Community Tasting Note
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JimHow Likes this wine: 94 points
August 24, 2016 - This is a real top notch effort. It has everything that I have loved from recent vintages of Barde-Haut, plus a little bit more. At first I thought it might be a bit too much alcohol, but it settled down quickly. It has violets and other spring flowers, a vibrant purple color bordering on black, and is developing that cocoa, dark chocolate profile last seen in the 2005. I'm guessing the CT crowd is following along with the rest of the herd and are rating this highly, but in this case, at least, it is justified. He Who Shall Remain Nameless has this about right at 94 points. The greatest Barde-Haut ever? This seems like a Jeff Leve kind of wine, because of the high alcohol level and Parkerization. I'd be curious to see how he matches this up against the 2009. Rating: 94 points.
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wineotim commented:
9/25/16, 6:41 PM - I love this wine too, bought another bottle today. I love that dark cocoa element to it.