2002 Château Thieuley Réserve Francis Courselle

Community Tasting Notes (32) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  9/15/2022 - gcarl wrote: 92 Points

  Old World Bordeaux on the nose and palate. Kind of surprising that it is predominately Merlot, but aging in the cellar under perfect conditions has changed it to seem like a left bank wine. Very nice, and a steal at $23 delivered from WA state.

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  12/30/2020 - Sanfoan Likes this wine:

  When I opened this, I felt like an old funky Bordeaux and this certainly delivered. I do not agree with others - to me, this has lots of life left and is exactly where I like a mature Bordeaux to be.
  
  On opening, this has some mushroom/forest floor funk, but not as much as I would have expected. There is still a good amount of (drying) fruit. After opening, I poured a glass and let the open bottle and glass sit in the cellar for about three hours.
  
  Color: shows some bricking at the rim, this has a really beautiful color.
  Nose: a tad subdued at first, some sour bright cherries, mushrooms/sous bois, plums, a tad of chocolate, and a touch of greenness.
  Palate: more of the same. Some plums, sour cherries, more pronounced greenness, mushrooms, a bit of herbs (like some rosemary - but just a hint). Medium body. Medium plus acidity. Tannins are still a bit grippy. I think that this could probably age for a couple more years easily. After about five hours of being opened, this developed quite a bit of complexity and body.

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  3/28/2018 - Francophile Likes this wine: 88 Points

  At the end of its window, rather a large amount of sediment even after decanting.
  The wine is feeling to have lost some brightness.

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  12/16/2017 - gcarl wrote: 90 Points

  Similar impressions as those from my 8/6/16 and 5/14/15 posts

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  4/21/2017 - 2caveman Likes this wine: 90 Points

  nice secondary notes and still with a core of some substance. Nice mature merlot

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