Richard Nabavi

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Wine	Like It	Don't Like
2000 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Crozes-Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert	Yes
2011 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage Blanc Chevalier de Sterimberg	Yes
2014 Château Batailley	Yes
2010 Pieve Santa Restituta (Gaja) Brunello di Montalcino	Yes
2015 Château Quinault L'Enclos	Yes
1982 Château Haut-Brion	Yes
1970 Château Pape Clément	Yes
1982 Château Pape Clément	Yes
2019 Château Berliquet	Yes
2007 Château Climens	Yes

2014 Château Batailley
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2/17/2024 - Richard Nabavi Likes this wine: 92 Points
Replacement for the flawed bottle, so served rather too cool. Still, with gentle coaxing this wine showed its quality. Good deep colour, classic Pauillac on the nose, and beautifully balanced on the palate. It is drinking really well now - it's perhaps reached its plateau of maturity (though no hurry).

I actually preferred this to the more flamboyant, sweeter 2009 tasted a few days earlier, as the 2014 is (today at least) more classically structured claret. Excellent QPR.
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2014 Château Batailley
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2/17/2024 - Richard Nabavi wrote: flawed
The first bottle of a case bought on release, but alas undrinkable - musty on the nose and an unpleasant metallic sweetness on the palate. I fetched another from the cellar...
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2000 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste
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2/10/2024 - Richard Nabavi Likes this wine: 92 Points
Confirmation of my notes from 2020 - this is drinking very nicely now, and is on its plateau of maturity.
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