Leather, parchment, cassis, cherry, graphite, peppercorn. Improved with 1-2 hours of air. Solid, smooth, deep and complex. Fantastic and should continue to mature.
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Bright violets, dark chocolate, cherries, and raspberries on the nose. Faint nose of mushroom to start, forest floor, then moss.
Long length of flavor, but not a very pleasant flavor. Tart under ripe cherry on the pallet. Medium tannins. slightly tart cherry, followed by leather, the ending is tart and the aftertaste tightens the pallet.
It got better and less tart after 90 minutes of decanting, but we finished the bottle so I cant tell you the flavor change after the first 90 minutes.
6/10 - wildly underwhelming for a second growth Bordeaux.
Dark ruby with some bricking on the rim. Purer nose with a little herbaceousness compared to the baron of the same vintage. Pretty pronounced cassis note; I don't know what the blend difference is between this and the Baron de Brane of the same vintage but it must be due to a higher concentration of cab. sauv in this. Med+ acid; medium pretty fine tannins. Quite tight on the palate; at this stage the baron is more generous. But there's a real purity of underlying black fruit there, with some florality and herbacousness that suggest a much more complex wine that's still just a bit young (for me!). 92+
Deep and dark ruby to magenta, still very dense. Dark red berry and violet notes. Fine but present tannin, good fruit structure and acidity to carry the line. Developing nicely but needs a while longer for my taste. ****
Super open and ready on the PnP. This wine was aromatic and fresh as a daisy. Good example of an over performing vintage at this house. It did seem to close up a bit on day 2 and became a little more stern so perhaps it has a shut down phase ahead but for the moment, just go for it. No decant.
Showed very well. Still a little lactic with some oak influence, and while a bit thinner on the mid palate than the '19, has a nice depth and balance. Black fruit fruited on the palate with a terrific violet and flint profile on the nose. Very well balanced. On night 2 this was a little thinner on the palate and I got the sense oak was a little overdone. We will see how this ages
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2014 is one of my favorite vintages if you consider that 05, 09, and 10 are slowly coming around; 07, 08, 11 and 12 can be uneven in quality with surprises in both directions; and 15,16,18,19 and 20 are wines to drink in the late 20s and 30s. I have found 14’s to be consistently high quality, fresh and appraochable, like 11, but with more stuffing.
I recall this wine was one my favorite’s at UGCB tasting in NY (@ Sotheby’s). This bottle was 3 of 12 from my cellar. I would say it could use another 6-12 months in cellar, but is very good right now. The color is more purple than red and the nose is pencil lead, red berries and some slate/earth. The taste is a surprising balance of red and blue fruit and fresh earth. Yum!
Drank next to a 2014 Outpost Howell Mountain which it blew away. Dark black fruits, dry, floral nose. Decanted an hour an got amazing over the next hour. Medium weight, so much flavor and harmonious. Old World nose is amazing. Earth, dirt, and so smooth. Give me more of this.
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Decanted 20 minutes then poured ack in the bottle because it was light weight and seemed it didn’t need more air. Poured half glasses 30 minutes later. Classic Margaux. Lilacs and violets jumped out of the glass. Wine put on major weight over the next hour but it is still pretty light bodied. What a treat. So smooth and harmonious. Great wine in a Vintners year. Amazing for the $45 I paid for it.
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So pretty! What a nice Margaux should taste like. Red and blue fruit with slight green notes on the nose. Black Tea, cocoa, vanilla and cedar on the palette with juicy acidity. Finesse and balance is what this wine is about.
Red purple. Nose fairly muted but opened to cassis, spicy cedar and subtle floral notes. Palate a lovely fruitiness of blackberry and red currents along with vanilla from oak and peppery spice. A subtle graphite minerality and forest floor hints. Nice balance and long finish showing off some lovely depth and complexity. Just about ready to drink with the tanins mostly integrated, but has a long window for drinking and continued maturation ahead.
