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• Mathijs81 Likes this wine: 90 points

  December 2, 2018 - Pop and pour, this wine did need some time in to open up.
  
  + Nose - dried herbs, dried leather, forest floor, earthy
  + Taste - dried red fruits, laurel, coffee, earth
  + Finish - spicy, a bit too short, dry
  
  Again, this is what old BDX should taste like ... not much left in this 1996, so drink up !
  
  Mathijs

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• RN wrote: 91 points

  July 12, 2016 - Delicious. Complex with some mineral.

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• RN wrote: 90 points

  July 25, 2014 - Clear Brick color without any hint of brown. Lovely nose. Palate closed somewhat on tasting immediately upon opening with tannin dominating the fruit. Starts to soften and integrate with air after 30 mins to a more luscious and generous style. Great with food. Still some years ahead for this wine even though it may have peaked. Update 3 days later-last of bottle- whilst losing some fruit is beautifully integrated and showing no real signs of oxidization- all good signs for a long life ahead.

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• AngusSanders wrote: 89 points

  November 6, 2011 - Drunk over 24 hours. Clear brick colour. Early tannic dominance with dusty, woody, earthy notes which eased over 4 hours. Developed sweet, plummy fruit with tobacco, liquorice, cedar & spicy notes. Smoothed out to a more integrated wine overnight in a classic Bordeaux style, but still with a strong tannin backbone. A very robust wine but still quite refined. Either this has many years more to develop or perhaps it will never fully integrate. Either way I look forward to drinking the other 1/2 dozen over the next few years.

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• honest bob wrote: 88 points

  March 1, 2005 - Surprisingly sweet, full fruity round wine, with powerful scent and taste of cedar, not quite succesfully integrated. A bit like a Californian fantasy of claret. 88P.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Château Moulin Riche
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation St. Julien

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• In Cellars 98 (65%)
• Consumed 52 (35%)

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