2011 Bodega Norton Privada Mendoza

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  1/3/2019 - bourgogre wrote:

  Violet/encre. Trouble.
  Vin extrêmement extrait dont la densité n'a d'égale que sa lourdeur.
  
  Le vin est taillé pour le goût nord Américain et il a récolté de fortes notes
  dans les différentes publications locales.
  
  Bourratif, presque étouffant, la finale est, au surplus, vaguement métallique et exprime l'excès d'alcool (15%).
  
  De toute évidence, le vin aura besoin d'au moins 5 autres années pour s'affiner.
  
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  1/27/2018 - lachord Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Dark purple color, plenty of fruit. Opened up well after an hour.

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  5/27/2017 - flussier wrote: 87 Points

  Robe bourgogne très foncé et légèrement brouillée. Arômes de boisé, fruits noirs et sous-bois. Assez costaud, bonne astringence, A décanté 2h. Long en bouche. Manque de raffinement.

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  1/15/2017 - wino121 wrote: 91 Points

  Open decant, pretty raw up front, peppery, tar smoke, after a couple hours it reveals even more depth and complexity.
  Mid age with more in the tank.
  With you will not get to with a PNP.

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  10/2/2016 - Z1nnfull Likes this wine: 91 Points

  For once, a wine that lives up to the ratings of the wine mags.
  The 40% Malbec is predominant and gives it the dark inky color and forward fruit. The 30% Merlot mellows it out a tad, while the 30% Cab pulls in a different direction that tends to make it quite a dry wine.
  We tasted abundant dark fruit, which was neither restrained nor overwhelming. Also graphite, oak, touch of licorice.
  This wine would go with more robust seafood and poultry dishes, as well as mellower red meat dishes. It is a click more than medium-bodied, perfectly balanced, everything integrated and for $25, what a deal.
  Drink now, it needs about an hour of breathing, decant if you want, we did not.

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