My go-to Bordeaux wine. The wine is pretty rich and still quite young so benefits from a good dose of air - I gave it two hours. Deep purple colour in a large glass - fabulous aroma of dark black fruit. Rich and tasty on the palate. Intense Blackberry fruit profile, smooth and velvety with a great long textured finish. I have a few vintages of this wine and there never seems to be much bottle or even vintage variation. It just always tastes good.
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Still quite big and somewhat monolithic initially but gradually opened up. Dark opaque rim, dark cherry fruit with an interesting top note of sour cherry/strawberry, some leather and cedar in there and on the nose too, medium mouthfeel and finish. Feels like this should develop tertiary characteristics from here and get more interesting but somewhat unclear.
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As expected: extracted, polished and rich. Black fruit and floral notes. Less wood than prior encounters with earlier vintages. Not over the top, but it was hard for me to keep my interest.
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Ridiculously good for a 2013. Lovely creamy merlot taste, full, long. Oak softens++ after about half an hour open. I can still taste it 3 days later. WOW... Not cheap, but wonderful. (How does he do it...?)
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Nice leathery development on the nose. Rich cassis fruit, almost sweet as Jancis would say, leather and spice. Mostly resolved tannins but still some backbone, with some tangy acidity. Impressive for a notoriously weak year.
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11/25/2023 - DFBW Likes this wine: 93 Points
My go-to Bordeaux wine. The wine is pretty rich and still quite young so benefits from a good dose of air - I gave it two hours. Deep purple colour in a large glass - fabulous aroma of dark black fruit. Rich and tasty on the palate. Intense Blackberry fruit profile, smooth and velvety with a great long textured finish. I have a few vintages of this wine and there never seems to be much bottle or even vintage variation. It just always tastes good.
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7/8/2023 - Sperls Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still quite big and somewhat monolithic initially but gradually opened up. Dark opaque rim, dark cherry fruit with an interesting top note of sour cherry/strawberry, some leather and cedar in there and on the nose too, medium mouthfeel and finish. Feels like this should develop tertiary characteristics from here and get more interesting but somewhat unclear.
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7/27/2021 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 90 Points
As expected: extracted, polished and rich. Black fruit and floral notes. Less wood than prior encounters with earlier vintages. Not over the top, but it was hard for me to keep my interest.
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5/23/2021 - rjpbath Likes this wine: 93 Points
Ridiculously good for a 2013. Lovely creamy merlot taste, full, long. Oak softens++ after about half an hour open. I can still taste it 3 days later. WOW... Not cheap, but wonderful. (How does he do it...?)
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6/22/2020 - tlhnyc Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nice leathery development on the nose. Rich cassis fruit, almost sweet as Jancis would say, leather and spice. Mostly resolved tannins but still some backbone, with some tangy acidity. Impressive for a notoriously weak year.
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