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1999 Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend
6/14/2016 - Motz wrote:
95 points
Stunning! Highly reminiscent of St. Cosme Gigondas. Pepper, earth, cured meats, dust, herbs, barnyard, compost, weathered red clay, rust, and minerals. Harmonious, powerful, sophisticated. Captivating mouthfeel, palate-coating middle, bracing back, complex finish. Showing compound layers and delightful tertiary notes. Exceptional quality! 95-96.

  • Flennerz commented:

    11/22/16, 6:38 AM - Great review, thanks! I am thinking of getting my sister a bottle of this for Christmas - has it much life left in it? Not that she'll be slow to drink it....!

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2003 Château Léoville Las Cases St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend
3/3/2016 - sixtoedjack Likes this wine:
95 points
Did a splash double decant before taking this to a work party. Initial thoughts was that this had a lot of cedar box and tobacco spice with very little fruit.

At the work party, the wine opened up beautifully in the glass. The cassis was fading but it played very well with the savoury herbal notes and tobacco spice. The tannins were firm but not biting with the medium-plus acidity giving this wine good life.

I felt it was a good time to open this but if I had another bottle, I would still fill comfortable holding on to this for another 3-5 years.

  • Flennerz commented:

    8/31/16, 2:46 AM - If you took this to a work party, I think I need to work where you work!

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2010 Château Sénéjac Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend
6/9/2016 - Flennerz Likes this wine:
90 points
Forgot!

  • Flennerz commented:

    6/13/16, 9:48 AM - It was delicious! Thankfully I've another one left so I'll remember to be a bit more studious next time!

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2010 Château Sénéjac Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend
2/15/2016 - R. Hung wrote:
91 points
Very good after 4 hours decanting!

  • Flennerz commented:

    2/24/16, 4:44 AM - I've got two bottles of this, and opened one on Sunday just to see how it was doing given the favourable reviews on CT.

    I've had a glass and a bit every night since, and I can honestly say that last night's was the best - now, to be fair, I'd had a long day, but still compared with the opening day's stint (where the flavours were delicious but the tannins were pretty noticeable) it was absolutely all together, in one place, singing really.

    I have risked leaving a glass for tonight's dinner, just to test and see how it compares with last night, but this is basicaclly a long-winded way of saying I concur that a four-hour decant (and maybe a year or two of patience) would benefit this wine a great deal.

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1999 Tertre Rôteboeuf St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend
7/12/2015 - SMHalps Likes this wine:
96 points
I had this with a group of wine loving friends at at 1990's Bordeaux Sunday dinner. I think this was the star of the group, which included some great second growths, and some big time St. Emilions, but no first growths.

The 1999 Tertre Roteboeuf burst from the glass with decadent black fruits, exotic spice tones, tar, and cedarwood. On the palate the wine shows balance between fruit which is rich but not confectionery and bright sappy acids. The tannins have nicely balanced out with the fruit. In what was not a blockbuster year, this is a blockbuster wine.

  • Flennerz commented:

    12/4/15, 5:36 AM - It's interesting but I see a lot of Tertre Roteboeuf's fans being really quite emphatic on scoring. I am considering a bottle or two - is it really as good as it appears?

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2006 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend
7/25/2015 - Taureau Likes this wine:
94 points
The pretty label is handy because you'll need something to look at while you are decanting this for like a week.

Vibrant colour

Consistent with other notes of being full bodied, structured and balanced.

Every element complements each other nicely and somehow the tsunami of tannin works

  • Flennerz commented:

    11/24/15, 1:00 PM - Classic note! Love it.

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2004 Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend
4/24/2015 - Burgundynick Likes this wine:
92 points
Wine tasting with 10 others. Opened, decanted back into the bottle left for 2 hours. It is very good. Nice and smooth and full of cigar box and blackcurrants. Very enjoyable and very nice and most people agreed. 92 Points

  • Flennerz commented:

    10/26/15, 3:49 AM - Hi

    I've noticed you've a couple of reviews on this wine - so thinking maybe you have a few bottles left! Am considering purchasing a bottle (wallet extends to individual bottles, not cases...until my ship comes in!) and just wondering, would you reckon this will still do the business in the next year or so or would you drink up now?

  • Flennerz commented:

    11/9/15, 6:03 AM - Thanks :)

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2005 Château Bahans Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend
8/15/2015 - Flennerz Likes this wine:
93 points
Drank with family - parents' ruby wedding anniversary dinner of venison (incidentally - perfect partner!).

