Good lord this is delicious. If someone fused a refined Bordeaux with a cadburys fruit and nut bar, they’d probably end up with this. Has aged wonderfully
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Delicious 15 yr old Bordeaux, consumed over 2 nights with an earthy lentil soup one night, and a beef stew the other. Gorgeous and complex black fruit notes, with coffee grounds, mocha, and cassis flavors. Beautiful tannic structure, alongside moderate acidity and a medium length, slightly clipped finish...which is the only drawback. Delicious, drink now through 2022 or so.
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Gang of 4 in Covid19 times; Some random wines. (@ RW): Beautiful bouquet with vanilla and licorice. On the palate firm acidity, caramel, coffee and mocha. A firm dose of oak which is not too overwhelming. Beautiful wine which is ready now, but can easily last a few more years as well.
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C: Dark deep garnet fully mature. N: Still positive and initially fresh with some plum and black cherry. T: Initially vibrant with flavours of plum and black cherry with leathery notes. Quite earthy developing sweetish raisined fruit and glycerol on the mouthfeel, but then it falls apart with a nasty bitter and astringent finish. I: I started out loving this wine believing it to be well balanced and drinking very well, but dear oh dear, that bitterness and astringency on finish lets it down badly. My advice is to drink up. It's still an above wine though.
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Like most wines from the 2006 St. Emilion this is now ready to drink. Classical Bordeaux, with black fruit, liquorace abd cigare on the palate. Smooth, velvety tannins. The finish is a bit on the dry side. Best with food. It will last for many more years.
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Sweet menthol and plum on the nose, some racy acidity, plump but obviously mature fruit with a rich and seductive chocolate and nut finish. Showing some bricking and lightness where there was once deep crimson, this is ageing wonderfully and has gone past the crowd pleasing chocolate, coffee and oak-Merlot exuberance of its youth, come out of its in-between phase of of 4 years ago is now something very refined indeed. 93
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We both really liked this - medium ruby/carmine, nice nose, and good fruit to the well balanced finish. Decanted 30 minutes prior, it was in a good space.
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2nd of 4 bottles. Consumed last one over 4 years ago, but the tasting note is similar. 95% Merlot and 5% Cab Franc. Obviously Bordeaux, more earth than fruit on the nose and palate. Notes of tar, tobacco leaf, moist soil, black cherry pit, and bitter mocha. The tannins are still pretty tight, with nicely balanced acidity...but the palate never quite opens up fully to give up the fruit. We will see what more time causes, as this bottle can be enjoyed now through 2026+.
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Nice but not as good as I was expecting. Maybe a symptom of the vintage. Nice open nose with good St Emilion character but disappointing palate. Dark and quite meaty but lacking interest. May have improved beyond the 1hr decant I gave it.
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20th Annual Lyon 10 Year Retrospective: The Mish Mash (Lyon Den): My blind notes this time were very similar to unblinded note of 4/9/16. Black fruit including plum, with graphite, espresso, oak, and earth linger on some still serious tannins. Plummy and 92 on day 2. Now-2026.
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Blueberry and plum, milk chocolate, vanilla, touch of charcoal. A familiar Neipperg concentration that is thankfully not as overdone as the D'Aiguilhe. Enjoyable but perhaps less so than previous bottles; there was a lightness to this, which I wouldn't characterise as ethereal. I tend to think of these wines as somewhat bulky, but sexy, polished, crowd pleasing and chocolatey right bankers - maybe they simply do not age as well as I know the similar but higher-end La Gaffeliere does. I look forward to my next bottle in a years time.
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Plummy dark delicious and very well balanced. Rewarding and ready to drink now and over the next 5+ yrs . Five hour double decant helped coax the fruit to the surface and a bit closed on first pour.
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PHMG WAG: Value Bordeaux (Chateau Lyon): Possibly my favorite of the night immediately after the decant (for a tasting, you gotta try a bit of everything right?). Open nose of earth, stone, plum, mocha, tobacco, and black raspberry that shows up on the palate to compliment the other notes. Now-2026.
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DTC 2016-01; Bordeaux 2006. (@ SS): Beautiful bouquet which is at first still a bit locked, but shows dark forest fruits, vanilla, smoke and some coffee as well as a pleasant touch of barnyard. On the palate a creamy and round wine with ripe dark and red forest fruits, vanilla, a touch of sweetness, beautiful acidity and mild tannin with a pleasant bite. In the finish there are some slightly green impressions. Beautiful and harmonious wine. Day two the wine was still going strong and showed the tannin still gives this wine plenty of future. 90 – 91 for this evening.
