2003 Château Soutard

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 88.5 points

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  2/21/2022 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points

  Gang of 4 in Covid19 times; St. Emilion (@ RW): Herbs and spices as well as red and dark berries in the rustic bouquet. On the palate a full bodied wine with vanilla, beautiful acidity, sweet chocolate, slightly sticky tannin and in fact still youthful. Rich and beautiful. Underrated here.

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  3/11/2015 - Harley1199 Likes this wine:

  Served at 14 C. Classic crimson colour for a classic claret with orange rims and a darker core.
  Clean notes of roses, flesh meat, thyme, rosemary and lavander. Balanced and well defined aromas.
  Honestly on the palate is less interesting whilst savoury and quite long.
  In a very beautiful place. Modern style? Fortunately it's not inside this bottle. By the way there's not heat at all. Shame on critics
  
  Servida a 14 grados. De un clásico color carmesí para un clarete bordolés clásico con bordes anaranjados y corazón más obscuro.
  Notas limpias a rosas, carne fresca, sotobosque y lavanda. Aromas equilibrados y bien definidos.
  Siendo honesto, en boca es menos interesante aunque dabrisa y bien larga.
  Se encuentra en un gran momento ahora. ¿De estilo moderno? No en esta botella afortunadamente. A propósito no hay nada de calor. Qué vergüenza de críticos.

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  1/19/2015 - ChristopherB Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Same as last bottle, though perhaps a little more well defined. A good wine, though I think of the 6 bottles I owned, the one I preferred was at about 6 years of age for this early ripening 2003.

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  12/10/2014 - ChristopherB Likes this wine: 89 Points

  I was very happy that this bottle was better than the previous one that seemed to be seriously past its prime. This one had a nice ruby colour, with a very timid nose at first with metallic aromas and red fruit, but as an hour or two went by, the nose became more precise and potent, with nice aromas of raspberries, red currants and brown sugar with a moderate length. It still has good acidity and some tannin, and might be able to live longer, but based on the previous bottle, I won't be taking any chances. The previous one deserved a score of 84-85 - this one is an 89.
  
  Belle robe rouge rubis limpide. Au nez à l'ouverture, des arômes très timides de fruits rouges. En bouche, fruits rouge métallique. Après environs une à deux heures d'aération, le bouquet s'ouvre et se précise. On y trouve de beaux arômes de framboises, groseilles rouges et de cassonnade avec une longueur moyenne. Encore une structure mais plus fine. En comparant à la bouteille précédente, on passe de 84-85 à 89 ici. Je suis rassuré, mais je ne crois pas qu'il y aura une amélioration future, donc ma dernière bouteille sera consommé prochainement.

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  8/8/2014 - ChristopherB wrote: 84 Points

  Nice red color. To be honest, it was really nothing when first opened.
  Not much aroma, bitter and sour, with little aromas. It took double decanting twice and about 1 hour to open up. In a sense, this may mean that it can age more. Once open - sort of approximate flavours. I recall the wonderful flower aromas of the 1990; the wonderful brown sugar and red fruit aromas of the 1986. Here, well, red fruit, some vanilla. May improve, may not. I have two bottles left, may try again soon.

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