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Nose of plums, blackberry, a bit of cedar and vanilla. Palate is on the light to medium bodied side, with some lovely fresh red and blue fruits, and although quite young, the tannins are well integrated so drinkable with a decent decant. A very slight hint of greenness on the finish, but not unpleasant. This will get better and more complex with time, but already a nice solid bordeaux.
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Beautiful, developed well after 1.5 hrs in a decanter. lovely balance of fruit, structure, graphite and aftertaste. I kept going back for just a little more. On day 2 it was just as lovely. Excellently seductive now but will develop with time.
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Love it. It has intense of fruits, beautiful on the aroma with mixed of violet and oak, hint of chocolate and vanilla, smooth and red, nice body and finishing
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Beautiful rich nose upon decanting. Decanted 1 hour. Supple legs as aroma moved to soft leather. Flavor of heavy ripe figs, soft leather (in coordination w/nose) light tar & soft lead pencil. Nice round full finish that is balanced and pleasant. Exceptional w/Filet. obviously from my previous notes age developed this wine into a rounder wine with less time in decanter. A sign of a good Bordeaux is it is ever developing, providing new experiences for the wine drinker!
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Needed an hour to open up in the glass, but once it did had glorious cherry and cassis, with a slightly clenched finished. Lovely now and undoubtably will improve over the coming decades.
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Decanted 2 hours before meal. Medium tawny. Restrained cassis and mint. Well structured balance between the elements. Not as exuberant as one would expect from others' tasting notes. Medium finish. Overall impression is either premature bottle ageing or a wine that's already currently drinking. Losing its seductive youth but a fine, elegant lady nonetheless. Marked down for maturing too early. Needs retasting to confirm. La Braceria Len & Den
This producer has been one of my consistent favorites, I had a 1966 recently that was unbelievable. This bottle is class all around, and in no way would one think an off vintage. From the moment you pop the cork, the elegant and floral nose just invites you in. It's got mixed berries, roses, forest floor, raspberry, earth. It's got no wood or heat, and the tannins are smooth. The traditionalists will love this one. Buy again definitely.
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Decanted for 5 hours Dark ruby garnet colour. Severe tearing and tears. Strong berry aroma, a rain of blueberries. Once had, a cedar wall hides underneath the auspices of the 20 second codalie. A grand wine. Drink from 2025 and ahead.
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Second Sunday Group: 2014 v 2015 Bordeaux (Barb's): Double blind. Opens with a terrific bouquet of earth, plum, currants and florals. Flavors of red plum, raspberry and dark fruit. Becomes more perfumed and elegant as it sits, with mixed berry fruit and forest floor notes. Well-balanced. Mixed berry fruit and a long finish. Gorgeous. 93+ pts.
My #2, Domino's #6 Group #7, 52 pts
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Full heavy cherry nose upon decanting. Decanted 3 hours. Initial tight nose opened to soft leather. Initial pour showed impressive legs, full tannic nose w/light tar & cherries. Great finish that was consistent throughout the bottle. I would have aged this but we had lamb chops calling for Bordeaux & this wine answered!
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Vinen har i 2014-årgangen en drueblend på 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot og 2% Cabernet Franc. 70% av fatene er nye.
Vinen er intens på nese med dypere og forførende mørke bær med bjørnebær, litt undermodne plommer, og med et lite stikk av mørk sjokolade. Også noe fiol-preg faktisk.
Vinen er konsentret, men med litt sødmefulle bær som gjør vinen ganske så forførende med herlige skogsbærtoner og med et dypere lærpreg. Finkornede tanninene er tilstede sammen en fin syre som gir en smattende utgang sammen med noe fatpreg som vil integreres med tiden. Meget bra vin dette.
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During a 2014 walkabout arrivage tasting, no tasting notes given, only selective comments. In general I did not walk away excited after sampling ca. 40 wines (to be fair, all the big weights were missing). In a nutshell, while the vintage is pleasant and fresh, it is often too lean, lacking charm and aromatic depth. Still, Bordeaux being Bordeaux, the wines are not made for immediate drinking so, I don't see the point in buying them now. There will be plenty of them in the market in 2024 when they reached their peak and prices then will probably still be relatively attractive given the release prices. TN: This was also a decent wine but also on the leaner side, the house style is light anyway. I would stick to the 2015 and 2016 of this producer, the ratings there are very good, according to Jean-Marc Quarin even in the best wine ever made category..
