• djhammond wrote: flawed

    February 15, 2022 - Unfortunately past it.

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  • Jokermac wrote: flawed

    April 2, 2020 - 'Brett' evident in wine. Did not drink.

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  • Jokermac wrote:

    March 21, 2020 - Acquired via AUCTION. Clear wine with red/rust opaque core and definite bricking at the rim. Nose is somewhere between healthy and oxidized. Mostly picking up floral notes and other secondary characteristics. Dry wine with some acidity left, but very little fruit. One note and not much character left. Past peak.

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  • Rick & Ilsa wrote: 90 points

    December 4, 2019 - Showing a little more age than previous bottles. Cork fully saturated, removed with Durand. Garnet with slight orange showing on the rim. Notes of red fruit, leather, mushrooms and with a slight prune tartness. Settled down with some time in the glass. Definitely an aged Bordeaux and perhaps time to drink up.

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  • fraundor wrote: 90 points

    September 25, 2019 - - Brick color.

  • Rick & Ilsa wrote: 90 points

    July 28, 2019 - Soft and fully mature, I think this would be easy to identify as aged Bordeaux. Lots of red fruits still with earth, dust, and mushrooms showing. Fully resolved tannins, medium bodied, this bottle didn't seem as over the hill as previous tasters experienced. Dry solid cork that came out in one piece.

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  • Bernt Olav wrote: 91 points

    June 15, 2019 - Besteflaske til nå, mer ungdommelig enn de forrige 2/25/2019. Ellers mye likt, men da med ett mer ungdommelig preg og tydeligere frukt.

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  • Bernt Olav wrote: 89 points

    January 10, 2019 - Samme som forrige.

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  • Bernt Olav wrote: 89 points

    December 23, 2018 - Dyp rød oransje farge. Aroma med preg av kaffe, blyant, nype og lett parfyme. I munn er den fullstendig moden med tanninene helt integrerte og tilbake er kun syren som gir ok ryggrad. I munn finner jeg elementer av kaffe, skogbunn, blyant og jern. Frukten er på tydelig vikende front og jeg vil kategorisere denne som en "drikk nå!" vin. Ok lengde. Ble ett ok følge til klassisk andebryst med enkelt tilbehør og uten saus.
    Hadde høyere forventninger til denne etter to veldig gode 1986 flasker for ett par år siden. Krysser fingrene for at de resterende 4 flaskene er bedre. 88/89 p.

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  • Alex G. Likes this wine:

    April 3, 2018 - Not familiar with this producer, quite pleased with tonight's performance. Dark color, minimal bricking. Plum and prune, balanced wine with a round finish. If I found bottles with good provenance at a fair price, I'd be a buyer.

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