An older vintage Bordeaux, so ample decanting is definitely necessary. It had plenty of tannins and structure, with reasonably long finish. But it lacked the fruity nose up front.
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"Off" Vintages from Elite Producers: (Petrus, Lafite, Margaux, etc) (Charlotte, NC): Opened at 5pm and decanted for one hour. Back in the bottle until dinner at 6:30pm when cork was removed and slo-ox until serving at ~9:00pm. Complex nose that immediately spoke of Lafite – leather, barnyard, lead pencil, and red fruit. Confirmed on the palate, this wine had all the stuffing if lacking a more mature profile one might anticipate from a “lesser” vintage. Youthful and fresh while still showing a balanced secondary profile. This wine flowed easily into a long savory finish. “A suit-and-tie wine with class and restraint” noted one commenter. Even with its elevated performance, it likely would have benefitted from an earlier decant. One vote for WOTN, fourth place overall.
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Shared with Jim Cahill and our wives... Blood-red color, paling a bit at the rim. On the nose a soft appearance with some leather. On the palate a good impression with good volume.Quite smooth, well balanced and elegant but a bit monochromatic. Maybe with more air it will further develop... It did open up further later on but the wow-factor just did not come. Well polished but I just could not get very enthusiastic about it.
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Amazing Bordeaux To Mark A Special Birthday (Noizé, London): Blueberry cream and macaron nose with some subtle smokiness. Palate fine and correct. Very refined and charming. Unfairly suffers in the stellar company; on its own this would be a delightful accompaniment to a dinner.
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1/25/2024 - deadwax wrote: 90 Points
Nothing noticeably wrong, acid seemed to be about right, but the fruit was flat. More interesting than good.
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1/24/2024 - d.f.c Likes this wine: 94 Points
An older vintage Bordeaux, so ample decanting is definitely necessary. It had plenty of tannins and structure, with reasonably long finish. But it lacked the fruity nose up front.
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11/2/2023 - kevinpatrick Likes this wine:
"Off" Vintages from Elite Producers: (Petrus, Lafite, Margaux, etc) (Charlotte, NC): Opened at 5pm and decanted for one hour. Back in the bottle until dinner at 6:30pm when cork was removed and slo-ox until serving at ~9:00pm.
Complex nose that immediately spoke of Lafite – leather, barnyard, lead pencil, and red fruit. Confirmed on the palate, this wine had all the stuffing if lacking a more mature profile one might anticipate from a “lesser” vintage. Youthful and fresh while still showing a balanced secondary profile. This wine flowed easily into a long savory finish. “A suit-and-tie wine with class and restraint” noted one commenter. Even with its elevated performance, it likely would have benefitted from an earlier decant. One vote for WOTN, fourth place overall.
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8/10/2023 - Bandreas Likes this wine:
Shared with Jim Cahill and our wives...
Blood-red color, paling a bit at the rim. On the nose a soft appearance with some leather. On the palate a good impression with good volume.Quite smooth, well balanced and elegant but a bit monochromatic.
Maybe with more air it will further develop...
It did open up further later on but the wow-factor just did not come. Well polished but I just could not get very enthusiastic about it.
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5/17/2023 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 93 Points
Amazing Bordeaux To Mark A Special Birthday (Noizé, London): Blueberry cream and macaron nose with some subtle smokiness. Palate fine and correct. Very refined and charming. Unfairly suffers in the stellar company; on its own this would be a delightful accompaniment to a dinner.
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