1999 Château de la Dauphine

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 89.6 points

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  10/4/2021 - Eudemis Likes this wine:

  13% alcohol. The long cork is soaked a good quarter of the way on average, much more in spots along the sides; abundant deposits. The colour is medium with significant thinning and some bricking at the rim.
  The nose is attractive with interesting tertiary aromas of leather and a pleasant leafy component; hardly any fruit left. The mouth has good energy but it comes across as fairly high-pitched; good grip.
  I enjoyed this bottle a lot more than I expected, and a good deal more than the 2000 that I had a year or two ago. Still, this is no match for the Talbot 2001 that I had yesterday, but that is not surprising.
  PS: in pretty good shape the next day, with slightly enhanced intensity in fact. A vg Bordeaux in fairness.

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  12/9/2011 - Mingestrom wrote: 90 Points

  Doft|Plommon och kaffe ngt parfymerad stall o läder
  Smak: mörk frukt,aningen lakrits,fina tanniner aningen 'bränd'
  Karaktär i eftersmaken. Komplex men utan ngt större djup,

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  9/30/2011 - DDS wine lover wrote:

  Cork went bad. Wine turned. Poured down the sink.

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  7/14/2010 - cliffo41 wrote: 91 Points

  Unfortunately, the cork had either failed or was close to it. Decided to decant it and try it anyhow. Enormous nose; we could smell it across the room as soon as it was in the decanter. Dark fruits and some raisins on the nose. Dark red in color, a hint of brown at the edge. Great mouthfeel. Warm, full bodied and complex. Solid finish. Very, very pleased with this one. Only wish I had more!

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  8/11/2009 - Hecht_Pede wrote: 91 Points

  bought this for 25 $ and did`nt really expect a lot from it, but was gladly surprised. decanted it for 2 hours and drank it over 4 hours.
  
  color: light red with copper on the edge.
  nose: a kind of barnyard cow poo cowered earth note and sweaty socks with I find as a nice note, strawberry and vanilla and also some truffles.
  palate: strawberry fruit notes and blackcurrant, minerals and also a slight hint of the sweaty socks, asian spice cinnamon and licorice in the mid palate, I got this nice kind of bubblegum note at the finish it was really enjoyable. body was light to medium with a 35+ sec finish and nice well integreded soft tannins.
  
  overall this was well worth the 25$ and I`ll happily pay more than that for a good 10 year old wine.

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