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2009 Château Brane-Cantenac
4/27/2024 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 94 Points
Bottle drunk in parallel with a Pontet Canet 2009. Carafage for 4 hours.
Nose of black fruits, menthol, tobacco and leather.
Mouth full of tension, with a stony side. Mineral flavors, dead leaves, black fruits and tobacco follow one another in a harmonious and intense way. Beautiful complexity and evolution for a wine which retains a nice freshness but which already seems to be at its peak unless you prefer more tertiary aromas. Today it offers a good balance, it is suave and sapid. Beautiful finish on tobacco with an elegant length.
Excellent.
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2009 Château Pontet-Canet
4/27/2024 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 95 Points
Opulent nose, black fruits, graphite, cedar, coconut and vanilla.
Structured palate with magnificent intensity. A 4-hour decanting was necessary to soften this noble beast. The juice is thick and velvety with a magnificent balance, thanks in particular to a fine acidity which stretches the wine to infinity. Second part of the palate is spicier with flavors of undergrowth. Great finish with a still notable tannic mass which will take a few more years to fully blend, good length on the graphite.
Excellent Pauillac, still very young.
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NV Chavost Champagne Rosé de Saignée Brut Nature
4/26/2024 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dsg 02/2023
It’s difficult to keep my hands away from this rosé de saignée which intrigues me! Even though probably (too?) young, I decided to open a bottle from the lot I have just to gauge the level. Probably based on 2019.
When opened, the bubble is abundant, the wine could have been decanted but it was aerated for a long time which was beneficial to it. The choice of a large pinot noir type glass was also profitable.
Once the foam of the effervescence has dissipated, the juice offers an impactful attack, all in freshness, then on an intense red fruit coulis. It is a flavorful and very pleasant champagne. Good structure even if I would have liked to have a more vinous and longer finish.
Very good champagne, still reasonably priced which is becoming rare for Rosé de Saignée.
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