Viscous, dark ruby-garnet appearance offering attractive, spicy, cherry-blackberry liqueur nose. A youthful and fresh nose comparable to the other two bottles consumed. Soft mouthfeel of mature red berries that offers a bit more heat than sweet on the modest finish. Nice nose but a blasé flavor component.
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Liked this bottle much better. Medium ruby-garnet color. Fresh plum-red cherry nose with hints of anise and rose. Still quite floral and more fragrant than the previous bottle. Flavor profile is a panopoly of cherry, red berry, and other red fruit flavors, offering a round, balanced, seamless, silky mouthfeel. Not an especially complex wine but very satisfying and in its prime drinking window.
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Dark garnet, spicy nose with cinnamon, allspice, pomegranate, touch of menthol. Balanced, rather straightforward palate of grilled cherries and sweet strawberries. A touch hot on the modest finish but a pleasant drink with food.
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Canele: Earthy gamey notes at first with Asian spice, slight walnutty, bretty aspect, showing some age, medium concentration, just a bit weak mid-palate; good solid.
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P'N'P. No horribly, obvious oak on first sniff, some smoke maybe but not char. Mature fruit with some complexity, darkish red fruits, lingering finish. Delicious! Drank along side a '08 J Roty Charmres (and a Clos Vaguest). The Roty showed superior structure and depth, but the Girardin was more mature with a decent yet softening structure, commence the slow decline. Lacey, smooth texture if not a touch edgy at times. One more to pop within 2 yrs for sure to see if it adds complexity.
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11/5/2023 - Musinus wrote: 90 Points
Viscous, dark ruby-garnet appearance offering attractive, spicy, cherry-blackberry liqueur nose. A youthful and fresh nose comparable to the other two bottles consumed. Soft mouthfeel of mature red berries that offers a bit more heat than sweet on the modest finish. Nice nose but a blasé flavor component.
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10/11/2023 - Musinus wrote: 93 Points
Liked this bottle much better. Medium ruby-garnet color. Fresh plum-red cherry nose with hints of anise and rose. Still quite floral and more fragrant than the previous bottle. Flavor profile is a panopoly of cherry, red berry, and other red fruit flavors, offering a round, balanced, seamless, silky mouthfeel. Not an especially complex wine but very satisfying and in its prime drinking window.
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9/5/2023 - Musinus wrote: 89 Points
Dark garnet, spicy nose with cinnamon, allspice, pomegranate, touch of menthol. Balanced, rather straightforward palate of grilled cherries and sweet strawberries. A touch hot on the modest finish but a pleasant drink with food.
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8/21/2016 - peternelson wrote: 91 Points
Canele: Earthy gamey notes at first with Asian spice, slight walnutty, bretty aspect, showing some age, medium concentration, just a bit weak mid-palate; good solid.
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8/21/2016 - gregg g wrote:
P'N'P. No horribly, obvious oak on first sniff, some smoke maybe but not char. Mature fruit with some complexity, darkish red fruits, lingering finish. Delicious! Drank along side a '08 J Roty Charmres (and a Clos Vaguest). The Roty showed superior structure and depth, but the Girardin was more mature with a decent yet softening structure, commence the slow decline. Lacey, smooth texture if not a touch edgy at times. One more to pop within 2 yrs for sure to see if it adds complexity.
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