1997 Château Charmail

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  11/28/2014 - showard Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Opened six hours early and double decanted. Upon opening a Rhone type bouquet exploded out of the bottle. Rhone flavors too, including a little barnyard. By the sixth hour mark it was finally more like a aged Bordeaux. A little bricking, smooth, good fruit remaining. The few ounces remaining went great with over easy eggs the next morning.

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  10/31/2014 - bluedog Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Well, a bit over the hill, but .... Dust on the nose, a bit of oak, chewy sediment, a little funk, but nice with a good sharp cheddar.

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  12/18/2013 - bluedog wrote: 90 Points

  Light smoky oak, earthy minerals, and cassis. Nice.

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  11/12/2011 - Zweder wrote: 88 Points

  Monthly Tasting Group HWS #063; Game Dinner (By MM @ U/vdV): Dark fruits and licorice in the mature and classical bouquet. Same on the palate. Cassis. Laurel. Juicy and soft tannin. Really a nice wine which is completely ready now and still has enough power for some more years.

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  3/25/2011 - SimonK wrote: 88 Points

  Nose: Plum, Spearmint-chewing gum
  Palate: Good acidity, Morellos, Red currant, somewhat astringent

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