1996 Château Palmer La Reserve du General

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  5/10/2024 - Kmmk Likes this wine: 89 Points

  A dinner guest tried opening this with a waiter's knife and the cork started sinking. I tried rescuing it but the cork had no structural integrity and just fell apart no matter how gently it was pulled. The screw actually bore a hole in the cork with it still intact in the bottle. First time I've ever seen that happen. The ah-so just pushed the cork even further down the neck so we spent 15-minutes doing critical care surgery to extract the cork in bits and pieces.
  
  Once poured in glass, the colour showed a clean medium-purple. Scents of dark fruits and brett. Palate was thin and muted at first but a 30-minute aeration brought out the earthy elements balanced by mature fruit and surprisingly good acidity. A good medium weight in the mouth with a nice satisfying finish.

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  2/21/2018 - aero Likes this wine: 92 Points

  PnP corkage at restaurant, really should have decanted a few hours as it was just starting to be wonderful towards the end of dinner. Expressive funky animal nose, with strawberry (specifically) & other red fruit, yogurt. Palate continues funky elements alongside blueberry, cherry, old cedar sawdust, and leather. Short to mid-length finish. Hard to come by in the states, wish I had more.

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  4/30/2016 - sigge Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Brick - shows maturity. Smells like shit, barn yard and dark Chocolate - not fruit. No tannins left but still fresh in the aftertaste. Half body and a bit short, but what's left is so pure, mature and delicious. Probably a perfect bottle for this wine.

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  2/19/2016 - cnordstr wrote: 86 Points

  Very shy, classic nose. However, fails to deliver. Short and a bit green. We could not finish the bottle.

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  7/1/2011 - cnordstr wrote: flawed

  Corked

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