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1999 Château Quinault L'Enclos
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- St. Émilion Grand Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 117
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SpenceP wrote: 95 points
January 28, 2024 - I continue to find this wine gorgeous. Not an ideal situation for careful note-taking, but, unlike previous bottles, this one released a whiff of unpleasantly intense road tar immediately after opening, and needed about half an hour in the glass to be fully at its best--then blackberries, black plums, tobacco, roast meat, cocoa, hints of spices, wonderful long aftertaste. Quite wonderful.
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Milos wrote: 92 points
December 16, 2023 - No detailed notes taken. Company’s Christmas dinner. Drinking well now and has a long drinking window ahead.
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SpenceP wrote: 95 points
December 31, 2021 - Tasted again--I really love this wine! No change to my previous notes (see 11/26/21 and 11/17/29) beyond adding a hint of licorice to the description, but this time around I tasted with several wine glasses. The differences were minor, but the wine was at its very best from the Jancis Robinson glass. (The Riedel Vinum Bordeaux glass came in a close second.) I should also mention that this shows best at an ever so slightly warmer temperature than my own usual pouring temperature for red wines--about 65 degrees F seems to be ideal. At 60 degrees F this is not nearly as much fun. Also, I personally would not want to decant this wine, although an under-10-minute decant would do no harm. Do, however, give the bottle a couple of weeks upright so that the sediment can settle out.
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SpenceP wrote: 95 points
November 26, 2021 - This is so gorgeous--vivid and elegant smells and flavors of blackberry, blueberry, black plum, tobacco, minerals, cocoa, and delicate spice. Wonderful even immediately after opening, and even better after 10 minutes in the glass, when the tobacco fades and the cocoa fills out. Graceful, light on its feet. Still a bit of tannin. Exceptionally long and vivid aftertaste. Now at its absolute peak. This is really special, and should remain so for at least five more years--but there's no reason at all to wait. (I gave this bottle three weeks upright to allow sediment to settle out.)
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Chrisinroch wrote:
January 29, 2021 - decanted for sediment. Took some time to open up but decent restrained Bordeaux
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2000, IWC Issue #90 (link)(Chateau Quinault L'Enclos Saint Emilion) Subscribe to see review text.
Rockss and Fruit
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By Lyle Fass
3/24/2003 (link)(Chateau Quinault l'Enclos) I feel like I walked into Baskin-Robbins when I stuck my nose in the glass. Choclate fudge, mocha, high toast with a little bit of plum sauce, boysenberry, and cassis under all those oaky scents. Nice palate but a little too syrupy for my taste. Balanced and even understated but I am not into the texture. Too new-wavey for me but others might like it. I loved the '98 too. The low acid profile of this wine ticked me off too and proably contributed to the over-syrupy profile.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1999
- Type Red
- Producer Château Quinault L'Enclos
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Libournais
- Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
- UPC Codes 3251093606434, 3258691144665, 3277035312553
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 6 (0%)
- In Cellars 1,191 (44%)
- Consumed 1,498 (56%)
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& cedar., after a little airing in the decanter & the glass, Beef tenderloin, Camembert cheese, cornish hens, Drank one last night at Nougatine with the SImpsons & one at home the previous night. Mine clearly had not been as well stored as the restaurant's, duck, gouda cheese, Grilled Ribeye, had some nice fruit along with good secondary development. Mine was all about leatherWho Likes This Wine
84% Like It 19 votes
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