1999 Betz Family Clos de Betz

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 92 points

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  2/1/2012 - Eric wrote: 93 Points

  Is this Bordeaux? Utterly stellar. The right mix of black fruit moving to tobacco and leaf and appropriate vegetal elements. Wow, I mean wow. So old world. Great job Bob!

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  1/10/2010 - andy C wrote: 93 Points

  drank on New Years Eve and was enjoyed by all

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  2/24/2009 - zitarell wrote:

  Exuberant nose, with strong tobacco notes, plum, orange, clove, and (after some time) cocoa powder. After reading other tasting notes, I was expecting this wine to smell like Secretariat’s undercarriage, but I got just a faint whiff of barnyard, which only added to the complexity of the nose on this wine.
  
  On the (surprisingly juicy) palate, raspberry and forest floor, along with perfect, orange-blossom acid. Tannins are totally integrated. If you’re sitting on this wine, now is the time.

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  11/27/2008 - jcbrand wrote: 91 Points

  I'm sad that this is my last bottle...

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  11/24/2008 - ziavino wrote: 90 Points

  Wow, great Bordeaux nose - blackberry, pencil lead and horse doo-doo jump out of the glass. Just popped and poured with this, and swirled for about 15 minutes. Medium-bodied, with some tart, dusty berries on the palate. Some leather shows up, and clingy tannins crash the party on the finish. A dead ringer for a good to very good Bordeaux.

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