Decanted 2hrs before dinner and consumed alongside a 2002 Vieux Chateau Certan - initially this was the lighter, fresher wine by comparison, with a supple graphite taste among the black fruits. Then as the evening wore on it opened up, easily the equivalent of its more expensive partner (albeit from a lesser vintage).

I'd buy more and keep drinking them - I reckon this is about perfect now.

  • Flennerz commented:

    8/25/15, 4:10 AM - Well...yeah, if I had a bottle, I'd find a suitable occasion and drink it now / in the short term, but that's only because I enjoyed this one so much that I'd find it hard to stop myself!

    Berry Bros. (link below) reckon it'll keep to 2017 as a "ready but will improve" and it may well do - I'd bow to their knowledge - but for me it's so accessible now... I note also that as of Jun 2015 Robert Parker says it's for drinking over the next 10-15 years, but that seems optimistic to me (and I presume is based on perfect storage conditions, and a measure of self control, both of which are somewhat lacking in my house!).

    http://www.bbr.com/products-1094-2005-ch-bahans-haut-brion-pessac-leognan

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2004 Château Montrose St. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend
12/17/2014 - DrinkBordeaux wrote:
93 points
More confirmation that the '04 vintage is often underrated. Deep purple and concentrated. Aromatic complexity that took 2 hours to develop, with blackcurrant, crushed rock, mineral, a bit of leather, tobacco, and oak spice. Nice ripe primary fruit. Oak well-integrated at this point. Silky, round, and medium-bodied. Tannins will benefit from softening over time. Medium-plus finish. An excellent value for a Montrose. At least 10 years cellaring potential, but can drink now.

  • Flennerz commented:

    2/26/15, 5:40 AM - Hi, interested as to what you make of the reviews that put this in the 80s - do you agree with them at all, or do you think maybe they'd a different (poor) bottle? Seems like a wine that divides opinion (and I've a bottle to drink at some point!).

  • Flennerz commented:

    2/27/15, 8:53 AM - I will! Looking forward to it!

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2011 Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend
12/22/2014 - ledocq Likes this wine:
If for whatever weird reason you open this up, it's drinkable. The nose is heavenly and as it opens up you can feel that elevator shaft descending into the cedar mine. The taste goes on forever. So you *can* drink it, but why? It's pitifully young. Its better self is sort of a shadow of a ghost you can just about make out if you squint. I had regrets during the second glass. On night two, that cedar thing makes a long, long, long, long ping and echo on your tastebuds. It's a pleasure, it's great, but it's going to be even better in 2020. Hold onto it.

  • Flennerz commented:

    1/14/15, 1:08 PM - Of all the notes I've read on Cellartracker, this one is one of the finest. You've a lovely turn of phrase and your use of language enhances what you have to say in a way that makes your experience of this wine directly interpretable. Good work!

  • Flennerz commented:

    2/24/15, 9:00 AM - Got one in the sale!

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1981 Domaine de Chevalier Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend
9/13/2014 - englishman's claret wrote:
90 points
Showing its age relatively gracefully. Baked brick, furniture polish, treacle. A good example of Graves. Shows as more mature than the '66 and '78, though.

  • Flennerz commented:

    11/10/14, 5:42 AM - Hi - thinking of getting a bottle, do you reckon it'll last another few years or is it for immediate drinking?

  • Flennerz commented:

    11/10/14, 5:47 AM - Hi - thinking of getting a bottle, do you reckon it'll last another few years or is it for immediate drinking?

  • Flennerz commented:

    11/10/14, 5:48 AM - Hi - thinking of getting a bottle, do you reckon it'll last another few years or is it for immediate drinking?

  • Flennerz commented:

    11/10/14, 6:21 AM - Thanks! Might have to go for it then! Sorry about the multiple postings - not sure what happened there!

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2001 Château Rauzan-Ségla Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend
12/4/2013 - pozzo Does not like this wine:
80 points
I don't understand Bordeaux. It has no fruit; Cali cabs are so much better. No more Bordeaux for me.

  • Flennerz commented:

    6/6/14, 5:41 AM - Just a q - would it have been better to just not rate it at all (NR) if you reckon there's something stylistic about Bordeaux in general that you don't like, rather than give this specific wine a poor rating?

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