2005 Château Senilhac

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 89.1 points

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  6/2/2018 - avp wrote:

  Getting better and better while breathing.
  
  Some date character on the nose that blows away. Mature fruit still recognizable as black currant and chokeberry. Bell pepper, incense, sichuan pepper, pencil shavings and hints of dark chocolate. The pretty full bodied palate is dusty and slightly gripping with balanced mid-level acidity. Some fruit richness balancing the structure out and filling the mid-palate. Lilacs and leather towards the long finish.
  
  A very complete wine. Not mind blowing but for the price (some 12€ back in the day in our awfully expensive retail monopoly) definitely a stellar showing. Glad I bought this. Should have bought more.

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  9/3/2016 - Quarked wrote: 89 Points

  This was so much better than the bottle I had in 2012. Almost immediately on opening, this showed classic Medoc character, with muted cassis, old leather and slightly astringent tannins. I'm glad I kept this bottle around and gave it enough time to mature, as the previous bottle may have been in a dumb phase. Surprisingly, the wine still had a hint of purplish youth to it, making me think that it could still develop a few more years. Alas, I have no more. (Note: 2nd night was even better.)

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  7/26/2015 - NiklasW wrote: 87 Points

  Decanted for about 40 mins. Just for kicks, I left this cheap Bordeaux in the cellar for 5 years, and why not? The nose has aged cassis notes to it with a slight hint of barnyard in the background. The palate shows nice cassis, mellowed by age, with nice tannins and good acidity. Not a very big wine, rather petite and tasty. Has held up fine in the cellar, but won't get any better than this!

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  4/16/2013 - epiphany Likes this wine: 87 Points

  After 1 hour decant, smells of bright red and black fruits with a bit of menthol and a nice woodsy element.....quite nice. Tastes of nuts/bark on entry, dark fruits mid pallet, and drying tannins/leathery finish with repeating flavors similar to the nose. Just enough going on with this wine to make it interesting. Nice mid-week pour.

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  1/21/2013 - lbatina wrote: 87 Points

  The wine looks Ruby colored. The legs are Slow (which is good). It smells like Blueberry, Black currant (cassis), Stoniness, and Light toast. The body is Light. The wine has Narrow texture. The wine finishes Short. 13%. Estate bottled. Cab S
  
  Lighter than 1/19/13 Bordeaux from St Emilion which has more Merlot. Strange that a Cab S-based wine would seem lighter than a Merlot-based wine
  
  Ate with Pasta & Italian Bacon
  Haut Medoc Cru Bourgeous
  Importer: USA Wine West, Sausalito, Ca

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