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Decanted for an hour. Austere and a classic style, on day three this delectable Margaux was really starting to open up. Blackberry, cherry capote, hope chest and cassis. A medium-long finish and angular tannins, with a very clean profile. HOLD. Drink 2022 - 2037.
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Brane Cantenac is really on fire at the moment. This already, delicious, medium bodied wine is all about its finesse, floral and sweet cherry center. The finish is as elegant as it is energetic.
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UGC TASTING San Francisco Vintage 2014, sharp nose, allspice, and dark fruit, same on the palate, medium/big body, lovely taste, touch lean on fruit, needs 3 years to peak, medium finish.
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On the nose dark fruit, spices, violets, smoky oak. Nice grip on the palate, very well structured with bright acidity and fine length. Impressive. 91-92+
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En Primeur Bdx. 2014 tasting event, tasting pour, short note. Nose shows dusty red berries, cassis, fine & spicy herbs, cedar and dusty minerals. A touch of alcohol present, but not disturbingly so. Palate is excellent, with sour red berries, cassis, tobacco and fine herbs. Excellent clean and high acidity, fine tannins, and very good length. (90 – 92+)
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Floral, red and dark berry fruit on the nose - perfumed and expressive. On the palate slightly spicy with round tannins, good fruit and acidity. Elegant and not very intense, rather shy and low key. Should put on a little weight in barrel. 90-91+
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Strawberry, caramel, thyme and cherries stir this perfume into action, soaking the palate with spice, cherries and dark cocoa. This medium-bodied wine has a classically, elegant, fresh finish making it all the more agreeable. From a blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc, the wine reached 13% alcohol with a pH of 3.73. It represents 38% of the harvest. 91-92 Pts
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3/25/2024 - Portland Seth Likes this wine: 94 Points
Leather, parchment, cassis, cherry, graphite, peppercorn. Improved with 1-2 hours of air. Solid, smooth, deep and complex. Fantastic and should continue to mature.
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2/23/2024 - 2ndvinwine Does not like this wine:
No sediment in the bottle, bright ruby color.
Bright violets, dark chocolate, cherries, and raspberries on the nose. Faint nose of mushroom to start, forest floor, then moss.
Long length of flavor, but not a very pleasant flavor. Tart under ripe cherry on the pallet. Medium tannins. slightly tart cherry, followed by leather, the ending is tart and the aftertaste tightens the pallet.
It got better and less tart after 90 minutes of decanting, but we finished the bottle so I cant tell you the flavor change after the first 90 minutes.
6/10 - wildly underwhelming for a second growth Bordeaux.
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11/28/2023 - bookert wrote: 91 Points
Open for business with some expressiveness and mellowed tannins. Classic in style if not the most complex.
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11/25/2023 - stayhappy21 wrote: 90 Points
Tasted this at the International Congress of Chinese Cuisine & Wine, Chateau Brane-Cantenac Masterclass at The Tower Club.
On the nose: charming and calm. Beautiful black currants. Very floral and very elegant.
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11/21/2023 - Irish_Wine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Pretty nose which is starting to show some development via tobacco and leather notes. Medium bodied with good persistence. Starting to drink well now.
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10/25/2023 - Jamieson12o wrote: 92 Points
Dark ruby with some bricking on the rim. Purer nose with a little herbaceousness compared to the baron of the same vintage. Pretty pronounced cassis note; I don't know what the blend difference is between this and the Baron de Brane of the same vintage but it must be due to a higher concentration of cab. sauv in this. Med+ acid; medium pretty fine tannins. Quite tight on the palate; at this stage the baron is more generous. But there's a real purity of underlying black fruit there, with some florality and herbacousness that suggest a much more complex wine that's still just a bit young (for me!). 92+
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6/29/2023 - SimonG wrote: 91 Points
Deep and dark ruby to magenta, still very dense. Dark red berry and violet notes. Fine but present tannin, good fruit structure and acidity to carry the line. Developing nicely but needs a while longer for my taste. ****
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6/24/2023 - MR1 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Leider ein sehr kurzes Finish.
