2007 The Winemakers' Collection Andrea Franchetti Cuvée No. 3 Château d'Arsac

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 85.9 points

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  4/28/2018 - vinhonotte wrote: 87 Points

  Cellaraid - A Beef Odyssey - Coonawara Wine Dinner (Garang Grill): deep garnet; quite acidic and tannic; blackberry, grassy, smoky; luckily tasted blind so that the horrid label did not get in the way...

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  8/28/2017 - HousePour wrote: 88 Points

  Some orange tints on the edge, showing a bit of age. Juice is still alive though. Plenty of fruit to support the earthy, green veggie notes. Pretty delicious overall, but perhaps not the greatest value given what I paid for it back in the day.

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  7/23/2017 - Winevestor wrote: 86 Points

  I did another tasting across the four vintages I have 2005 #1 Rolland, 2006 #2 Dubourdieu, 2007 #3 Franchetti and 2008 #4 Derenoncourt. Apparently there is a #5 for 2010 but I've never seen it and I see no TNs. These are more interesting than my first tasting. The vintages are showing more than the winegrowers. And the better vintages are tasting better, with another couple of years than the poorer vintages. In the #1 was the best with a 92, #4 was next with a 90 and #3 and #4 not showing well with an 86. The #1 was now a good tasting bordeaux, well rounded out, good to drink with a hint of complexity. The #4 was more racy and interesting, also tasting as good as I think it ever will. The #2 and #3 were just not interesting. I'm surprised by the #2. I thought it would show better. Anyway, interesting experiment and I have one more set to try in a few years.

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  1/22/2017 - EhrlichDY wrote:

  Not much more to add to my previous notes. I used a cup of this to make pot roast and my wife and I drank the rest of the bottle with dinner. This is classically styled Bordeaux from a terroir driven vintage. Perhaps lacking concentration but overall a pleasant glass of wine.

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  1/21/2017 - vinhonotte Does not like this wine: 60 Points

  Cellaraid Vintage Wine Tasting at Delicacy FNWM (Delicacy Food & Wine Merchants): unfortunately I did not like this at all. wine was way too spicy. the label felt like a cheap Godfather spinoff. rather sad that a Bordeaux winemaker had resorted into such gimmicks. needs a serious rethink...

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