Fully mature, the wine combines truffle and earthy nuances with smoky dark fruits. The wine shows some strict characteristics in the tannins, so you might want to give it an hour of air, and pop your corks over the next few years. Round, fat, juicy, sweet, ripe, dark red fruits, cocoa, anise, smoke and plums are made even better with the lushly textured mouth feel, silky tannins and sweet, ripe, polished fruits in the finish.
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Tasted blind. Elegant nose of herbs, licorice, minerals, blackberry, leather, and oak. Round, fleshy mouthfeel. Ripe but not overly so. Would be ponderous but for the sparkling minerality. Tannins are strong but suitable for drinking now. Drink or hold. Rating: 91
Guess the wine. I will go with Bordeaux, right bank, 8 years old. Among the 18 wines in the blind tasting set, the obvious possibility is 2008 Chateau Faugeres.
Non-blind p.s.: Proud to get this one right. This wine doesn't have much wow factor, but it will please pretty much anyone.
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Bordeaux Confidential USA, nose of dark fruit, plum, cigar box, minerals, and mocha, more of the same on the palate, big body, almost elegant, tasty, long, lovely finish.
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Charming wine, deep red, dense, compact, lots of fruit, sweet, lots of bouquet, lots of flavor, it should last for several years, unsure whether the wine will get the right shades with aging
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08 Château Faugeres starts off with a truffle nose intermingled with oak and black fruits. This medium/full bodied, elegantly styled wine will offer pleasure at a young age. The wine finishes with silky, jammy black berry flavors. Owner Silvio Denz unveiled his new, show stopping wine making facilities in September 2009. 89-91 Pts
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3/6/2022 - egoya Likes this wine: 90 Points
Bottle 8 out of 9. Still strong and enjoyable but beginning to decline. Drink up.
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7/8/2020 - Crimson25 Likes this wine: 91 Points
great QP for an aged Bordeaux
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3/1/2020 - appel54 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Mörkröd tät färg
Mycket körsbär och svarta vinbär på doften. Blyerts och ceder. Väldigt tydliga bordeauxmarkörer
Bra frukt i munnen men ändå en viss antydan till mognad. Ett härligt vin som jag gärna dricker igen.
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9/17/2018 - Jeff Leve wrote: 90 Points
Fully mature, the wine combines truffle and earthy nuances with smoky dark fruits. The wine shows some strict characteristics in the tannins, so you might want to give it an hour of air, and pop your corks over the next few years. Round, fat, juicy, sweet, ripe, dark red fruits, cocoa, anise, smoke and plums are made even better with the lushly textured mouth feel, silky tannins and sweet, ripe, polished fruits in the finish.
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1/5/2018 - franinnyc Likes this wine: 90 Points
Easy drinking. Perfectly fine.
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4/24/2017 - wine&roses wrote: 89 Points
Delicious and ready to drink, though perhaps better in a year, when the pretty powerful tannins have softened a bit more. Simple but authentic claret.
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10/8/2016 - rmalloy Likes this wine: 91 Points
Tasted blind. Elegant nose of herbs, licorice, minerals, blackberry, leather, and oak. Round, fleshy mouthfeel. Ripe but not overly so. Would be ponderous but for the sparkling minerality. Tannins are strong but suitable for drinking now. Drink or hold. Rating: 91
Guess the wine. I will go with Bordeaux, right bank, 8 years old. Among the 18 wines in the blind tasting set, the obvious possibility is 2008 Chateau Faugeres.
Non-blind p.s.: Proud to get this one right. This wine doesn't have much wow factor, but it will please pretty much anyone.
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5/16/2015 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 91 Points
Bordeaux Confidential USA, nose of dark fruit, plum, cigar box, minerals, and mocha, more of the same on the palate, big body, almost elegant, tasty, long, lovely finish.
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10/25/2014 - Per-Harald Likes this wine: 90 Points
Charming wine, deep red, dense, compact, lots of fruit, sweet, lots of bouquet, lots of flavor, it should last for several years, unsure whether the wine will get the right shades with aging
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7/1/2009 - Jeff Leve wrote: 90 Points
08 Château Faugeres starts off with a truffle nose intermingled with oak and black fruits. This medium/full bodied, elegantly styled wine will offer pleasure at a young age. The wine finishes with silky, jammy black berry flavors. Owner Silvio Denz unveiled his new, show stopping wine making facilities in September 2009. 89-91 Pts
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