PnP. Browning rim showing age and a largely typical Gevrey nose. Some flowers initially with surprisingly good intensity, lots of sweet jammy fruit, strawberry, cedar and a bit of leather. Holding up very well considering age but would probably drink in the next 2 years. Given the ever ascending price of GC (rather Burgundy in the round), I thought this at £30 was extraordinarily good value and have already bought more. Vivino scores (4.4) proved to be a useful yardstick and I am giving this 95 for sheer enjoyment and Qpr.
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remember drinking this wine in 08 when it was closed and just showing some latent potential. Now, this wine is bursting with flavours and not showing much signs of age. It is a dark ruby with a tinge of orange on the edge, but I would not guess this wine is almost a decade old -- based on colour. On the nose it has intense cherry fruit, cola, tea, sassafras, and very little musky/barnyard. It has some decent weight and nice acidity -- seems like it has some life ahead (3-5 yrs). I know 04 was not that highly regarded, but this is a killer wine.
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Opened and let breath on the chiller for 1hr. Good earthy nose and mushroom soft roundness on the palate. Just a hint of spice on the backend and has nice drawn out finish. Pretty good structure and decent complexity. Le Poisenot is definitely better for another $25. Will try the '05 but it's almost the price of the Poisenot--supposedly much more going on though.
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2/19/2021 - Vinterest Angus Likes this wine: 95 Points
PnP. Browning rim showing age and a largely typical Gevrey nose. Some flowers initially with surprisingly good intensity, lots of sweet jammy fruit, strawberry, cedar and a bit of leather. Holding up very well considering age but would probably drink in the next 2 years.
Given the ever ascending price of GC (rather Burgundy in the round), I thought this at £30 was extraordinarily good value and have already bought more. Vivino scores (4.4) proved to be a useful yardstick and I am giving this 95 for sheer enjoyment and Qpr.
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11/27/2013 - esfesq Likes this wine: 92 Points
remember drinking this wine in 08 when it was closed and just showing some latent potential. Now, this wine is bursting with flavours and not showing much signs of age. It is a dark ruby with a tinge of orange on the edge, but I would not guess this wine is almost a decade old -- based on colour. On the nose it has intense cherry fruit, cola, tea, sassafras, and very little musky/barnyard. It has some decent weight and nice acidity -- seems like it has some life ahead (3-5 yrs). I know 04 was not that highly regarded, but this is a killer wine.
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5/17/2008 - 60ouvrees wrote:
Lots of ripe black cherry on the nose. Palate is reasonably open but dominated by acidity right now. This definitely needs food.
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7/15/2007 - Maverick wrote: 88 Points
Opened and let breath on the chiller for 1hr. Good earthy nose and mushroom soft roundness on the palate. Just a hint of spice on the backend and has nice drawn out finish. Pretty good structure and decent complexity. Le Poisenot is definitely better for another $25. Will try the '05 but it's almost the price of the Poisenot--supposedly much more going on though.
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7/7/2007 - TheAcrobaticFish wrote: 90 Points
Little musty on the nose, great (and pretty big) fruit, very smooth
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