thin and unremarkable on the nose as well as palette. will hold on to the others a few more years in hopes that it was just in a closed period.
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6/1/2008 - acoulson wrote: 91 Points
Absolutely ready to drink now , possibly a little fat. Still has a solid nose, smooth palate and nice finish.
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5/31/2008 - jc-mmb wrote: 87 Points
certainly nothing special. pencil box, lead, tobacco. lacking fruit. short finish. ehhh
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5/16/2008 - KeithAkers wrote: 90 Points
bordeaux tasting (Binny's Highland Park): nose: really nice typical pauillac nose of smoke, leather, kirsch, and tobbacco with some good red currant tones and nice red fruit notes to round things out
taste: great feel with leather, tobbacco, smoke, red currants, dark cherry and cranberry tones and slight bits of earth notes too
overall: the first time that I've actually really liked a d'armailhac to be honest. Really good grip with nice traditional flavors and good red fruited core. Seemless in the transitions with a nice smokey finish
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5/15/2008 - tbabes wrote: 92 Points
A healthy dark garnet/purple color. Upon opening, a fairly impressive bouquet, offering up scents of smoky red fruits, creosote, and anise. Medium-bodied in the mouth, with a structured finish.
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3/28/2008 - Vino Me wrote: 91 Points
A friend opened this bottle at his Summer house in Michigan a couple weeks ago. We opened this next to a 1971 Mouton Baron Philippe which was the name of this estate until about 15-20 years ago. This was paired with dinner of grilled lamb chops which had been marinated in lemon, garlic and mustard using a recipe that my wife got out of the most recent Lewelling newsletter. My wife also made a red wine/beef stock and leftover marinade reduction au jus with the lamb. Some of the best lamb I have ever had. 2nd time I have had this wine the first being at a tasting upon release. This was better than the 1971. Decanted for 3 hours. Solid red color. Slightly soapy nose which blew off rapidly. Notes of pencil lead, rose petals, smoky black fruit and toasted oak. Firm tannins. Much more approachable than at release. The 2000 Reignac which we also opened was much more closed. I liked this very much. It was better than the 1996, 1997 or 1999 and was about the equivalent of the 1995. However, the 2000 is still improving. 91 points.
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2/22/2008 - ctwomey wrote: 91 Points
Decanted and left for an hour to allow it to get to room temperature. Good balance with medium finish and drinking very well. Berries on the nose with smooth tannins. After 2 weeks of medication where I couldn't drink alcohol it was great to drink a classic left bank bordeaux.
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2/21/2008 - kstoddard wrote: 92 Points
Nice french oak and black fruit on the nose. Tastes of black cherry, blackcurrant and earth. Well balanced with nice acidity. Elegant finish. Very nice.
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1/17/2008 - markellen.foodies@gmail.com wrote: 92 Points
Bob Muraro brought this to our business lunch at the club, along with the 97 Falseco Montiano. This shined in comparison. Cab/merliot blend that is definitely Bordeaux, some cedar, stones. Very promising for the 2000 vintage, which I have been letting sleep. Time to begin trying.
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12/29/2007 - Rob A wrote: 88 Points
Not a great showing for this wine. Thin, acidic with metallic notes showing.
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10/19/2007 - KeithAkers wrote: 89 Points
WL Chicago Blind Bordeaux night (my house): nose: solid nose with main notes of tobbacco and cranberry. not much more going on other then those notes
taste: very smooth. BLueberry and cranberry coming through a lot with some nice firm structure on the mouth too
overall: real good solid wine. Firm tannins, good backbone, nice mouth feel, and a solid finish. It just doesn't have that special feel to it though, it does pretty much everything it's supposed to, but just not enough to push it more forward
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8/31/2007 - drphil wrote: 88 Points
[375 ml]. Open in the bottle for 30 min. Black purple color, minimal nose at first but continues to open nicely in the glass. Came to have dark fruit and earth on the nose and palate. Very well balanced. Pleasantly dry with medium-long finish.
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7/30/2007 - kstoddard wrote: 90 Points
Blackberries, blackcurrant, leather, plumbs, earth, hint of brett. Nice mid palate length and purity of fruit. Very well balanced with an elegant finish.
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7/29/2007 - brownman6 wrote: 89 Points
Opened well within 20 minutes. Deep color, nose very earthy, young on the palate.
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6/30/2007 - vintage61 wrote: 87 Points
Very tightly wond with very little nose or palate. Mostly tannin with a little cassis peeking out from around the edges. i am not sure that the fruit will outlast the tannin. If it emerges, it could be a good wine and merit another point or two. JP
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6/26/2007 - Roberto_1 wrote: 88 Points
Fresh left bank nose. The palate is balanced but shows some thinness in the middle. Mature?
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5/20/2007 - Rollerball wrote: 91 Points
THIRD ANNUAL RISE & DECLINE TASTING: Each of these three cab (blends)--Bordeaux, Napa, and Australian--steps up to its expected caricature. The d'Armailhac has forrest, tar, and sweat on the nose. It is the earthiest, lightest bodied (though still medium/full bodied) with lovely oily smoke and flowers. We suspect, from three years of change so far, that this one has the longest aging potential, but then, that's one of the things we are hoping this ten-year game will help us understand. Note: this year three was the first time we did the tasting over dinner: Rob's A+ braised duck breast (for his birthday).
