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• biggie Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 17, 2023 - Fruit Day - no ingress into the cork at all. Wine level at just above the bottom of the neck. Decanted off quite of bit of sediment which was (fortunately) stuck to the side of the bottle making it difficult to see the finer sediment. In the glass it’s translucent garnet with just a bit of browning showing. The nose is wonderfully Old World Bordeaux - cedar, damp earth, old leather, pipe tobacco and dried dark fruit. On the medium bodied palate it shows the cedar, tobacco, leather and dried fruit as a composite with the leather and dried fruit continuing into the long finish. There’s still some tannin showing as the fruit has faded making this for me a food wine but it’s a very mellow and somewhat sophisticated wine. Drink now only because the fruit is fading - it’s well balanced.
  
  Fruit Day - 7 days later and it has been sitting on the sideboard with only the cork in it (about 1/3 bottle of wine). It has remarkably stayed almost the same at the first day - if anything the fruit is showing much better today than a week ago! Today (last glass) it’s got a nose of coconut, light spice, plum compote and just a hint of cedar. On the palate there’s the cedar, damp earth and tobacco I noted on the initial glass but there’s also some fresh fruit showing (perhaps the tannin has mitigated just enough for it to show?) as well as some dried fruit. I like this version of it even better than my original glass. Not changing the points but it suggests this wine is still on the plateau and could hold another couple of years under good cellaring conditions.

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• bjwca Likes this wine: 93 points

  June 19, 2022 - Perfect RB bdx.

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• grossie Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 8, 2022 - Very nice wine. Maybe a bit heavy-handed, but really lush and big-bodied. Slight edge on the finish. Drink now or in the next few years.

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• Jason wrote:

  February 20, 2022 - Dead

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• Oenecnist wrote:

  January 22, 2022 - Further to my Note of Apr 18, '20: this has finished the first case. Decanted with normal sediment for its age. Dark purple, no amber; mature, muted red fruit that follows on the palate, good mouthfeel but a bit flabby. Holding well for a Merlot but not worth holding longer--good for everyday. Still notable+.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type Red
• Producer Château Cap de Faugères
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux
• UPC Codes 071570016869, 0715700168690, 649944050742

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• Pending Delivery 39 (2%)
• In Cellars 746 (39%)
• Consumed 1,105 (58%)

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