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6/4/2023 - jviz wrote: 93 Points
Super open and ready on the PnP. This wine was aromatic and fresh as a daisy. Good example of an over performing vintage at this house. It did seem to close up a bit on day 2 and became a little more stern so perhaps it has a shut down phase ahead but for the moment, just go for it. No decant.
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6/3/2023 - Nutty08 wrote: 93 Points
Showed very well. Still a little lactic with some oak influence, and while a bit thinner on the mid palate than the '19, has a nice depth and balance. Black fruit fruited on the palate with a terrific violet and flint profile on the nose. Very well balanced.
On night 2 this was a little thinner on the palate and I got the sense oak was a little overdone. We will see how this ages
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4/22/2023 - Gen NY Likes this wine: 92 Points
2014 is one of my favorite vintages if you consider that 05, 09, and 10 are slowly coming around; 07, 08, 11 and 12 can be uneven in quality with surprises in both directions; and 15,16,18,19 and 20 are wines to drink in the late 20s and 30s. I have found 14’s to be consistently high quality, fresh and appraochable, like 11, but with more stuffing.
I recall this wine was one my favorite’s at UGCB tasting in NY (@ Sotheby’s). This bottle was 3 of 12 from my cellar. I would say it could use another 6-12 months in cellar, but is very good right now. The color is more purple than red and the nose is pencil lead, red berries and some slate/earth. The taste is a surprising balance of red and blue fruit and fresh earth. Yum!
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2/5/2023 - CMohawk wrote: 94 Points
Getting close to peak in 2023. Very e joyable with plenty of fruit
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10/15/2022 - WineGuyDelMar Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank next to a 2014 Outpost Howell Mountain which it blew away. Dark black fruits, dry, floral nose. Decanted an hour an got amazing over the next hour. Medium weight, so much flavor and harmonious. Old World nose is amazing. Earth, dirt, and so smooth. Give me more of this.
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7/28/2022 - WineGuyDelMar Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted 20 minutes then poured ack in the bottle because it was light weight and seemed it didn’t need more air. Poured half glasses 30 minutes later. Classic Margaux. Lilacs and violets jumped out of the glass. Wine put on major weight over the next hour but it is still pretty light bodied. What a treat. So smooth and harmonious. Great wine in a Vintners year. Amazing for the $45 I paid for it.
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7/17/2022 - motuski Likes this wine: 96 Points
So pretty! What a nice Margaux should taste like. Red and blue fruit with slight green notes on the nose. Black Tea, cocoa, vanilla and cedar on the palette with juicy acidity. Finesse and balance is what this wine is about.
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3/28/2022 - remyworldpeace Likes this wine: 93 Points
Red purple. Nose fairly muted but opened to cassis, spicy cedar and subtle floral notes. Palate a lovely fruitiness of blackberry and red currents along with vanilla from oak and peppery spice. A subtle graphite minerality and forest floor hints. Nice balance and long finish showing off some lovely depth and complexity. Just about ready to drink with the tanins mostly integrated, but has a long window for drinking and continued maturation ahead.
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10/23/2021 - scappy63 Likes this wine: 90 Points
결혼 1주년 제주여행 MJ리조트 저녁
슈바인학센과 함께 시음
단골리조트라 음식세팅을 예쁘게 해주심
미디움 루비컬러
노즈는 민트향과 바이올렛냄새
보르도 마고와인은 처음인데 색이 생각보다 옅고 바디감도 낮음
마고특유의 향이 이향인가 사향냄새? 향수냄새?
싫지는 않지만 좋지도 않아 내취향은 아닌걸로
팔렛에서는 무난한 큰 기억은 없는 ^^ 무난한 보르도 와인
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8/6/2021 - Hendmo Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nose of plums, blackberry, a bit of cedar and vanilla. Palate is on the light to medium bodied side, with some lovely fresh red and blue fruits, and although quite young, the tannins are well integrated so drinkable with a decent decant. A very slight hint of greenness on the finish, but not unpleasant. This will get better and more complex with time, but already a nice solid bordeaux.
