Community Tasting Notes 5

• SAND Likes this wine: 85 points

  January 28, 2018 - Medium garnet colour.
  Nose: Earthy and slight funky notes (leather, farmyard, horse stables). Under this lie some darker and mature fruity notes; dark plum, black currant, blueberry, paprika, black pepper and a hint of dark chocolate. Slightly rustic but nice. (84p)
  Taste: Mature, dry, slightly astringent, medium fruitiness, earthy notes here too. (82p)
  At 16 years this wine is past its peak but still drinks nicely. It went very well with a tomato based lamb casserole, which really uncovered the wine’s hidden fruity sweetness. And that’s what I think it does best; accompany food. Total score: 85 points (86 with and 83 without food)

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• biff_of_burl wrote: 85 points

  September 4, 2011 - Early funk mellows and disappears after 30 minutes in the glass. Enjoyable thereafter.

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• skalle10 wrote: 86 points

  May 21, 2011 - Tasted delicious accompanied by a tenderloin with pommes noisettes, root vegetables, and red wine sauce!
  Maybe it had lost some of the fruit, but it was still a joyable company.

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• biff_of_burl wrote: 88 points

  July 21, 2010 - Healthy cork, well cellared. Still good evidence of fruit, little terroir. Peaking now.

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• pnyhagen wrote: 90 points

  May 6, 2007 - One bottle had a very dry cork but it tasted as good as the other one. Round and nice.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2001
• Type Red
• Producer Château Mercier
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Côtes de Bourg
• Appellation Côtes de Bourg

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• In Cellars 12 (26%)
• Consumed 34 (74%)

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