1997 Château Bouscassé Madiran Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  7/2/2016 - king-bing wrote:

  Mixed bag. Quite bretty. Probably too much. Soulful wine underneath though. Brett lessens with air but by then the wine is fading too.

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  12/7/2015 - Ludi Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Granto con ricordi rubino. Bello e bordolese il naso di grafite, pepe nero, goudron, netta scatola di sigaro, cera per mobili, terriccio, ma anche lievi quanto gradevoli sentori fruttati, di mirtillo. Bocca molto fresca, tannica, non potente ma verticale e soave

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  5/30/2015 - eboracum Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This bottle was much better than my memory and notes of the previous bottle about 9 months ago. There I noted crisp acidity but here the acidity though not at all shy seems much better integrated. Deep quite pristine red. Expressive nose of fragrant plum with leather and mineral touches. Medium/full bodied well integrated palate with more graciousness of fruit than usual in Bouscassé, still very fresh but developing complexity with more minerals and leather, a firm but well covered tannic backbone and decent length. Plenty more life ahead of it. Very good now.

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  9/2/2014 - eboracum wrote: 89 Points

  About two years ago, I wrote the following about the basic Bouscassé '97 bottling. "This is a robust wine with deep colour, savoury plum like fruit, wet leather touches, full body, lively acidity with mineral touches, firm but ripe tannic structure and a tad more charm than in many vintages softening its classily rustic austerity". The only changes I would make for this VV bottle would be erase the reference to softening of the usual austerity and increase the description to acidity from "lively" to "very crisp". Nevertheless I continue to be a fan of Madiran, admire this wine's unsophisticated distinction and think that it may benefit from a little more age. Good+.

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  4/22/2013 - Ludi Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Granato cupo, ancora qualche lampo rubino. Al naso grafite, tabacco, cuoio,m terriccio, incenso, frutti a bacca nera, eucalipto, pepe e cenni di affumicato. Bocca potente ma elegante nella sua austerità terziaria, tannini setosi. Notevole sapidità e bella freschezza

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