6/25/2021 - huntingtom wrote:

first nose after opening: intensive black currant - promising more than afterwards delivered

after decanting:
a little bit of alcoholics
a lot of tannins + toasting
good structure but not harmonic now
it needs now at least 3 h of decanting to go get a little bit smother

it needs time! - wait 5 Years

4/17/2021 - huntingtom Likes this wine:

First Nose:surprising intensive black elderberry
Second Nose: Cherry, black currant

Taste:
liquourice, almonds, wood, sweetness, full bodied but not very complex
I think it is still too young, needs a lot of air to open

4/29/2014 - huntingtom wrote:

nose: cellar, earth, chocolate, cedar, ethanol
Taste: dark chocolate, very strong Tanins, wild cherry
decant it at least 1 hr before starting to drink
I think it needs more time (2-5 years) but now I'm not sure if it goes above 92 points with aging. - I Drunk a 1/2 Bottle standalone from climatised cellar.

6/21/2013 - huntingtom wrote:

0,75 cl
N: cherry, vanilla, Tabaco, Earth, fresh mushroom
T: over-ripe blackberry, black elderberry, chocolate, smoke, Juicy, full Bodied New World style, Long finish

Close to the Top, needs 60 min decanting

5/21/2013 - huntingtom wrote:

Better than last year needs at least 3hours of decanting to open up. Wild cherry, Vanille , leather earth has got more power now close to 92

5/12/2013 - huntingtom wrote:

Tanins good structured but not integrated , bitter almond, wild chery, needs at least 2-3 hrs air, nice nose with some juicy red berries, dark chocolate, wait another 2 years - might improve, when tanins gets smother, but not for long term aging acity might get dominant

4/27/2013 - huntingtom Likes this wine:

20 min dekantiert ca. 18 Grad
1. Nase: Kaffee etwas Vanille breit und sehr sauber, Mineralik und Erde, Tabak
2. Nase: Schokolade Brombeere
Gaumen: Amareno Kirsche, Mineralik, sehr Edel und sehr voller Körper, langer Abgang.
Optimale erste Reife ohne Ecken und Kanten, kann sicher nochmals 8 Jahre sehr gut bestehen.
Mit 13 Vol % für einen Österreicher eher am unteren Band in dieser Qallitätsklasse, - das schaffen sonst nur die Franzosen im Bordeaux - Ja so mag ich's !

4/24/2013 - huntingtom wrote:

Well balanced some green Tanins nice Fruit but Not Great. decant it up to 1 - 2 h

2/3/2013 - huntingtom wrote:

Dark red, a inviting Nose, well balanced, but a little bit more on the spicy and acity side. Mouthfilling, enough Power to pair with dark spicy meat. Close to the Top

1/6/2013 - huntingtom Likes this wine:

0.75 Bottle, decanted 90min in carafe

N: dark chocolate, earth, pepper

T: Cherry, Sweet, mature tannins fully integrated, full-bodied

C: dark red, light orange glow on the edge

Drunk together with 2003 - very different styles

1/6/2013 - huntingtom Likes this wine:

0.75 Bottle, decanted 45 minutes in decanter

N: Sweet, cinnamon (after,3h some horse sweat.)

T: Mature heart cherry, some cedar, very round and soft, power, bitter almond, sweet like marzipan, not only classic Bdx lovers like this wine
What a differente to last year !!! - Drink now or later

C: dark red almost black

Drunk together with 1994 - very different styles

12/5/2012 - huntingtom Likes this wine:

1 hour decanted (in the Botte) 0,75 cl Bottle
N: Very ripe blackberries, Tobacco, Cedar
T:Very sweet (vanilla), full and round body, fully integrated tannins, balanced, long finish

René Gabriel said 9 years ago: who want's to know how Pauliac terior tasts, should try this wine in 10 years - he was 100% right! - Its now on the Top !!!

11/22/2012 - huntingtom wrote:

Magnum from climatized cellar:
Weichselian, coffee, chocolate, ripe blackberries, bitter almonds, wet leaves, long finish, mouthfilling
first impression after 1 Hr decanting: a bit disapointing and not balanced but this changed to an perfect balance after another hour decanting
==> needs 2 hrs decanting to open
I love well-made wines from "bad" years if they ripe

9/21/2012 - huntingtom wrote:

Until 15 minutes after opening strong and hard tanins , cedar,coffee, ... like 10 years old - afterwards like 30 years old and thin - but 2 h later it rounds up to an well aged beautiful Pauilac with leather, herbs and a bit sweetness

6/13/2012 - huntingtom wrote:

