Surprisingly ripe and warm style. Distinct notes of leather, showing this has some age. Palate tingles with the lively acidity and tannins. Medium weight, good structure supports the dark fruits here. Medium length, some complexity. Drinking now. Will continue to improve for another decade.
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Served blind, it was the wine of the night. It seems we got an overperforming bottle reading the other comments, but this was great at the nose with pepper, herbal, hearthy, red and black fruits. A very intense palate wth great balance between acidity and tannins followed by a long finish. Great wine and still young!
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23032023 - bottle breath for an hour & drank with a Riedel tumbler glass while otr in SG. Nose: initially some funk replaced with black fruit, some raspberry, cassis, slightly cured & smoke game, lime stone & slate. Palate: medium body with mid + acidity, austere, crunchy tannins, still grippy and unresolved. Mouthfeel: tannins tends to stuck to your teeth & palate. Definitely needs a little more time. Maybe 2-3yrs to allow the tannins to integrate better
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A perfect wine for restaurants. Already displaying a true, Medoc character with its cedar, tobacco, spice, and herb personality, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, energetic, fresh, and leaves you with bright, lifted, clean red currants with a dash of peppery herbs. There is no need to decant, just pop and pour.
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65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc
Deep dark purple hue with slight garnet evolution. Opaque. Still quite youthful.
Aromatics show a mixture of dark fruits, smoked woods, wet earth, and some floral characters.
Still structured. Tannic frame, medium body, dry. At this stage, fruit profile is rather subtle. Blackberry, blueberry, cassis, dominated by oak-derived characters of vanilla, chocolate mocha, cedar oak, sandalwood, graphite, pencil sharpener. Finish is quite long, round, and rather oaky.
Not even close to be ready. Tightly coiled. Fruits are still secondary. Not be mistaken, this is a forward, expressive style of St Julien but there is still too much oak at this stage to be enjoyable. First sniff, I thought this lean strongly modern. Have to agree with Mr Gilman that Domaine Delon's winemaking is rather puzzling. At times their wines can be too oaky. I hope that time will integrate all of the excess components. Try again in 5 years? 89-90+?
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For a 2011 surprisingly rich and dense. A very very slight green edge to the tannins so can’t score higher. Will hold for 5-8 years but is nicely evolved already. Worth buying for £45 all in!
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Very dark in colour, has some good concentration but needs time. Very bland on the nose, the pallet is tannic and very herbal. Second night and the remaining wine is much better, the herbal element has gone and the tannins softened, crazy that with in 24 hours the wine has completely transformed into something really good, I would suggest decant and let stand for a good few hours before serving . Really nice now and will improve with time.
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Surprisingly good, this medium bodied wine offers soft tannins, fresh black cherries, tobacco and earthy characteristics. Forward in style, the wine is already approachable.
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produced from 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc. From low yields of 27 hectoliters per hectare, the wine reached 13.6% alcohol and will be aged in 40% new oak. Ruby in color, black raspberry, floral, coffee bean and dark cherry scents are found on the nose. Sweet, ripe, fresh, juicy cassis rounds out the finish. This is quite charming. 90-91 Pts
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2/13/2024 - Philip67 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Surprisingly ripe and warm style. Distinct notes of leather, showing this has some age. Palate tingles with the lively acidity and tannins. Medium weight, good structure supports the dark fruits here. Medium length, some complexity. Drinking now. Will continue to improve for another decade.
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1/12/2024 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 91 Points
Jammy nose, immediately open-knit fruit and soil. A bit simple but balanced and well made. 91
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8/28/2023 - marco_graz Likes this wine: 93 Points
Served blind, it was the wine of the night. It seems we got an overperforming bottle reading the other comments, but this was great at the nose with pepper, herbal, hearthy, red and black fruits. A very intense palate wth great balance between acidity and tannins followed by a long finish. Great wine and still young!
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3/29/2023 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 89 Points
Easy and simple. Definitely better than many 2011s. Came across as quite fruity without any greeness. Once of the best values in Bordeaux.
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3/23/2023 - Romz Likes this wine: 90 Points
23032023 - bottle breath for an hour & drank with a Riedel tumbler glass while otr in SG.
Nose: initially some funk replaced with black fruit, some raspberry, cassis, slightly cured & smoke game, lime stone & slate.
Palate: medium body with mid + acidity, austere, crunchy tannins, still grippy and unresolved.
Mouthfeel: tannins tends to stuck to your teeth & palate. Definitely needs a little more time. Maybe 2-3yrs to allow the tannins to integrate better
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2/6/2022 - Neuneuil Likes this wine: 91 Points
Surprisingly fruity, not your typical green notes of most 2011s Bordeaux
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9/8/2021 - Jeff Leve wrote: 90 Points
A perfect wine for restaurants. Already displaying a true, Medoc character with its cedar, tobacco, spice, and herb personality, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, energetic, fresh, and leaves you with bright, lifted, clean red currants with a dash of peppery herbs. There is no need to decant, just pop and pour.
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3/17/2021 - NarunP wrote: 89 Points
65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc
Deep dark purple hue with slight garnet evolution. Opaque. Still quite youthful.
Aromatics show a mixture of dark fruits, smoked woods, wet earth, and some floral characters.
Still structured. Tannic frame, medium body, dry. At this stage, fruit profile is rather subtle. Blackberry, blueberry, cassis, dominated by oak-derived characters of vanilla, chocolate mocha, cedar oak, sandalwood, graphite, pencil sharpener. Finish is quite long, round, and rather oaky.
Not even close to be ready. Tightly coiled. Fruits are still secondary. Not be mistaken, this is a forward, expressive style of St Julien but there is still too much oak at this stage to be enjoyable. First sniff, I thought this lean strongly modern. Have to agree with Mr Gilman that Domaine Delon's winemaking is rather puzzling. At times their wines can be too oaky. I hope that time will integrate all of the excess components. Try again in 5 years? 89-90+?
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7/23/2020 - UK Don Likes this wine: 91 Points
For a 2011 surprisingly rich and dense. A very very slight green edge to the tannins so can’t score higher. Will hold for 5-8 years but is nicely evolved already. Worth buying for £45 all in!
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11/22/2019 - PaulHig wrote: 90 Points
Nicely balanced, good fruit and developing a leathery savoryness. Powdery tannins giving a little chew, but very approachable now.
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2/10/2018 - #alexindahouse wrote: 91 Points
Very dark in colour, has some good concentration but needs time. Very bland on the nose, the pallet is tannic and very herbal. Second night and the remaining wine is much better, the herbal element has gone and the tannins softened, crazy that with in 24 hours the wine has completely transformed into something really good, I would suggest decant and let stand for a good few hours before serving . Really nice now and will improve with time.
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5/20/2014 - Jeff Leve wrote: 89 Points
Surprisingly good, this medium bodied wine offers soft tannins, fresh black cherries, tobacco and earthy characteristics. Forward in style, the wine is already approachable.
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4/13/2012 - Jeff Leve wrote: 90 Points
produced from 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc. From low yields of 27 hectoliters per hectare, the wine reached 13.6% alcohol and will be aged in 40% new oak. Ruby in color, black raspberry, floral, coffee bean and dark cherry scents are found on the nose. Sweet, ripe, fresh, juicy cassis rounds out the finish. This is quite charming. 90-91 Pts
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