As you may remember, 2003 was extraordinarily hot and the wines that year tended to have superbly ripe fruit, but was there balance?
This Villars is still really inky and purple without bricking but the purple color is decidedly lighter. The aromas show a Merlot dominance with a beautiful depth of plum smoke leather and earth aromas. Seamless and integrated the wine has grip with a certain finesse which played beautifully with bacon wrapped filets. I have always loved this wine and I'm glad to see it showing so well since I have at least 10 more bottles left!
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Right in peak drinking I think. Tannins more or less resolved, still plenty of black fruits but with chocolate and some slightly metallic notes. No cedar or tobacco elements. good if not opulent texture. Medium finish. Very good value buy this was at under £9 a bottle a few years ago.
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Really delicious and drinkable now. Beautiful tannins. Nose of dark cherry and just nicely balanced on the palate. Looking forward to drinking my others over the next few years.
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12/23/2018 - jrsobeck wrote: 91 Points
Drinking beautifully. Nice fruit, subdued nose, loooong finish.
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12/19/2014 - esfesq Likes this wine: 90 Points
As you may remember, 2003 was extraordinarily hot and the wines that year tended to have superbly ripe fruit, but was there balance?
This Villars is still really inky and purple without bricking but the purple color is decidedly lighter. The aromas show a Merlot dominance with a beautiful depth of plum smoke leather and earth aromas. Seamless and integrated the wine has grip with a certain finesse which played beautifully with bacon wrapped filets. I have always loved this wine and I'm glad to see it showing so well since I have at least 10 more bottles left!
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1/2/2014 - mark_m_owen wrote: 88 Points
Right in peak drinking I think. Tannins more or less resolved, still plenty of black fruits but with chocolate and some slightly metallic notes. No cedar or tobacco elements. good if not opulent texture. Medium finish. Very good value buy this was at under £9 a bottle a few years ago.
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6/4/2013 - lef wrote:
Really delicious and drinkable now. Beautiful tannins. Nose of dark cherry and just nicely balanced on the palate. Looking forward to drinking my others over the next few years.
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12/23/2012 - pjgo123 wrote: 87 Points
Had higher expectations for this bottle.
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