1966 Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  1/25/2023 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Branaire Ducru Vertical (The Market Brasserie at the Intercontinental at the O2, London): I like this more than some around the table. It has a lovely delicacy from graceful aging with some Madeira cake, some baking parchment and later a little treacly richness. The palate has a little tea with the fading red fruits and a little demerara sugar. Lovely

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  7/22/2021 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This must be one of the best vintages ever made at Chateau Branaire...
  First of three bottles. Opened to top and recork the other two bottles as this wine has plenty of life left.
  Deep hue with excellent clarity and minimal signs of aging. This could be from the early 90s...
  Classic Medoc nose with cassis, mushroom, spices and tobacco. Still significant fruit at 55.
  The texture is exquisite: seemless, full but light at the same time. Enough tannin to carry this wine for another 10 years.
  Just a class wine.

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  10/6/2018 - nitro123 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Drank with FDV. Everybody was flabergasté. Tout le monde pensait à un vin des années 80-90. Très Bon, Ne fait pas son age .

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  5/31/2018 - Jeff Leve wrote: 90 Points

  Starting to slowly decline, the wine offers more secondary notes than red fruit. Medium bodied, with a finish that is just a bit too bright and sharp, if you are sitting on any bottles, you should pop a cork sooner than later.

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  5/3/2018 - Captain Haddock Likes this wine: 92 Points

  TS level. Popped and poured. Vibrant colour with some mahogany on the rim. Lovely nose straight away, and fresh and energetic on the palate. Moderate complexity but such an enjoyable wine.

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