2015 Château Grand Village

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  1/10/2024 - La Grappe Likes this wine: 88 Points

  On day 1, this was light to medium weight and slightly restrained. By day 2, it had opened up considerably and had put on weight. Overall, a very good petit château claret which should improve over the next few years. Try again in 2 to 3 years.

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  12/21/2022 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 88 Points

  PnP. Very dark cranberry, with good viscosity. Attractive nose right off the bat: very floral. Palate is just OK, but nothing special. A bit disappointing today; I hope further age with bring this rather disjointed wine together, and smooth out the overly crisp palate of this wine. 5-12-14-7: 88/100.

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  12/10/2022 - La Grappe wrote: 89 Points

  Quite a deep colour; soft, well rounded plum/blackberry fruit, youthful still but the tannin now seems to be well integrated. Very good for a wine with a simple Bordeaux appellation.

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  12/8/2022 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 87 Points

  From magnum. Decanted for at least two hours. Not up to my previous experience. Dark with red tears, but somewhat herbal and green on the nose this time, which detracts. Same in the mouth, but that is not to say that this wine does not have its charms. It does. I just prefer fruit to herbs and veggies. No reason to wait on this, I feel like it is mature, but perhaps more bottle age will resolve some of that which puts me off tonight. 4-11-15-7: 87/100.

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  3/2/2022 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Popped and poured. Quite dark red, more or less opaque. Nice mineral complexity to the fruit in the nose. Medium body, good red fruit in the mouth, a tad sharp but not off-putting. Decent finish. 5-12-16-8: 91/100. Update after 24 hours of air in the cellar: This has gotten even more impressive, especially in the mouth, where it has become more silky, suave and sophisticated, and sports a sexy vanilla/mocha/chocolate-covered cherries combo that segues beautifully into the finish. This is, in a word, delicious, and punching WAY WAY above its so-called station. 5-13-17-9: 94/100.

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