2011 Domaine Capmartin Madiran Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  11/14/2020 - Tannatastic Likes this wine: 92 Points

  They always say save the best until last, and certainly this was the best showing of this vintage!
  
  Velvety smooth tannins, a lovely relaxed feel, darker fruited with a touch of leather and a hint of raspberry on the back end. Displays both attributes of Tannat and Cab Sauv in remarkably harmonious measure.
  
  Interestingly, we followed it with a 2014, which was a really quite different animal - it being a lower-acid vintage it wasn't quite as refreshing as the '11 - easier, but less sophisticated. In mitigation, the '11 was served with food, so it was given a head start.

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  6/20/2016 - Tannatastic Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Much more young and tannic than previous bottle. Despite a 3 hour decant, it took until the last glass to really open up and show itself.
  
  Going to squirrel the last bottle away for a few years and see where it gets to.

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  6/9/2015 - Tannatastic Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Decanted for 2.5 hours.
  
  What can I say? I could wax lyrical about this wine all night, particularly about its value for money. But beyond that some key points are that its still very young, quite robust, but has a good mid-term future ahead and pairs beautifully with rare cooked ribeye.
  
  Superb value from an underappreciated producer.

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