Just south of the more well known Château Beauregard, Clos Beauregard brings intruiging notes of prunes, liquorice, smoke, charcuterie and herbs on the nose. The palate shows some nice complexity, with dark plums, tobacco, ripe cherries, wet stones and some lively tannins. A great example of Pomerols Merlot driven mastery for a more modest sum.
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Opened and consumed amongst wonderful company on a joyous occasion, so this surely affects the rating to some degree.
On the nose, there is a whole plethora of aromas, kicking off with freshly opened cigar box, black currant shrubs and rainy forest amongst so many other layers.
The first sip showed that this bottle had a lot of fruit left, as well as lively and buzzing tannins. As the flavour developed on the palate, I found mushrooms, violettes, and aniseed in there as well.
It's always a tricky labyrinth, trying to put a score on a wine, and to be honest I'm not really sure if I could ever give such a wine a fair rating. But I do know that drinking a wine, from a time when the world was a little bit more open, a little less scary and dark, a little bit gentler and not so damn complicated, will always move me and give me a sense of sentimentality. It makes me feel so many things, apart from just aroma and taste. And for that, I am grateful.
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The turkish giant Kavaklıdere is always a safe bet in my book, when it comes to the often overlooked wines of Türkiye. The 2018 Boğazkere Prestige delivers a really enjoyable experience, and according to a friend who works as a sommelier in Istanbul, 2018 might very well turn out to be a legendary vintage in Diyarbakir. Taking his word for this, I absolutely agree that there is a lot of class and refinement here. Red berries, cinnamon, cloves and oxidised red apples on the nose, giving a very amusing contrast of the mind; images and memories of warm sandy beaches and sun clashing with aromas of autumn. The oxidised apple follows on the palate, together with red currants, stainless steel and dark, soft raisins. The renowned Boğazkere tannins are certainly alive and gives the wine great structure . Of the prestige vintages and varieties that I've tried, this does fall a bit short in comparison to the Öküzgözü and Kalecik Karesi, but is nevertheless a great wine when wanting to show skeptics just what turkish wine can be.
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2014 Clos Beauregard
8/31/2023 - Smilga Likes this wine: 92 Points
Just south of the more well known Château Beauregard, Clos Beauregard brings intruiging notes of prunes, liquorice, smoke, charcuterie and herbs on the nose. The palate shows some nice complexity, with dark plums, tobacco, ripe cherries, wet stones and some lively tannins. A great example of Pomerols Merlot driven mastery for a more modest sum.
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2000 Château Haut-Bages Libéral
5/1/2023 - Smilga Likes this wine: 95 Points
Opened and consumed amongst wonderful company on a joyous occasion, so this surely affects the rating to some degree.
On the nose, there is a whole plethora of aromas, kicking off with freshly opened cigar box, black currant shrubs and rainy forest amongst so many other layers.
The first sip showed that this bottle had a lot of fruit left, as well as lively and buzzing tannins. As the flavour developed on the palate, I found mushrooms, violettes, and aniseed in there as well.
It's always a tricky labyrinth, trying to put a score on a wine, and to be honest I'm not really sure if I could ever give such a wine a fair rating. But I do know that drinking a wine, from a time when the world was a little bit more open, a little less scary and dark, a little bit gentler and not so damn complicated, will always move me and give me a sense of sentimentality. It makes me feel so many things, apart from just aroma and taste.
And for that, I am grateful.
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2018 Kavaklıdere Boğazkere Prestige
2/26/2023 - Smilga Likes this wine: 89 Points
The turkish giant Kavaklıdere is always a safe bet in my book, when it comes to the often overlooked wines of Türkiye.
The 2018 Boğazkere Prestige delivers a really enjoyable experience, and according to a friend who works as a sommelier in Istanbul, 2018 might very well turn out to be a legendary vintage in Diyarbakir. Taking his word for this, I absolutely agree that there is a lot of class and refinement here.
Red berries, cinnamon, cloves and oxidised red apples on the nose, giving a very amusing contrast of the mind; images and memories of warm sandy beaches and sun clashing with aromas of autumn.
The oxidised apple follows on the palate, together with red currants, stainless steel and dark, soft raisins. The renowned Boğazkere tannins are certainly alive and gives the wine great structure .
Of the prestige vintages and varieties that I've tried, this does fall a bit short in comparison to the Öküzgözü and Kalecik Karesi, but is nevertheless a great wine when wanting to show skeptics just what turkish wine can be.
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