1990 Château de Pibarnon Bandol

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  5/13/2023 - jamesabdavis wrote:

  Gorgeous pure rich black fruit, leather, boot polish, minerals.
  Lovely and rich on the palate, cassis and black cherry fruit, balanced, herbal lift on the finish. Fresh.
  In terms of fruit concentration this is better than any Tempier of this era I have had. Lacks the aromatic charm but it’s a close run thing!
  Will have to do this direct against 90 cabassaou.

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  11/30/2020 - DaleW wrote:

  Very tasty, but I’m not sure I would have pegged for Bandol, a plush texture and round black plum fruit reminded me of ripe Merlot. Not what I expected but quite tasty. B/B+

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  7/17/2020 - king-bing wrote:

  My last bottle. Drinking well now. Classic though perhaps less distinctive than I remember, getting slightly lost in rather elevated company.

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  7/8/2020 - j45 wrote:

  Superb! Funky with game, roasted herb and dark leather notes. A core of dried cherry fruit emerges with aeration, which, somehow, brings to mind the legendary Vallana Spannas of the mid-1950s.

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  3/6/2020 - tomasio-1 wrote: 91 Points

  Direkt vor der Verkostung geöffnet. In der Nase deutlich Brett: Pferdestall, Leder.
  Nach einiger Zeit im Glas schwächt sich die Note ab.
  Am Gaumen überraschend sehr harmonisch. Noch schöne rote Früchte, gute Säurestruktur, harmonische, mürbe Tannine, lang und ausgewogen im Abgang. Definitiv nicht zu alt.
  Objektiv besteht ein gewisser Weinfehler in der Nase, der mich persönlich jedoch nur gering störte, in der Verkostungsrunde aber kontrovers diskutiert wurde.

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