Delicious. Plenty of DMS on the nose on PnP, which did oxidize over a few days. But on the first day it was so lovely, fully open and ready to drink, I’d say around the peak or slightly past peak. Beautiful tannin and body and texture. I prefered it over the ‘05.
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Garnet, brownish edge, medium(-) intensity. Mature(-) nose of mature plums, black currant and roots. Dry, medium acidity, medium finely grained tannins, medium body. Austere, fresh maturity. Interwoven intense flavours, enveloped by old oak. Very, very good length. Bordeaux, yes, still a nice something additional. Follows over five days, day 5: Bouquet as above. A lot of dark fruit left. Powdery afterfeel. Concentration. So good. Best day?
Second wine to Ch. Haut-Brion (from 2007 named Le Clarence de Haut-Brion). Blend of mainly Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon plus Cabernet Franc.
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(Decanted for two hours) Deep red colour with lovely maturing nose showing violets, liquorice and some oak. Softening tannins on the palate showing starting to show some dried fruit and with a nice and smooth vanilla oak touch on the intense finish. This has evolved very well and is perfect with some extra time in the decanter to open up. (Best 2014-2029)
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1/10/2024 - TashNYC wrote: 92 Points
Cherry, blackberry, currant, gravel, tar and quite a few tannins. Delicious with the roast, herbal chicken.
But the wine could age some more. From 375 ml bottle. This was a great buy for $20/bottle in June 2008. Those were the days!
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2/2/2023 - Madera16 Likes this wine:
Delicious. Plenty of DMS on the nose on PnP, which did oxidize over a few days. But on the first day it was so lovely, fully open and ready to drink, I’d say around the peak or slightly past peak. Beautiful tannin and body and texture. I prefered it over the ‘05.
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11/11/2022 - Anna@WineCellar Likes this wine: 92 Points
Garnet, brownish edge, medium(-) intensity. Mature(-) nose of mature plums, black currant and roots. Dry, medium acidity, medium finely grained tannins, medium body. Austere, fresh maturity. Interwoven intense flavours, enveloped by old oak. Very, very good length. Bordeaux, yes, still a nice something additional.
Follows over five days, day 5: Bouquet as above. A lot of dark fruit left. Powdery afterfeel. Concentration. So good. Best day?
Second wine to Ch. Haut-Brion (from 2007 named Le Clarence de Haut-Brion). Blend of mainly Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon plus Cabernet Franc.
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2/13/2022 - Andrew Beckett wrote: 87 Points
Probably past its best
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7/21/2020 - thewiz Likes this wine: 92 Points
(Decanted for two hours)
Deep red colour with lovely maturing nose showing violets, liquorice and some oak. Softening tannins on the palate showing starting to show some dried fruit and with a nice and smooth vanilla oak touch on the intense finish. This has evolved very well and is perfect with some extra time in the decanter to open up.
(Best 2014-2029)
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