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2017 Château Margaux

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5/20/2022 - Bordeaux_Jon Likes this wine: 95 points

95+
An easy drink now. A rather complex nose of oak, pencil lead, floral notes, black cherry, and strawberry. On the palate, medium bodied, at most, with soft tannins with a little residual bite. This is enjoyable to drink now and opens with air. It’s feminine and on the elegant side. The 2005 and 2008 are bolder wines. There is something of Burgundy here in the elegance. Presumably it will improve but for those who like young Bordeaux, this is a good candidate to drink now. It evolves in the glass keeping you intrigued. The scores seem justified. One reason my score isn’t higher is that this wine doesn’t feel quite obviously Bordeaux vs California. It has the elegance and isn’t overly alcoholic or oaky, but I could imagine a young Joseph Phelps Insignia tasting similarly. I’d like a bit more Margaux florals for example and more minerality.

  • Comment posted by Scorpius:

    11/13/2022 9:11:00 PM - I couldn't agree more! I was surprised how "ready to drink" the wine was. Unexpectedly, the tannins were soft despite being a mere 5 years old.
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1972 Xavier Vignon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Xavier 1972

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3/14/2022 - sh6k Likes this wine: 95 points

Immediately after opening: somewhere on the spectrum between leather and beef jerky. In a good way. 92 points
5 min later: a jammy cooked fruit (but not overcooked) nose, like a vintage port. Tannins still present but extremely fine and only on your teeth at the end. Mouthfeel has body (not thin) but feels light. Upgrading to 93.
20 min: pepper on the nose. Kind of a blueberry muffin thing going on with the finish. Up to 94 — there’s a lot going on here.
30 min: sulfury note on the nose. Holding at 94
35 min: the pepper and the leather/jerky have integrated into a lovely funky dry aged steak au poivre. Upping to 95 (and done for the night)
Next day (stored at room temp in a Wine Squirrel that was immediately closed yesterday after pouring glasses): suffered a lot more than usual for wine squirrel storage. Has a biting acidity perpendicular to and in the middle of the tongue that's totally un-integrated with the rest of the experience. Down to 93
5 min later: starting to integrate. Up to 94.
10 min: feels like it's going on the same journey as above, so I may spare you all the details unless something crazy jumps out. Overall a really fun and interesting wine -- unusually high on the "different every sip" factor, which nets it a lot of points for me, and a highly unusual (in a good way) mix of old notes and fresh notes, as many other commenters have observed. Definitely worth picking up if you can find it, and would recommend no long decanting but a long drinking process. Back to 95.
20 min: I said I’d go away but one quick note: OMG how it bounces between “2 year old” and “50 year old” on a minute by minute basis. Fascinating. Holding at 95 because none of the various expressions are especially amazing (cf Krug Clos du Mesnil where every sip is exactly the same and totally mind blowing), but again the variation is something else.

Definitely open this with your wine geek friends, not civilians.

  • Comment posted by Scorpius:

    3/20/2022 6:16:00 PM - We just cracked a bottle to try before my wife's 50th in April. It is a hard wine to find a pairing because the flavor profile jumps around so much. My wine group (geeks) consensus was to just drink it without food. I agree it is best consumed with wine enthusiasts.

    This is a highly unusual wine, with a flavor profile I have never encountered before, but I mean that in a positive way. 93 to 95 points.
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2014 Fontodi Chianti Classico

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5/30/2021 - psykolog1 wrote: 91 points

Stored at 9C for nearly 5yeara. No signs at maturity. Still fresh cherry, perfume, some vanilla and potpourri of red fruit on nose. Taste dominance of cherry. Good acidity and profound tannins. Medium long aftertaste. First and foremost a food quality quaffer. Will wait a couple of years before popping the next one.

  • Comment posted by Scorpius:

    9/18/2021 8:07:00 PM - I had the same experience this evening. This drank well tonight (against a 1999 Ornellaia, et al) but I believe it has perhaps 5 years to reach full enjoyability. This is a great "value for money" wine!

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