Community Tasting Notes 5

• SAND Likes this wine:

  June 17, 2014 - Clear, ruby red, with only slight indications of maturing colour towards the rim.
  Nose: Earthy nose with blackcurrant, blackberries and blueberries. Earthy rather than rustic and quite a lot of fruit coming through.
  Taste & palate: Medium body, marked tannins and again the blackberry and blueberries fruit, with some blackcurrant coming through. A little rustic but a "juicy" and tasty 16 year old.
  Stored well, this wine should keep well for another 2-4 years, although I don't think it will gain much in complexity, just possibly in maturity. I think it's drinking nicely now.

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• gukarl wrote: 88 points

  January 26, 2010 - Earth and barnyard on the nose. The fruit is starting to dry out and the tannins seems well integrated. Drink now.

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• trondw wrote: 88 points

  November 13, 2008 - Still concentrated, still tannic, but the fruit is giving away and it is now nice to drink compared to the first bottle a few years ago. Waiting 2 years for the next. I found berries and anise.

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• ktrh wrote:

  November 4, 2008 - My final bottle. Good but not fresh and the alcohol is almost gone. Some secondary aroma is there, but is still dominated by primary fruit. The previous bottle (about a year ago) was far better, lively and still strong. Not sure if this is simply bottle variation, or if it is past its peak?

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• gukarl wrote: 89 points

  March 31, 2008 - Starting to mature. Slight brown colour, earth and barnyard on the nose, becoming more complex with air. Fine fruit and solid tannins, but softer than last time I tasted this wine two years ago.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1998
• Type Red
• Producer Château Leret-Monpezat
• Varietal Malbec Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Southwest France
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Cahors
• UPC Code 3275846891021

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• In Cellars 55 (44%)
• Consumed 71 (56%)

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