2019 Château Durfort-Vivens

Community Tasting Notes (28) Avg Score: 94.8 points

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  4/2/2024 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  2/3 Amphora apparently. Younger vines. Oh, this is the Les Plantes. Needs to ease in a little bit.

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  3/2/2024 - salil wrote: 93 Points

  Blatantly point-chased Levenberg for this one (and the 2020), and damn, he's right - this is a heck of a wine, though quite different from the '20. Whereas that one was much more dark fruited, restrained, and showing its structure, this feels surprisingly accessible with a much more red fruited character, but also comes across quite accessible and easy to drink with the fruit very generous/ripe, and the tannin surprisingly silky and fine-grained.

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  11/15/2023 - Ibetian wrote:

  Decanted about an hour before dinner and drank over two hours. An excellent young Bordeaux, but I wouldn’t commit to 95+ yet. The nose is already alluring, with red fruit dominating. The palate is not quite as open, but still quite fine with a lingering, plush finish. Might well be 95+ in time, and I might simply lack the imagination to score it so today. Glad I bought a bunch, but this will likely be better to my taste in 3-5+ years.

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  11/15/2023 - Chrysostomus Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Revisited. Half-case of 0,75 still in the cellar, tried the last 0,375 to see, how it developes. Could copy the TN from April. Fruit bomb, but with great potential. Today I can also find a big amount of acid that balances the typical 2019 fruit and the residual sugar so there is no sign of heat nor of alcohol. Perfect tannins. Glad to have a case in the cellar...

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  11/9/2023 - Wine.ape Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This is good stuff. After reading all these reviews I had to buy a bottle and try it. Is it great right now? Yes! Is it still super young? Also Yes! Will I be buying more? Absolutely! The Wine showed really well at the beginning, flowers, rocks, black fruit, chocolate, cedar. The tannins and acidity are perfectly hidden but still very present. The finish is long and spicy. Everything perfectly balanced👌. After 2 hours I felt that the wood hijacked the wine and the tannins where showing bit more bite. This is great now but I would rather wait 5 years if you don’t have many bottles. 95 now with tons of potential. Also at this price point this is crazy good qpr.

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