Slightly stewed dark fruit, licorice/cassis, floral notes on the nose, a ferrous/graphitic quality. Medium-full bodied (quite light for a Pauillac). Quite sweet, ripe, prickly, and then slightly sour on the medium finish. Rich on impact, fades a bit after midpalate. Not bad, but I would drink now if your cellar is small like mine.
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2019 Bordeaux Tasting, MW tasting (Vintner's Hall, London): 76% CS 24% Mer, 14.50% The wine shows red fresh fruit, some floral notes, nice thick oak frame Palate shy, juicy tannins, med body nice red cherry notes, spicy frame, some alcohol heat, med finish
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Very well made, and stylistically, almost a cross between St. Julien and Pauillac. Has cassis, graphite and spicy tobacco notes on the nose, with a core of lush black raspberry and plum fruit. Lovely purity here, with nice lift from the acidity and smooth tannins on the back end. On the higher end of the ABV spectrum for the vintage at 14.5%, but doesn't show any heat. I doubt I'll live long enough to see whether this has the longevity of excellent vintages like the '64, but this has the makings of a modern classic.
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5/10/2024 - Chupeaka Likes this wine: 93 Points
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Slightly stewed dark fruit, licorice/cassis, floral notes on the nose, a ferrous/graphitic quality. Medium-full bodied (quite light for a Pauillac). Quite sweet, ripe, prickly, and then slightly sour on the medium finish. Rich on impact, fades a bit after midpalate. Not bad, but I would drink now if your cellar is small like mine.
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4/30/2024 - Sp@rk Likes this wine: 92 Points
Full body medium nose.
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4/10/2024 - A Renaissance Vintner wrote: 90 Points
Not very expressive on the nose, with some dark fruit and spice. Reserved / closed.
Very structured and rather clunky. Muscular, serious, densely packed wine which harkens back to Parker era Bordeaux during which bigger was better.
Not a charmer. Possibly you could call it ‘classic’ but it’s elevated alcohol, extraction and tannin don’t make for a particularly charming drink now.
For the long haul certainly, but I wonder whether what you’d end up with would be worth fifteen years wait. Atypical of 2019 ?
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10/31/2023 - kostaslonis wrote:
2019 Bordeaux Tasting, MW tasting (Vintner's Hall, London): 76% CS 24% Mer, 14.50%
The wine shows red fresh fruit, some floral notes, nice thick oak frame
Palate shy, juicy tannins, med body nice red cherry notes, spicy frame, some alcohol heat, med finish
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1/17/2023 - GrapeScott wrote: 94 Points
Very well made, and stylistically, almost a cross between St. Julien and Pauillac. Has cassis, graphite and spicy tobacco notes on the nose, with a core of lush black raspberry and plum fruit. Lovely purity here, with nice lift from the acidity and smooth tannins on the back end. On the higher end of the ABV spectrum for the vintage at 14.5%, but doesn't show any heat. I doubt I'll live long enough to see whether this has the longevity of excellent vintages like the '64, but this has the makings of a modern classic.
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