2004 Brian Carter Cellars L'Étalon

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  10/3/2012 - Wino Joe wrote: 93 Points

  Sad to see my last 750ml '04 go but it was delicious.
  
  Rich garnet color with a wonderful nose of rich cassis, sour cherry, roasted meats, cedar plank, diesel and lavender. The fruit has rich blackberry with notes of vanilla cherry cola. The tannins in this bottle are still very tight but lets the notes of pencil and forest floor shine through followed by a lingering long finish

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  3/26/2012 - Wino Joe wrote: 93 Points

  Tasted over 2 days.
  
  Rich garnet color with a wonderful nose of rich cassis, sour cherry, roasted meats, cedar plank, diesel and lavender. The fruit has rich blackberry and just ripe vanilla cherry. The tannins in this bottle are still very tight but lets the notes of pencil and forest floor shine through followed by a lingering long finish

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  9/27/2011 - Wino Joe wrote: 91 Points

  Another fantastic showing form L'Etalon - Brian Carter does magic. I think the splits are starting to show their age. Glad I have a few 750s left!

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  7/10/2011 - Wino Joe wrote: 92 Points

  Another fantastic showing form L'Etalon - Brian Carter does magic.

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  4/6/2011 - Wino Joe wrote: 93 Points

  Outstanding! This was an incredible bottle. The fruit was so luscious and the green notes had all disappeared. The wine was incredibly well integrated with all the notes bursting through at once but all distinguishable. This bottle definitely peaked. I hope the others continue to drink like this one.
  
  Deep garnet color with a wonderful nose of rich cassis, sour cherry, roasted meats, cedar plank and lavender. The fruit has rich blackberry and just burst with ripe vanilla cherry. The tannins are just silky smooth with notes of pencil and forest floor and a lingering long finish.

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