2005 Château Croix Mouton (Jean-Philippe Janoueix)

Community Tasting Notes (80) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  1/14/2024 - roelof.ligtmans@gmail.com Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Nice ! Excellent cork. At age 17 and a half, this wine is still very much alive and kicking. Dark colour showing little age. Nice mature nose - do not expect the finesse of a Grand Cru, but still very agreable. Fresh attack, ditto red fruity taste and a finish covered by dusty tannins - good tannins, but really a lot of them. Drink with hearty winter food, or wait longer. I have one bottle left, I'll let it sit another year or two. This is in fine form and will not die on you anytime soon.

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  3/29/2020 - roelof.ligtmans@gmail.com wrote: 90 Points

  Goes from stregth to strength, gets better the longer you wait. Luxurious grand cru nose, think La Tour Carnet and the likes. Full bodied yet refined taste. A tad dry on the finish, but very fine with food. No hurry, this is still going strong after 15 years.

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  12/14/2019 - RussK wrote: 91 Points

  Russk. Much better now.

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  12/7/2017 - Mtz Tom Likes this wine: 87 Points

  This was our 3rd bottle. It was much better than the last one that was probably defective. I let it breath ~3 hours then poured. It is a little earthy on the nose and dark purple in the glass. It has dark cherries on the front, a little mint and cedar like others noticed. More mineral than fruity with a reasonable 13.5 % alchohol. Lingering dark fruit and some sour notes here and there. Tannins are now tame and not objectionable.
  Overall a drinkable and pleasant wine but not one I would plan to buy again.

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  5/21/2016 - Mtz Tom Does not like this wine: 80 Points

  I let this one breath for an hour or two. It has cedar on the nose, dark cherry and a little chocolate on the palate. But too dry and fairly tannic. On day 2 I aerated it before tasting and it was not worth drinking - it got tossed.
  
  I have at least one bottle left and will set it aside til '17 or '18 and see what happens. But I am not hopeful.

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