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12/31/2020 - Gen NY wrote: 91 Points
Beautiful, developed well after 1.5 hrs in a decanter. lovely balance of fruit, structure, graphite and aftertaste. I kept going back for just a little more. On day 2 it was just as lovely. Excellently seductive now but will develop with time.
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12/12/2020 - HWG99 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Love it. It has intense of fruits, beautiful on the aroma with mixed of violet and oak, hint of chocolate and vanilla, smooth and red, nice body and finishing
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10/11/2020 - casaallora Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautiful rich nose upon decanting. Decanted 1 hour. Supple legs as aroma moved to soft leather. Flavor of heavy ripe figs, soft leather (in coordination w/nose) light tar & soft lead pencil. Nice round full finish that is balanced and pleasant. Exceptional w/Filet. obviously from my previous notes age developed this wine into a rounder wine with less time in decanter. A sign of a good Bordeaux is it is ever developing, providing new experiences for the wine drinker!
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8/17/2020 - Tubulus wrote:
Needed an hour to open up in the glass, but once it did had glorious cherry and cassis, with a slightly clenched finished. Lovely now and undoubtably will improve over the coming decades.
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5/9/2020 - jamescho Likes this wine: 93 Points
Carefully opened 2014 Margaux
After 1 hour decanting, shows lovely Margaux scent
She says “Margaux Margaux Margaux!!!”
Love this ^^
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2/11/2020 - Deo68 Likes this wine: 80 Points
Decanted 2 hours before meal. Medium tawny. Restrained cassis and mint. Well structured balance between the elements. Not as exuberant as one would expect from others' tasting notes. Medium finish.
Overall impression is either premature bottle ageing or a wine that's already currently drinking. Losing its seductive youth but a fine, elegant lady nonetheless. Marked down for maturing too early. Needs retasting to confirm.
La Braceria Len & Den
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7/27/2019 - jeffreylubowski Likes this wine: 93 Points
This producer has been one of my consistent favorites, I had a 1966 recently that was unbelievable. This bottle is class all around, and in no way would one think an off vintage. From the moment you pop the cork, the elegant and floral nose just invites you in. It's got mixed berries, roses, forest floor, raspberry, earth. It's got no wood or heat, and the tannins are smooth. The traditionalists will love this one. Buy again definitely.
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4/21/2019 - CMohawk Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted for 5 hours
Dark ruby garnet colour. Severe tearing and tears. Strong berry aroma, a rain of blueberries. Once had, a cedar wall hides underneath the auspices of the 20 second codalie. A grand wine. Drink from 2025 and ahead.
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2/17/2019 - AllRed wrote: 93 Points
Second Sunday Group: 2014 v 2015 Bordeaux (Barb's): Double blind. Opens with a terrific bouquet of earth, plum, currants and florals. Flavors of red plum, raspberry and dark fruit. Becomes more perfumed and elegant as it sits, with mixed berry fruit and forest floor notes. Well-balanced. Mixed berry fruit and a long finish. Gorgeous. 93+ pts.
My #2, Domino's #6
Group #7, 52 pts
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6/25/2018 - casaallora Likes this wine: 92 Points
Full heavy cherry nose upon decanting. Decanted 3 hours. Initial tight nose opened to soft leather. Initial pour showed impressive legs, full tannic nose w/light tar & cherries. Great finish that was consistent throughout the bottle. I would have aged this but we had lamb chops calling for Bordeaux & this wine answered!
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5/19/2018 - ArizonaWineGuy Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very nice young Bordeaux.
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10/26/2017 - Andre Brattland wrote: 92 Points
Vinen har i 2014-årgangen en drueblend på 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot og 2% Cabernet Franc. 70% av fatene er nye.
Vinen er intens på nese med dypere og forførende mørke bær med bjørnebær, litt undermodne plommer, og med et lite stikk av mørk sjokolade. Også noe fiol-preg faktisk.
