2015 Château Olivier

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  3/23/2024 - LDNWN1 wrote: 93 Points

  Ready to drink. Loads of fruit, a little sweetness and a slight bitterness on the finish. Well balanced and delicious now, if not exactly 'classic' Bordeaux. Yum!

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  2/1/2024 - Javco Likes this wine: 91 Points

  In my opinion ready to drink. Nice accesible taste with some sweetness in the aftertaste.

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  1/7/2024 - vinero Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Beautifull young red Bordeaux. Accessible, smooth and lots of red fruit and a bit of vanilla on the palate.

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  9/6/2023 - Sanlucar Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Day 1: Cork broke in two while opening; which is unusual for such a young wine. Rich, dark and very tannic. Tastes of wet stones and iron-rich soils (slight metallic and a short finish). Quite dry with densely packed red & black fruit.
  
  Day 2: Aged cigar tobacco, cinnamon, Belgian chocolate and a sweet note of boysenberry / blackberry jam. Feels a bit thicker but the tannins have mellowed out nicely.
  
  Overall: A young bruiser which will probably last about 10 - 12 years in the cellar.

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  2/13/2023 - Tannatastic Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Still in need of a couple of hours in the decanter, because 8 is still young, but there’s nothing forbidding about this wine, it’s all dark plums and crunchy fruit (was blue 3 years ago, feels a bit more purple now).
  
  If I could venture a slight criticism, there is a touch of hot alcohol on the end, but then 2015 is a ripe vintage, and I’m not the best to pass judgement on that, as cooler years are more my métier.

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