Drank two bottles a week apart. Both disappointed. The wine is a deep purple, thick and concentrated, but lacking any finesse. It is like a brooding teenager that has failed to mature. There is still an edge of tanin that give a dry and slightly astringent finish. It has not improved over the last couple of years and I suspect will not do so from here on.
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A concentrated, full bodied wine with plenty of punch. Plenty of fruit, including cherries in kirsch and stewed plums, with a backbone of spice. For me, it lacked subtlety or complexity, but delivered plenty of flavour. Drinking well.
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2000 Château Pontet-Canet
2/17/2021 - London Life wrote: 89 Points
Drank two bottles a week apart. Both disappointed. The wine is a deep purple, thick and concentrated, but lacking any finesse. It is like a brooding teenager that has failed to mature. There is still an edge of tanin that give a dry and slightly astringent finish. It has not improved over the last couple of years and I suspect will not do so from here on.
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2002 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único
1/19/2021 - London Life Likes this wine: 93 Points
A concentrated, full bodied wine with plenty of punch. Plenty of fruit, including cherries in kirsch and stewed plums, with a backbone of spice. For me, it lacked subtlety or complexity, but delivered plenty of flavour. Drinking well.
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2012 Domaine de la Vougeraie Vougeot 1er Cru Clos Blanc de Vougeot
1/11/2021 - London Life wrote: 93 Points
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