Still drinking wonderfully, this St Emilion Bordeaux is a fantastic value and great way to get a feel for how age can impact a quality wine. Decanted for a couple of hours with a decent amount of sediment, dense and dark in the carafe. On the palate a wonderful warmth of beautifully integrated layers of softened tannins, baked red and dark fruit over a forest floor, with some hints of cocoa thrown in. A deep, restful wine; great stuff.
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Opens up very nicely with concentrated dark and red fruit, clean finish, seemed to soften somewhat quickly losing the initial strength, but still very enjoyable
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2000 Château Barde-Haut
9/28/2020 - bugsizzy Likes this wine: 94 Points
Still drinking wonderfully, this St Emilion Bordeaux is a fantastic value and great way to get a feel for how age can impact a quality wine. Decanted for a couple of hours with a decent amount of sediment, dense and dark in the carafe. On the palate a wonderful warmth of beautifully integrated layers of softened tannins, baked red and dark fruit over a forest floor, with some hints of cocoa thrown in. A deep, restful wine; great stuff.
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2017 Cruz Alta Malbec Reserve
5/26/2019 - bugsizzy Likes this wine: 89 Points
Opens up very nicely with concentrated dark and red fruit, clean finish, seemed to soften somewhat quickly losing the initial strength, but still very enjoyable
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2012 E. Guigal Crozes-Hermitage
11/6/2016 - bugsizzy Likes this wine: 88 Points
medium-full bodied blend of earthiness and fruits with some gaminess. Pretty tannic, smoothed out on day 2.
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