Deep garnet to bricking rim. A classic deep cassis fruit on the nose with very ripe flavours and a baked edge. Damson, sweet spice, vanilla and cinnamon along with some tertiary notes of warm undergrowth. Full-on attack on the palate with super ripe fruits, richly woven chocolate powder-edged texture that lead to dense, sweet but purposeful tannins. A modern-styled Bordeaux that aims to appeal, there is plenty of fruit to the core yet lacks much complexity. The tannins become bigger yet remain a tad on the sweeter side. A medium to long finish, there is a drying powdery element underneath that is slightly assuaged by the glycerol acting as a sweetener, but as a wine it really needs a big T-bone steak as on its own is challenging to drink!
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9/17/2021 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deep garnet to bricking rim. A classic deep cassis fruit on the nose with very ripe flavours and a baked edge. Damson, sweet spice, vanilla and cinnamon along with some tertiary notes of warm undergrowth.
Full-on attack on the palate with super ripe fruits, richly woven chocolate powder-edged texture that lead to dense, sweet but purposeful tannins. A modern-styled Bordeaux that aims to appeal, there is plenty of fruit to the core yet lacks much complexity. The tannins become bigger yet remain a tad on the sweeter side.
A medium to long finish, there is a drying powdery element underneath that is slightly assuaged by the glycerol acting as a sweetener, but as a wine it really needs a big T-bone steak as on its own is challenging to drink!
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5/31/2015 - wprev Likes this wine: 89 Points
excellent Pauillac, good timing
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2/10/2015 - wprev Likes this wine: 90 Points
outstanding powerful, refined, very soft tanins, right moment
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