Community Tasting Note
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aerosol Likes this wine: 94 points
October 20, 2021 - The nose is maple oatmeal, fresh cut flowers and oak. Opened for an hour and the wine is still fresh and young. It swirls on my palate a little to the sweet side and I get deep ripened blackberry, oak, and a light tannins in the finish with a hint of vanilla. I tasted it side by side with a Margaux and it wasn’t a fair thing to do. This is a great wine, very enjoyable with a lot of dark fruit left that still has time and should be decanted and not quaffed down immediately.
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4 Comments
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Bordhead2000 commented:
11/10/21, 9:45 AM - A Margaux Margaux, or just a Margaux? What was the vintage of the Margaux, and who was the winner???
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aerosol commented:
11/10/21, 9:52 AM - 2000 Pavilion Rouge du Château Margaux. It depended on your palate and state of mind. My palate is moving away from the sweeter CA wines to the Cali-Bordeaux-Nia wines as they are starting to merge. JPI is a great wine but it seemed a little too sweet in comparison to an old school Bordeaux.
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Bordhead2000 commented:
11/10/21, 9:59 AM - yes, I'm with you. I'm a old Bordeaux guy myself, but maybe my handle gave that away.
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aerosol commented:
11/10/21, 7:10 PM - Ditto. I'll read your notes if you read mine. I am drinking down all my 2000's