2002 Errazuriz Don Maximiano Founder's Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 91.2 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View stayhappy21's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/19/2024 - stayhappy21 wrote: 91 Points

  Brought this to a wine dinner at Kai Duck. Theme of the evening: 2002 Bordeaux vs Chilean Bordeaux Blend wines. Drank alongside the 2002 Almaviva.
  
  Dark purple in colour with ripe dark fruits on the nose and palate. Alluring and inviting with some herbaceous and mint notes, backed by dark chocolate and black coffee.
  
  Vibrant, and starting to show some layering and complexity. A stunning wine.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Brucie69's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/5/2024 - Brucie69 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Pop and poured. Drank over 4 hours.
  
  A nose of rich black fruits, blackberry, cassis, black cherry, with a touch of mint and a green leafy almost herbal aspect to the finish.
  
  On the palate the same black fruits, with the mint, a touch of chocolate, and then a slight tannic bite with a touch of leather and tobacco after the first couple of hours. The herbal element also starts to peek into view as the wine aerates.
  
  For a wine of 23 years old it’s still remarkably vibrant and fruity with just a hint of secondary and tertiary development. It’s however very rich, slightly one-paced and for me lacks a bit of complexity and nuance. And while the fruit is certainly there I don’t think it has much more to give than what it’s showing now.
  
  So no hurry to drink up but it doesn’t feel to me that cellaring for longer will bring out any hidden depths.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View maaike2's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/5/2020 - maaike2 wrote: 92 Points

  Fruit bomb, enormous power, round, long. Not complex. Not easy after the superb refined mouton 83.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View maaike2's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/15/2020 - maaike2 wrote: 92 Points

  Young and powerful. Cherries, good soft tannins, round mouthfeel, good length. superb value for money!

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View paul canet's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/25/2017 - paul canet wrote: 93 Points

  Vraiment excellent pour ses 15 ans. Les aromes de plant de tomate se sont estompés. Encore une bonne structure, va tenir la route encore quelques années. En bouche, un peu de vanille, boite à cigare, belle finale persistante

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 7 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.