Maybe I got a very good bottle but this really exceeded my expectations, it was beautiful, very tertiary to be sure but fully intact, with a still brilliant garnet color, not dried out or musty in any way, with a soft-spoken vividness to it all I found captivating (especially the bouquet). 93-94 pts.
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Not decanted, but carefully poured from a cradle (yes, there was quite a bit of sediment). In surprisingly good shape and suspect this bottle would have had at least a few more years of life. Fresh, juicy red fruit on nose and palate, but also a LOT of tertiary development, particularly smoke and smoked meat, and some earth and mushroom. Wonderful with ribeye, and especially pleasurable given its age.
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From mag. Garnet. Nose has mushroom, forest floor, pyrazines, tobacco, red cherries, blue berries. Palate is red fruit, medium body, a bit diluted on palate. A lot of tertiary on palate. Starting to date but hits the spot today.
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Les arômes olfactifs sont faibles on sent vraiment le vin vieux,décati.Par contre,la bouche est sensationnelle:une élégance formidable,un velouté magnifique avec des tanins complètement fondus et une très belle longueur.Apogée atteinte.
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The ‘70 La Conseillante is disappointing; the black cherry fruit is fading, leaving this with a hard and lean demeanor more typical to a 1970 Left Bank than to a Pomerol. The herbaceous, leathery palate is similarly flagging. This example, in good condition and chateau bottles, is fading badly.
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2/3/2024 - blanquito wrote:
Maybe I got a very good bottle but this really exceeded my expectations, it was beautiful, very tertiary to be sure but fully intact, with a still brilliant garnet color, not dried out or musty in any way, with a soft-spoken vividness to it all I found captivating (especially the bouquet). 93-94 pts.
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8/30/2023 - NickA Likes this wine: 93 Points
Not decanted, but carefully poured from a cradle (yes, there was quite a bit of sediment). In surprisingly good shape and suspect this bottle would have had at least a few more years of life. Fresh, juicy red fruit on nose and palate, but also a LOT of tertiary development, particularly smoke and smoked meat, and some earth and mushroom. Wonderful with ribeye, and especially pleasurable given its age.
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2/25/2023 - Ksquare Likes this wine: 92 Points
From mag. Garnet. Nose has mushroom, forest floor, pyrazines, tobacco, red cherries, blue berries. Palate is red fruit, medium body, a bit diluted on palate. A lot of tertiary on palate. Starting to date but hits the spot today.
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11/16/2022 - Dionysos55 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Les arômes olfactifs sont faibles on sent vraiment le vin vieux,décati.Par contre,la bouche est sensationnelle:une élégance formidable,un velouté magnifique avec des tanins complètement fondus et une très belle longueur.Apogée atteinte.
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8/2/2022 - englishman's claret wrote: 86 Points
The ‘70 La Conseillante is disappointing; the black cherry fruit is fading, leaving this with a hard and lean demeanor more typical to a 1970 Left Bank than to a Pomerol. The herbaceous, leathery palate is similarly flagging. This example, in good condition and chateau bottles, is fading badly.
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