Vinen er konsentret, men med litt sødmefulle bær som gjør vinen ganske så forførende med herlige skogsbærtoner og med et dypere lærpreg. Finkornede tanninene er tilstede sammen en fin syre som gir en smattende utgang sammen med noe fatpreg som vil integreres med tiden. Meget bra vin dette.
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10/14/2017 - Collector1855 wrote: 91 Points
During a 2014 walkabout arrivage tasting, no tasting notes given, only selective comments. In general I did not walk away excited after sampling ca. 40 wines (to be fair, all the big weights were missing). In a nutshell, while the vintage is pleasant and fresh, it is often too lean, lacking charm and aromatic depth. Still, Bordeaux being Bordeaux, the wines are not made for immediate drinking so, I don't see the point in buying them now. There will be plenty of them in the market in 2024 when they reached their peak and prices then will probably still be relatively attractive given the release prices. TN: This was also a decent wine but also on the leaner side, the house style is light anyway. I would stick to the 2015 and 2016 of this producer, the ratings there are very good, according to Jean-Marc Quarin even in the best wine ever made category..
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6/27/2017 - Matt Scott Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted for an hour. Austere and a classic style, on day three this delectable Margaux was really starting to open up. Blackberry, cherry capote, hope chest and cassis. A medium-long finish and angular tannins, with a very clean profile. HOLD. Drink 2022 - 2037.
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2/4/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 92 Points
Brane Cantenac is really on fire at the moment. This already, delicious, medium bodied wine is all about its finesse, floral and sweet cherry center. The finish is as elegant as it is energetic.
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1/27/2017 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 88 Points
UGC TASTING San Francisco Vintage 2014, sharp nose, allspice, and dark fruit, same on the palate, medium/big body, lovely taste, touch lean on fruit, needs 3 years to peak, medium finish.
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1/27/2017 - alanr wrote: 89 Points
A lighter bodied wine, pleasant medium dark red fruit, good balance, earlier drinker.
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1/26/2017 - jmcmchi wrote: 91 Points
Cedar and black fruit aromas
Tannins prevalent, dark and fertile, savoury turning to black plums and bramble
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1/25/2017 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Bright cherry. More angular palate mineral fresh. Lean?
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1/22/2017 - ews3 wrote: 92 Points
UGC Bordeaux 2014 Vintage (Rittenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia): tasted at large walkaround tasting. black pepper, smoke, red cherry, herbal notes. quite tannic, but enough stuffing there. longer term wine.
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1/13/2017 - theeagle03 wrote: 87 Points
Green peppercorn. Silky, smooth texture. Some tannin, a little thin on the finish
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10/19/2016 - rossi.wine wrote: 92 Points
On the nose dark fruit, spices, violets, smoky oak. Nice grip on the palate, very well structured with bright acidity and fine length. Impressive. 91-92+
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9/3/2015 - Ramberg wrote: 91 Points
En Primeur Bdx. 2014 tasting event, tasting pour, short note.
Nose shows dusty red berries, cassis, fine & spicy herbs, cedar and dusty minerals.
A touch of alcohol present, but not disturbingly so.
Palate is excellent, with sour red berries, cassis, tobacco and fine herbs.
Excellent clean and high acidity, fine tannins, and very good length.
(90 – 92+)
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7/9/2015 - rossi.wine wrote: 91 Points
Floral, red and dark berry fruit on the nose - perfumed and expressive. On the palate slightly spicy with round tannins, good fruit and acidity. Elegant and not very intense, rather shy and low key. Should put on a little weight in barrel. 90-91+
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4/22/2015 - Jeff Leve wrote: 91 Points
Strawberry, caramel, thyme and cherries stir this perfume into action, soaking the palate with spice, cherries and dark cocoa. This medium-bodied wine has a classically, elegant, fresh finish making it all the more agreeable. From a blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc, the wine reached 13% alcohol with a pH of 3.73. It represents 38% of the harvest. 91-92 Pts
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