2005 Château Messile-Aubert

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  1/3/2020 - Laz4wine Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Started very tight and austere with grainy tannins which softened and faded over 4+ hours decant. Blue-black fruits, cedar, mushroom and toast gradually emerged on a soft but fairly short finish. Paired nicely with flank steak, guessing this won't improve much but does need ample air time to show its colors.

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  2/3/2019 - Laz4wine Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Delicious, consistent with other notes, smooth and still fresh and alive with great body, supple tannins, and clean finish. Probably not a lot of time left but should hold up for 1 - 2 more years. Excellent value, and if it's really sub $10 at auction someplace I'd take a case in a heartbeat as a house pour.

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  3/13/2018 - ScottGoodwin Likes this wine: 87 Points

  More towards the black fruit end of the spectrum with some blue fruits. Dark; tobacco; dried flowers. Softened mostly resolved tannins but still very much alive. Great value.

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  2/21/2018 - Brsed Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Last bottle and it is great. Kept at cellar temp from release. I still think this wine has more time. Great nose. Black fruit with some cedar and dust. Great grip and long finish. Well balanced.

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  12/22/2016 - tadams66 wrote: 85 Points

  Not as good now. Still has some issues with integration but not sure it is going to get better. May wait to see.

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