Bromley Wine Circle does Bordeaux - 18th January 2024 (Chez Moi): Meatier than the 2012 it's served with. This is replacement bottle for a corked one, so stood up, popped and poured. Takes some time to get going but wow, when it does. Some bell pepper with hints of clove and cinnamon. Palate has layers and layers of cassis and sandalwood, framed by melting tannins. Savoury, food friendly and right up my street.
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Opens with some bottle funk which quickly blew off. Decanted for 2 hours, than back in a bottle with a vacuum seal, drank great all night but needed the decant. Wonderfully rich and full of cedar, cassis and leather. Tannins came out with decant, plenty of acidity left, no rush to drink, in the aged zone.
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Mid ruby with marked browning. Not much on the nose. Like the "dried cherries" comment, some darker black berries too. Lots of old leather, spice, smoke. Lacks fruit, rather flat. Suspect slight TCA or slightly cooked. Anyway, not a great bottle.
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I had a 2000 Cantemerle about 15 years ago and it was so brutally tannic I figured this bottle needed a long sleep. Well there are still tannins but the fruit has long left the building leaving leather, forest floor and dried cherry, but not much of those either.
The colour is shockingly vibrant suggesting a lively wine, but the nose and palate do not deliver.
Definitely over the hill, I hope the many 1996 halves I have from more prestigious chateau have survived better. Let’s see if aeration helps but I’m not holding my breath…
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1/18/2024 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 94 Points
Bromley Wine Circle does Bordeaux - 18th January 2024 (Chez Moi): Meatier than the 2012 it's served with. This is replacement bottle for a corked one, so stood up, popped and poured. Takes some time to get going but wow, when it does. Some bell pepper with hints of clove and cinnamon. Palate has layers and layers of cassis and sandalwood, framed by melting tannins. Savoury, food friendly and right up my street.
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11/28/2023 - S-C-S Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decant for 1 hour
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10/22/2023 - beef1020 wrote: 88 Points
Opens with some bottle funk which quickly blew off. Decanted for 2 hours, than back in a bottle with a vacuum seal, drank great all night but needed the decant. Wonderfully rich and full of cedar, cassis and leather. Tannins came out with decant, plenty of acidity left, no rush to drink, in the aged zone.
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9/7/2023 - cannym wrote: 85 Points
Mid ruby with marked browning. Not much on the nose. Like the "dried cherries" comment, some darker black berries too. Lots of old leather, spice, smoke. Lacks fruit, rather flat. Suspect slight TCA or slightly cooked. Anyway, not a great bottle.
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8/29/2023 - Bordeaux_Jon Does not like this wine: 85 Points
From a half bottle.
I had a 2000 Cantemerle about 15 years ago and it was so brutally tannic I figured this bottle needed a long sleep. Well there are still tannins but the fruit has long left the building leaving leather, forest floor and dried cherry, but not much of those either.
The colour is shockingly vibrant suggesting a lively wine, but the nose and palate do not deliver.
Definitely over the hill, I hope the many 1996 halves I have from more prestigious chateau have survived better. Let’s see if aeration helps but I’m not holding my breath…
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