1998 Château Grand Mayne

Community Tasting Notes (114) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  4/13/2024 - blanquito wrote: 92 Points

  It’s been a while since my last bottle and this has matured and mellowed a lot in the ensuing years. Quite mature with a beautifully resolved and silky palate, medium bodied but integrated and long. It probably qualifies a mid-modern stylistically, as it has some notes of dark chocolate that declare this a merlot, but these more exotic notes are balanced by a real freshness and structure. Hard to resist. Ready to drink, but no hurry, it will probably hold like this for a decade or more.

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  2/3/2024 - Rani Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Tasted blind. Earthy, eucalyptus notes. Very resolved, soft tannins, velvety texture. Smooth and fully mature, giving a lot of drinking pleasure. Lovely.

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  1/18/2024 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Bromley Wine Circle does Bordeaux - 18th January 2024 (Chez Moi): A hint of graphite here, there is some grated dark milk chocolate here and some subtle pungent greenness. This is good but bottles from my first case some years ago were outstanding.

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  10/13/2023 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Only regret is to not have grabbed some additional cases of this gem. Fully matured, elegant nose, of cedar, chocolate, leather, licorice. Medium to full bodied on the palate, matured red berries, cedar, leather, cedar, chocolate, licorice, toast and subtle herbal background, with a long, elegant, phenolic and menthol finish. Superb!

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  6/1/2023 - Ardross wrote: 88 Points

  Still very enjoyable but the fruit in retreat and some drying tannins - drink up i suspect .

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