Perfect clairet, excelent Price /value, dark red color, dried plum, Medium Body ,peper, Sweet dark fruit , acity from Wild chery, Needs 2 h decanting, /this was the Last Botte of an Case (Subscribed at about 10€) was 2 years Ago a Little Bit more balanced Rating for the Taste 2 years ago 89

6/2/2012 - huntingtom wrote:

N: a Little Bit from the horse - Needs decanting, fully bodied
Cedar bitter almonds, fresh oak, a Lot of tannins - Not yet balanced, cherry, strawbery, drank standalone Directly After Malescot St. Exupery 99 - very different styles and aging Levels but now on the Same Rating Level- but Rating might improve with aging

6/2/2012 - huntingtom wrote:

N:ripe,clean, cellar, a Lot of terrior
Fully integrated tannins, a lot of fruit, blackberry, Wild cherry, Fully bodied.
A Classic and ripe bordeaux, Perfect fit to beef roulade filled with proscuito and Datteln / only Short decanting

5/5/2012 - huntingtom wrote:

Drank from 0,375 Bottle: Wonderfull bdx with a lot of terrior, sweat and complex, already matured and close to the Top ? Hidden tanins, strawberry, flowers (violets), plum, vanilla, chocolate, Earth, barnyard. Medium to Full Body and finish. But the bottles from 1 case differ extremly in Aspect of the nose: i had 2 of 6 bottles with Extreme barnyard nose which lowers with decanting 3 hours

4/29/2012 - huntingtom wrote:

Dark Ruby color, Chocolate, Sweet Black Fruit, dried Fruit, plum, oak, well made, Now well Balanced, - Drink now if you don't like acity
Now close to 90 Pts

4/11/2012 - huntingtom Likes this wine:

Dark red almost Black no Orange at the Glas Border
1st nose : cassis, Vanille ,Chocolate, Celler, Earth
2nd nose : a Lot of Fruit - whow ! , Figs
The first sip After 10 minutes : a litle Bit thin but After 5-10 seconds in the mouth it changes to a fully bodied wine - you think you have a cherry between the teeth and there is a long Finish, the tannins are already smoother than at arrivage. But they are Not yet Balanced.
After 1 Hour:
Nothing at this wine is thin the tannins are smoother but more present Almonds bitter
After 2 houres:
N: less fruit, dried plum, a little bit ethanol?
Mouth: Wild cherry with a Lot of tanins

This was just a 1/2 bottle and it was much too early to Drink - but i'm very glad to Own 1 Full Case of normal bottles and a Case of 1/2 bottles. I'm sure this wine will go up to 93-95 Points when it matures.
Drank standalone

4/6/2012 - huntingtom wrote:

Farbe: Dunkles fast schwarzes rot, Kirchenfenster
Nase: Breit und vielschichtige Frucht,Lindenholz,Erdig, Leder
Gaumen: Dörrpflaume, Schwarzbeeren in Honig, BitterSchokolade
Würze , Waldbeeren, Vollreife Süße weichsel Frucht, bzw. auch Herzkirsche
Kräftig, Lebendig, rund und Harmonisch, schön eingebaute runde tannine
Langer Süßer Abgang, Optimale erste Reife
Sehr gerne getrunken zu Hirschruecken ohne Preiselbeeren ;)

3/4/2012 - huntingtom wrote:

Timber sour decant a bit hard, Moldy leaves Medium length Strong tannins dark red. Needs Air. Good bdx but lacks on Fruit will try it 2 years later Again

2/19/2012 - huntingtom wrote:

Dark red
Oak without toasting already a little bit rounded but dominant
Cedar
Brombeere
cassis
Full bodied And powerfull
mineralic
To early / wait for the fruit Integration / Rating will improve
Improves with 1h decanting
Fits now to a deer

2/19/2012 - huntingtom wrote:

Weichsel
Doerr Pflaume
Holz / erdige note
Langer Abgang
Kräftiger Körper
Lakritze
Kandis
Bitterschokolade
Habe die Optimale Trinkreife erwischt! - perfektes gesamtbild

1/25/2009 - huntingtom Likes this wine:

The wine looks medium Yellow gold colored. It smells like honigmelone, lily, candied fruit, cellar.
It tastes like grapefruit, lime, full bodied,dry Sherry, bitter Almonds.
The wine finishes Long.
It was an perfect apperitiv, i liked it and already drank 8 Bottles in the last 6 Years.

3/31/2011 - huntingtom Likes this wine:

opened 3 Magnums and 1 0,75l in the office for my colleges. The smaler bottle was even better than the magnum since it showed more fruit. Both formates had a perfect balance and the smal bottle was very close to the high. So my last magnum keeps in (cool) cellar another 3-5 Years.