This is in a great place. Still a lot of strong fruit flavor. Mostly blackberry and cassis but some raspberry too. Great notes of cedar, tobacco, and graphite. This could go another 10 years easy.
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The wine has a slight corked taste right after opening. I do not smell it on the cork. The cork also broke on opening and I needed a Durand to remove the cork. I will give this an hour decant and update
The nose after decant has not dissipated. The flavors have improved, however, it is still not optimal
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Very similar to the 2003 Sociando Mallet, noticeable pyrazine, smooth all the way through. No astringency as other reviewers mentioned, possibly bottle variation? A little light on acidity. Tannins still hanging on, not fully integrated but getting closer. Nice long finish. Great value.
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The nose is full of very concentrated cassis, leather and cigar box, with maybe a hint of prune and black olive. The cassis is omnipresent in the mouth, powerful and well-focused, the middle section full of rising dark cherry - so far, so good. Then comes the finish - and pop! There goes the wine. The finish is peppery, dry, abrupt and rather astringent. It hits the top of the palate and refuses to budge. Going back for another sip merely confirms it - great start, very much a Pauillac in style, with a coolness now which calms the middle section, but with that awful finish again. Pity.
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5/24/2024 - roobs Likes this wine: 95 Points
This is in a great place. Still a lot of strong fruit flavor. Mostly blackberry and cassis but some raspberry too. Great notes of cedar, tobacco, and graphite. This could go another 10 years easy.
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9/30/2023 - 2 Utes wrote: flawed
The wine has a slight corked taste right after opening. I do not smell it on the cork. The cork also broke on opening and I needed a Durand to remove the cork. I will give this an hour decant and update
The nose after decant has not dissipated. The flavors have improved, however, it is still not optimal
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10/2/2021 - jonboy74 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very similar to the 2003 Sociando Mallet, noticeable pyrazine, smooth all the way through. No astringency as other reviewers mentioned, possibly bottle variation? A little light on acidity. Tannins still hanging on, not fully integrated but getting closer. Nice long finish. Great value.
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1/26/2021 - Julian Marshall wrote: 86 Points
The nose is full of very concentrated cassis, leather and cigar box, with maybe a hint of prune and black olive. The cassis is omnipresent in the mouth, powerful and well-focused, the middle section full of rising dark cherry - so far, so good. Then comes the finish - and pop! There goes the wine. The finish is peppery, dry, abrupt and rather astringent. It hits the top of the palate and refuses to budge. Going back for another sip merely confirms it - great start, very much a Pauillac in style, with a coolness now which calms the middle section, but with that awful finish again. Pity.
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12/6/2020 - Basti Likes this wine: 91 Points
Sehr runder, harmonischer Wein, Beerentöne, erdige Töne
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