2015 Château Grand Mayne

Community Tasting Notes (31) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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  12/29/2023 - floribo Likes this wine: 92 Points

  decanted 3h before drinking. Dark ruby color, nice fruity bouquet with berries some notes of tobacco. On the palate an intense mix of compote fruits, plums and some berries. Very concentrated and full bodied. On finish, strong tannins and non non-integrated acidity. Also the last sips at 4h after decanting showed these symptoms of youth. Too young for now, great expectations from 2028 on. Or decant well before drinking.

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  11/19/2023 - jlhkiss Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Decanted 2+ hours ahead of seared Kalbi flank steak, potato salad, grilled asparagus, and mixed salad. Brooding purple-crimson color. Nose brings overpowering pipe tobacco, mint, eucalyptus, cherry pie, and some funky forest floor. The palate is large, square, and supple, bringing a juicy core of bright red fruit (red cherries and ripe raspberries) mixed with dark plums, blackberries, bitter dark chocolate, strong coffee, and some scattered cloves, anise, and fire pit ash. The finish is an extended tannic wall that is more pronounced without food, so drink 2025-2035. Still, this was enjoyable with our meal now. Technical score: 92. Enjoyment score: 92.

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  10/20/2023 - WineGuyDelMar Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Reading the reviews here I decanted 3 hours and drank over the next hour. I tasted after an hour & 45 minutes and it tasted like a Left Bank wine. Quite tannic and closed. Even though the Cabernet Sauvignon is only 3% it seems more. This is a very Left Bank style StE. It’s very good but not as soft as I prefer. I will try another bottle in a year. Still very good.There is lots of nice chocolate, tobacco & earth notes.

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  9/6/2023 - Nati Winos Likes this wine:

  Went well with the filets and bourguignon. Really complimented vs smothered. Good wine.

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  3/10/2023 - aero Likes this wine:

  Full bodied; traditional and modern styling; high quality real cork with no saturation.
  
  It's coming back around towards it's initial (2017) dark fruited, smoky, volcanic profile that is a bit like a blend of St Emilion and Pauillac. Stewed fruit, cigar, game, red pumice, etc. Reductive on PnP, but a bit flabby and milky with 24 hours of air. In 2023 would serve with 2-4 hours air to hit sweet spot. ~92

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