Half bottle at end of evening at Restaurant Nora in DC. A drinkable wine. Red Fruits--a bit overdone for me. Not tannic. Ready to drink. Full bodied and sweet, but with little complexity and no grip. Not my cup of tea, but pleasant enough.
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I really enjoyed this wine. I opened a bottle last year, but was not as impressed. This wine has certainly gotten an education and some life experience in the past year. Gravel, oak and tabacco smell (burnt caramel??). Classic feminine Margaux character with cherry, tabacco and SWEET tannins. This is really a fantastic wine for the price, with a solid fruit core, well structured, with a nice midpalate and solid finish. I want to rate it higher actually. I am writing the review on the second day. I drank half the bottle yesterday, and polished off the remainder today. Second day the tannins softened and the cherry fruit core and solid finish really stepped up.
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2005 La Chapelle de Calon
8/9/2012 - 3horsewinit wrote: 89 Points
Raspberry nose. Mild tannins. Not a typical St. Estephe, but neither is their 1st wine. I like it. Might buy a case for every day drinking--it's nice.
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2003 Château Peymartin
4/28/2012 - 3horsewinit wrote: 88 Points
Half bottle at end of evening at Restaurant Nora in DC. A drinkable wine. Red Fruits--a bit overdone for me. Not tannic. Ready to drink. Full bodied and sweet, but with little complexity and no grip. Not my cup of tea, but pleasant enough.
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2006 Château Boyd-Cantenac
3/29/2012 - 3horsewinit wrote: 91 Points
I really enjoyed this wine. I opened a bottle last year, but was not as impressed. This wine has certainly gotten an education and some life experience in the past year. Gravel, oak and tabacco smell (burnt caramel??). Classic feminine Margaux character with cherry, tabacco and SWEET tannins. This is really a fantastic wine for the price, with a solid fruit core, well structured, with a nice midpalate and solid finish. I want to rate it higher actually. I am writing the review on the second day. I drank half the bottle yesterday, and polished off the remainder today. Second day the tannins softened and the cherry fruit core and solid finish really stepped up.
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