2008 Château d'Armailhac

Community Tasting Notes (67) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  3/3/2024 - ProfByron Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Proper claret starting to show tertiary character. Medium weight, 2008 is not a big vintage.
  
  D’armailhac is classy claret nowadays.
  
  Drinking well now.
  
  13%, cork.

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  11/25/2023 - WojteG Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Using this wine as an example, I will tell you how important it is to drink wine at the right temperature. I always have a problem with this, it was similar here because the wine was too cold and the first sip was mainly high acidity and very little fruit. How did I deal with it? I simply took the glass in my hands and warmed it for about 5 minutes and a miracle happened. The acidity decreased significantly and the fruit came to the fore.
  54% CS, 29% M, 15% CF & 2% PV. Why do I mention components here?
  Because black coffee is definitely in smell and black chocolate in taste.
  It's very interesting, because the smell is perfumed, floral, with a load of herbs. If I may put it this way, the smell is generally sultry, something like an Indian cafe filled with opium smoke.
  Taste - not so typical CS, even by Bordeaux measure. It's heavy but not by meaning it's sweet, syropy, with high ABV. It's loaded with a lot of herbs, mint, tobacco, minerals, blackberry, as I mentioned above black coffee, red cherry, spice. How this crazy mix is still balanced, juicy, delicious is beyond my imagination.
  Vivid acidity and dusty tannins. Long, dry finish.
  WE - 91
  RP - 90
  JS - 90
  Vinous - 90
  ST - 90

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  10/21/2023 - gtilley wrote:

  Cooler profile cabernet - smoke, india ink, bell peppers. Good glass of wine. Nicely mature, ageing well, still has plenty of life.

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  10/4/2023 - Patrickcro Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Dark red / ruby color. Clear. Soft, integrated tannins. Medium acidity. Nose of leather, cigar box, and mushrooms in addition to the dark cherry and plums. Balanced fruit flavors typical of Bordeaux. An excellent example of this vintage. This wine will not get better so i suggest drinking sooner rather than later, though it’s balance will assure that it is still good for 5 more years at least.

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  8/19/2023 - laralh wrote: 87 Points

  Lær, tobakk, cedertre, kirsebær. Bra lengde og fylde.

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