1996 Château Gruaud Larose

Community Tasting Notes (190) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  4/4/2024 - ShakenNotStirred Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Wonderful wine. Big and well balanced with lots of fruit, cherry, vanilla. I did not decant it, instead kept the bottle open to let it evolve further slowly during the course of the evening, which it did beautifully. Excellent until the last sip.

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  4/2/2024 - The Wine Monkeys wrote: flawed

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  3/31/2024 - alamoave Likes this wine: 92 Points

  From magnum. Decanted for an hour. Delicious. Drink now.

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  3/4/2024 - Mleh wrote: 88 Points

  I opened this about an hour before dinner and then let it evolve in the glass during dinner. Aroma was very funky, almost all barnyard/manure. Hint of cherry, vanilla and tobacco but really dominated by barnyard. The palate however was actually quite pleasant. The barnyard was still there but it was very smooth, still decent acidity and tannins almost completely resolved but enough left to give some structure. The flavor profile wasn’t great on its own, but with braised short ribs and mashed potatoes it was actually quite nice. The barnyard was more in the background, there was definitely a little fruit left along with tobacco. With the food there was also a nice sweetness mid palate. I would say this must be right at the end of its life but if you like old wine with mostly tertiary flavors it’s still enjoyable.

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  1/31/2024 - Ppavlicek Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Lots of green grassy notes on the nose followed by purple fruits. Still has some life left.

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