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1/13/2007 - EyeDoc wrote: 88 Points
what everybody else said - this wine is good but nothing special. Probably a little overpriced. The 99 wasn't much different in taste but was 2/3 the price.
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12/20/2006 - Roberto_1 wrote: 88 Points
From a half bottle this wine showed closed. It had an earthy, leathery nose with new oak and a hint of greeness. I got the austerity that I've tasted in this wine before as though it is holding back potential. Not really as fruity as my last bottle, perhaps I should have decanted.
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11/21/2006 - mattiasjansson wrote: 88 Points
Blind Night - Enotria (Enotria, Scottsdale): Tannic. Muted fruit.
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11/21/2006 - kstoddard wrote: 88 Points
Blind Night (Enotria, Scottsdale): Caramel nose. Dark cherry fruit with blackcurrant. A little tannic. This was much better when I had it a few months ago. Must be an off bottle. Ever so slight corked? No one else agreed but Rich thought it was off as well but didn't know why. Too bad. My contribution to blind night.
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10/12/2005 - Dteng wrote: flawed
Corked!
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2/12/2005 - Blair Curtis wrote: 92 Points
The STG and Me take on 2001 Bordeaux (Susan's House, Seattle, WA): Reticent nose showing some talc minerality - not giving much yet. On the palate, the wine is more open. A lovely round wine with nice balance and good structure. Some coffee grounds and underbrush. Good fruit. Really nice wine.
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2/12/2005 - Jason wrote: 88 Points
STG Does 2001 Bordeaux (Susan's house): Susan pulled the right wine but wrong vintage from her cellar. I have a case of these resting, so it was good to check in on it. The color was very dark and far less red than the other wines in the flight. The nose was closed with only some minerality poking through. The palate was lush and very sweet, but it lacked much complexity. The tannins also seemed a bit clunky.
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8/20/2004 - wilfyu wrote: 90 Points
It was infantcided for my buddy's birthday. Popped open the night before at around 11pm. It was almost black in colour. This is defintely closed. It was numb on the nose and I took a sip, geez, extremely tannic, mouth coating and my taste bud is completely numb. Feels just like infanciding a young Gaja. Dacanted for an hour or so, then pour back to the bottle. Took another sip in the am before going to work at 6am, still tannic, but much rounder and smoother. Showing some black fruits in the bouquet and complexity was found. Went over to my friend's house with it at 8pm. Start drinking it after dinner around 9:30pm. Total of 22.5 hours of double decant. Wow, as soon as the cork was pulled, a nice black fruit aroma just filled the dinning room. Still very dark in colour. In the palate, tannins are nicely integrated with a nice texture. Full body with hints of black fruit and coffee. Very well balanced and will last decades. Shared between 9 people and finished the bottle in no time. Everybody wish it was a 3lt that I brought instead of a 750ml. Will not open another for another 5+ years. Delicious.
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2/7/2004 - PaulH wrote: 88 Points
The d'Armailhac showed a purple-red clear color and earthy nose of fruit. Good flavorful attack with pronounced dusty tannins on the mid-palate. Very tannic on the mid-palate and finish. Needs a lot of time before it will provide much pleasure. Still, there is a lot of good material here. [Tasted @ K&L].
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1/11/2004 - Jason wrote: 85 Points
After tasting this, I wanted to cut my mouth with butter. Wow, is it tannic. Nose of bret, licorice, and leather. Charcoal on the palate with sweet black fruit, licorice (this is dominant on the nose and palate). Dry, dusty tannins that are really intense. Needs 5 years to settle.
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1/10/2004 - Eric wrote: 89 Points
Seattle Tasting Group does German Riesling (Issaquah, WA, USA): Tobacco, brett, earthy and lovely on the nose. This is an awesome, earth-driven wine, but the fruit is currently hiding. Is it losing? (Actually, once I saw the label I worried less.) The finish is medium in length, a bit tart but quite nice. I think this is pretty shut down right now.
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10/18/2003 - R2-D2 wrote: 88 Points
I found this to be extremely restrained at this time. Tannic with violets, herbs, and blackberry fruit. I had this back in January and it was similar, but more open. A few years of cellaring will be an improvement.
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9/7/2003 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 88 Points
Tasted unblinded at 2000 Bordeaux horizontal at the home of Marshall Banker. Bright disc. Deep-to-opaque purple robe with violet rim. Clean nose, showing moderately intense coffee, black currant, plum and vanilla aromas. Medium-bodied on the palate, with medium ripe tannins, medium acidity and slightly hot alcohol. The medium finish carries some heat.
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1/21/2003 - R2-D2 wrote: 90 Points
2000 Bordeaux Tasting (Chicago, IL): Bright blackberry and crushed violet aromas. Plums, earth, leather, and mocha on a deceivingly tannic finish.
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1/17/2003 - Vino Me wrote: 90 Points
Union des Grand Crus de Bordeaux (2000 Vintage) (Intercontinental Hotel Chicago): Medium to full bodied and chunkier than the 1996 version. Notes of leather, black fruit and raspberry. Tannic. 90.
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