1996 Château La Cardonne

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88 Points

Monday, August 17, 2009 - "Stick with it, dedication to the bottle will pay off." The wine was subtle at first. I had been saving the bottle for quite awhile, so I had high expectations. I opened it and let it rest for only 10 minutes or so. I was getting some fruit and cheese together and started sipping while I worked. I was disapointed. It had no bad taste, but it really had not much taste at all. Nose had a bit of sweet pepper, but not a lot going on. I eventually had the wine open for an hour and sat down and could really taste it. The tastes were subtle, like reduced capers, sweet peppercorns, earthy - tobacco tastes. Perhaps it was the time resting, or just that I paid more attention.

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