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2003 Château Sansonnet
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- St. Émilion Grand Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 73
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Kentw Likes this wine: 90 points
February 17, 2017 - Quite decent. Still holding on, getting fuller and richer with time. Black cherry and licorice with some spice in mid palate. Good with meats and heavy pasta. Found 2003 to be better than the 2000.
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Kentw Likes this wine: 90 points
May 14, 2016 - Similar to last note but seems more fuller and richer than last bottle, good fruit, good balance and very smooth with soft tannins on the finish. Better than last bottle a year ago.
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mwneil Likes this wine: 92 points
October 17, 2015 - Very nice wine, great bouquet, good balance but lots of fruit, long finish, enjoyed with veal loin chops, drank with Bellefont Belcier, which was less fruity and earthier, would drink again.
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Kentw wrote: 88 points
June 7, 2015 - Medium weight with soft tannins on the finish. Some fruits, dried currants and leather but very restrained. Easy drinking but not complex.
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Whitelion Likes this wine: 89 points
January 30, 2015 - (better experience than the 1st bottle!)
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/7/2005 (link)(Ch Sansonnet St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2004, IWC Issue #114 (link)(Chateau Sansonnet Saint Emilion) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Library TV
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By Gary Vaynerchuk
The Gary Vaynerchuk WLTV Gift Pack #2 Tasting, Episode #147, 12/14/2006 (link) 90+ points(CHATEAU SANSONNET) #2; COLOR-Grrreat Color; NOSE-beautiful perfume, subtle blueberry, hints of mocha; TASTE-lot of complexity & blackberry, little cedar & oak, subtle vanilla from mid-palate to finish which I really like, (put it on the counter opened for a day), so complete, so perfectly structured w/ some bitter tannins on the finish, so put it on the table opened for a day and it will ROCK your world, a BEAUTIFUL bottle of wine, good body weight, ABSOLUTE STEAL; WS-90, RP-90, GV-90+
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2003
- Type Red
- Producer Château Sansonnet
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Libournais
- Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 15 (2%)
- In Cellars 246 (38%)
- Consumed 389 (60%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
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- ProducerChâteau Sansonnet
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationSt. Émilion Grand Cru
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