Medium garnet colour. Nose: Earthy and slight funky notes (leather, farmyard, horse stables). Under this lie some darker and mature fruity notes; dark plum, black currant, blueberry, paprika, black pepper and a hint of dark chocolate. Slightly rustic but nice. (84p) Taste: Mature, dry, slightly astringent, medium fruitiness, earthy notes here too. (82p) At 16 years this wine is past its peak but still drinks nicely. It went very well with a tomato based lamb casserole, which really uncovered the wine’s hidden fruity sweetness. And that’s what I think it does best; accompany food. Total score: 85 points (86 with and 83 without food)
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Tasted delicious accompanied by a tenderloin with pommes noisettes, root vegetables, and red wine sauce! Maybe it had lost some of the fruit, but it was still a joyable company.
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1/28/2018 - SAND Likes this wine: 85 Points
Medium garnet colour.
Nose: Earthy and slight funky notes (leather, farmyard, horse stables). Under this lie some darker and mature fruity notes; dark plum, black currant, blueberry, paprika, black pepper and a hint of dark chocolate. Slightly rustic but nice. (84p)
Taste: Mature, dry, slightly astringent, medium fruitiness, earthy notes here too. (82p)
At 16 years this wine is past its peak but still drinks nicely. It went very well with a tomato based lamb casserole, which really uncovered the wine’s hidden fruity sweetness. And that’s what I think it does best; accompany food. Total score: 85 points (86 with and 83 without food)
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9/4/2011 - biff_of_burl wrote: 85 Points
Early funk mellows and disappears after 30 minutes in the glass. Enjoyable thereafter.
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5/21/2011 - skalle10 wrote: 86 Points
Tasted delicious accompanied by a tenderloin with pommes noisettes, root vegetables, and red wine sauce!
Maybe it had lost some of the fruit, but it was still a joyable company.
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7/21/2010 - biff_of_burl wrote: 88 Points
Healthy cork, well cellared. Still good evidence of fruit, little terroir. Peaking now.
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5/6/2007 - pnyhagen wrote: 90 Points
One bottle had a very dry cork but it tasted as good as the other one. Round and nice.
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