1996 Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)

Community Tasting Notes (91) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  4/8/2024 - steveiiiiii Does not like this wine:

  So much Brett its hard to to find anything else. Not putting it as flawed since others might like this style but I don't. Fourth bottle from same case and the Brett takes over more and more.

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  3/29/2024 - melvinyeowq wrote: 93 Points

  Bordeaux night: Both Branaires showed similarly and punched well above their weight. Old-school in a good way with a little brett and rusticity that benefited rather than detracted from the wine, energetic dark red fruit for its age. In a great spot.

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  3/10/2024 - the player Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Delicious fully mature left bank St Julien. Deep crimson red color, cork half soaked. Easily beat a 2000 Beychevelle drunk alongside. Nose of cassis, pepper, dark red currants, some pencil lead. Medium bodied on the palate, hedonistic, slightly austere but quite pleasurable finishes with decent length and complexity with tannins well resolved but subtly persistent.

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  3/2/2024 - B Paul wrote:

  Double decanted. Classic aged Bordeaux nose. Stony cherry notes mixed in with leather, etc. In a good spot. Nice.

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  12/28/2023 - Marc C Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Le nez est superbe : fruit, graphite, cuir, léger sous-bois, on ne s'en lasse pas !
  Bouche dynamique, précise avec une jolie matière qui enrobe l'ensemble. Superbe équilibre, très classe, un verre en chasse l'autre !
  
  A nouveau une belle rencontre avec Branaire 96. Il possède tout ce qu'on attend d'un bordeaux à maturité !

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