2014 Château du Taillan

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 90 points

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  1/5/2023 - -Tim- Likes this wine: 90 Points

  6th and final bottle in the last few years.
  Once again: Full bodied with smooth tannins, blackberries, decent acidity, some oak, and tobacco.
  
  I probably should have left one bottle in the back of my cellar to see how it will further develop. Well, what can you do?!

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  11/19/2022 - -Tim- Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Bottle no. 5. Last year I wrote "This Cru Bourgeois is full bodied with smooth tannins, blackberries, decent acidity, some oak, and tobacco."
  
  This bottle felt heavier regarding oak and tannins but the decant was shorter as well.

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  4/20/2022 - Motz wrote: 91 Points

  Drank over two days.
  
  In the Old School style, compact, restrained, precise. A touch of modernity in fruitiness, while the extraction, oak treatment, and alcohol integration stand out. Very nice QPR.
  
  Still young, showing only some secondary notes. This bottle could have evolved for another five to seven years. Improvement seems possible. 91-92.

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  2/19/2022 - racerchris wrote: 88 Points

  Very tannic, some stem flavors noted. Seemed too early to be opening.
  The second half of the bottle was nicer after sitting overnight.

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  12/27/2021 - -Tim- Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Christmas family dinner 2021
  
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  2014 Château du Taillan (2 bottles) - 90p
  2h decant. This Cru Bourgeois is full bodied with smooth tannins, blackberries, decent acidity, some oak, and tobacco.

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