My previous bottle of this seemed over the hill and had little to offer, so I had low expectations. However, this wine appears to emerged from a dumb phase and I think that there a a few years of development left, in fact. As it stands, tonight there's a perfectly early-mature wine here offering plenty of drinking pleasure, with cherry fruit, the expected tertiary savoury flavours, and some acidity still going strong.
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Decanted for two hours before the first glass, with a further two hours. This was not enough! Too young, still, in my view, although there are some interesting tertiary flavours developing. If I had another, I'd probably try it in a few years, or else open it six hours before drinking. In any case, this is not a wine of great complexity, albeit one of some charm and elegance in balance with medium power.
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There must be a lot of suboptimal storage, or perhaps my source has a very cold cellar, because this is still a baby. Perfect cork, huge volume of primary fruit (mainly cassis and bramble), some caramel, but rather unresolved tannins. If I had a case, I'd forget for another five years.
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2014 Thibault Liger-Belair Moulin-à-Vent La Roche
4/28/2024 - badgerline Likes this wine: 90 Points
My previous bottle of this seemed over the hill and had little to offer, so I had low expectations. However, this wine appears to emerged from a dumb phase and I think that there a a few years of development left, in fact. As it stands, tonight there's a perfectly early-mature wine here offering plenty of drinking pleasure, with cherry fruit, the expected tertiary savoury flavours, and some acidity still going strong.
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2012 Château Batailley
10/30/2023 - badgerline Likes this wine: 89 Points
Decanted for two hours before the first glass, with a further two hours. This was not enough! Too young, still, in my view, although there are some interesting tertiary flavours developing. If I had another, I'd probably try it in a few years, or else open it six hours before drinking. In any case, this is not a wine of great complexity, albeit one of some charm and elegance in balance with medium power.
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2009 Château Gloria
10/1/2023 - badgerline Likes this wine: 92 Points
There must be a lot of suboptimal storage, or perhaps my source has a very cold cellar, because this is still a baby. Perfect cork, huge volume of primary fruit (mainly cassis and bramble), some caramel, but rather unresolved tannins. If I had a case, I'd forget for another five years.
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