2019 Château d'Aiguilhe

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  4/18/2024 - apple1813 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  2019 Chateau d'Aiguilhe is fresh, aromatically expressive and delicately spiced. The bottle is sealed with a DIAM-30 cork. The developing Castillon Bordeaux blend is clear and deep ruby in colour. The wine requires an hour of gentle in-bottle aeration to open up. Aromas of blackberry, violet and mint are followed by coffee, tobacco leaf, potting soil and a hint of blood.
  
  The dry and full-bodied mouthfeel is complemented with relatively high levels of acidity and grainy tannin. There are flavours of bramble, red plum, dark chocolate and mushroom in a medium, gently spiced finish. The 14.5% alcohol is well-concealed. The empty bottle weighs 589 grams.
  
  The wine is composed of 88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc. The vines are grown on clay and limestone soil. The must is fermented in temperature-controlled wooden and concrete vats for 35 days, with regular punching down to promote extraction. The wine is raised in 30% new oak barrels for sixteen months.

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  2/27/2024 - hoservin Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Coravin by the glass. Nose of blackberry, currant, tobacco, cedar and anise. Blackberry compote, currant, cedar, tobacco and anise on the palate. Long finish. Medium to full bodied. Served with roast beef and crispy shallot sandwiches.

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  1/8/2024 - Vinophil2000 wrote: 88 Points

  Viel schmeichelnde, dunkle Primärfrucht. Es fehlt Tiefe und Länge, denn diesbezüglich ist dieser Wein wirklich ein Witz. Auch drei Stunden nach dem Öffnen zeigt sich kaum Tannin. Warten wir den zweiten Tag ab. So un 88 Punkte. 14,5 % Vol.. Bis 2027+?! Bei ebay für knapp 20 Euro erworben. Tag zwei etwas besser. 89 Punkte. Best to drink between 2025 and 2026+.

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  12/17/2023 - Marcus Tiro wrote:

  After 90 minute decant, strawberry, raspberry, some alcohol and oak on the nose. On the palate, medium body and medium/high acidity. Cedar and oak predominate with only faint fruit, hint of cocoa powder, and distinct lemon on the finish. Austere. On day two, delicate red fruit on the tongue with tempered tannins and little lemon on the finish. Still seemingly closed. Pleasant if a bit boring. Not ready yet?

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  8/25/2023 - SuperSomm wrote:

  Deep ruby colour. Medium and developing nose with blackberry, licorice, vanilla, cloves and cedar. Medium taste of blackberry licorice, vanilla, cloves and cedar. Medium long and dry finish. High acidity. Medium body. A very good Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. Drink now and over the next five years. Goes well with beef or lamb.

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