Deeply colored, the wine opens with dark, red and black fruit, licorice, espresso bean, smoke, flower and herb scents. Lush, round, sweet, and supple on the palate, the wine is packed with sweet, ripe, dark red fruits leaving you with a supple-textured finish. This is one of the finest vintages of Les Grands Chenes. Drink from 2023-2040.
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Very savoury on the nose, not a lot of fruit; easy going but not massive depth or structure here. A little bitter in the finish. Not much to enjoy here. 84-86
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86-88 vvPunkte Reife, dunkle, fast etwas gekochte Beeren in der Nase, auch Pflaumenkompott, Röstnoten. Der Gaumen zeigt Volumen und Kraft, die Gerbstoffe wirken jedoch etwas trocknend, moderate Säure und im Abgang mit dunkler Frucht und Weihnachtsgewürzen. Ob sich das findet? 2026-2038+ (April/Mai 2021) vvWine.ch
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Near opaque, purple rim Black cherry nose, cool dark fruit, with good lift and definition, and some spice. Dense, salty attack, very spicy; has some freshness (of tannin), oak and some heat. Plenty of oomph, but feels overly extracted and unbalanced to me.
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3/21/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 92 Points
Deeply colored, the wine opens with dark, red and black fruit, licorice, espresso bean, smoke, flower and herb scents. Lush, round, sweet, and supple on the palate, the wine is packed with sweet, ripe, dark red fruits leaving you with a supple-textured finish. This is one of the finest vintages of Les Grands Chenes. Drink from 2023-2040.
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9/25/2021 - vespasian wrote: 85 Points
Very savoury on the nose, not a lot of fruit; easy going but not massive depth or structure here. A little bitter in the finish. Not much to enjoy here. 84-86
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5/22/2021 - vvWine.ch wrote: 87 Points
86-88 vvPunkte Reife, dunkle, fast etwas gekochte Beeren in der Nase, auch Pflaumenkompott, Röstnoten. Der Gaumen zeigt Volumen und Kraft, die Gerbstoffe wirken jedoch etwas trocknend, moderate Säure und im Abgang mit dunkler Frucht und Weihnachtsgewürzen. Ob sich das findet? 2026-2038+ (April/Mai 2021) vvWine.ch
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5/4/2021 - Shrewsram wrote: 91 Points
Near opaque, purple rim
Black cherry nose, cool dark fruit, with good lift and definition, and some spice.
Dense, salty attack, very spicy; has some freshness (of tannin), oak and some heat. Plenty of oomph, but feels overly extracted and unbalanced to me.
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