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Nose of red and black fruit and touch of chocolate and a odd Brett note that kept coming and going. Ripe and round in the mouth. Great balance. Not too deep but very pleasant and excellent value.
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nice bottle. Day 1. Cherry nose. Not much fruit and a little woody/oaky. Clean finish. Day 2. This is singing now. Black fruit now coming out and well integrated with the oak. Just needed some air and time. Upped two points. This is ready. Just give it a good decant.
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DTC (@ SS Bordeaux: Left or Right bank?): Beautiful bouquet with ripe dark berry fruits and well dosed smoky oak. On the palate dark as well as red berry fruits; very juicy wine. Good acidity and tannin. Still early maturity stage with still plenty of future. Next bottle around 2018+.
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Drank over three days, a let down from the outset. Indeed, among the most disappointing quality Bordeaux I have sampled in recent months. Uninspiring, rather pedestrian, oak-driven bouquet, in no way a bell ringer. Heavy timber treatment overpowers a medium minus body wine, barely sufficient acid keeps the wine honest, very light tannin, little in the way of earth and mineral driven Bordeaux elements, quite modern. With a little less weight and a little more acid, this could pass for Rioja me thinks. Mounting evidence seems to suggest that the Neipperg style is soft and oaky. Recommend drinking by 2016; it might be at peak right now.
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Coming nicely into a good drinking window now. Good firm black fruit and some asian spice. Some secondary development but time might not be on its side as the acid seems to have faded quite a bit since my last bottle. Tannin almost all smoothen out.
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Pop and pour. Good fruit and some secondary development. Some tar, little spice and leather. Still a little tannic with a 10-15 second linger in the mouth.
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With a licorice, black cherry jam, earth, espresso bean, plum and spicy personality, this lush, round, sweet, soft wine is starting to open and will only get better with a few more years of bottle age.
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PnP the consumed over several days. Deep notes of plum, soil, tobacco and red fruit on the nose. Flavors are med intensity plum and black cherry, with med tannins that are already supple and fairly soft. Med acidity and full in body and alcohol. Drinking well now, will continue to do so through 2023.
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This tasted lovely straight out of the bottle and got better from there, adding a fragrant, ethereal note as it opened up. Clean, polished blackcurrant, blueberry and plum with coffee, vanilla, chocolate, etc - all the usual suspects in a merlot right bank but while it clearly displays its quality, it is so much fun to drink. 93
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Yum bloody yum. After the austerity of Christmas day claret and the opulence of Christmas Eve CNDP this was a lovely, fresh, aromatic just-did-what-it-was-meant-to-do wine. Fresh, clear fruit with no ripeness or over sweetness, great balance, softish tannins providing some oomph. This was one of the last EP bargains, I feel.
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In the bouquet dark fruits and some smoke. On the palate a touch of sweetness, juicy dark fruits, pleasant toasted oak and a bit drying tannin in the finish. Nice wine; early maturity now, but probably a bit better between 2015 and 2018. 91 for today.
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This is drinking very nicely. Dark red fruit and a bit of oak, but some nuance developing, and the overall balance is excellent at this stage. The nose and attach have an appealing sweetness, but there are still fine, firm tannins on the (chocolatey) finish.
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Full body deep color with clear edges, bouquet of ripe fruit, berries, creme de cassis and pudding with structured entry with round tannins, full body perfectly in between crisp and sweet, with a medium to long finish. Solid compare to La Dominique and Quinault l'Enclos, I leave l'Oratoire a bit shy of those two because of its youth I feel that it has a bit less complexity but a solid hedonistic package.
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In spite of my earlier post, I failed to decant at least an hour prior to retry; 30 mins in bdx glass while grilling filet. Red fruit, mineral and earth with touch of heat and just a hint of chocolate on the finish. Bottle time may diminish very slight heat blemish, soften its dominant tannin reserve and push this up a point or two. Nice QPR.
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Opened for 30 mins at restaurant w/no decant, but first pour revealed powerful red fruit nose with background of light floral notes. Mocha finish, slight heat. Good QPR at less than 30 bucks! Should improve several points with time. I'll decant next one for an hour or two to see if that brings anything to the forefront...
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Clear but very dense blackcurrent core of moderate intensity out to a dark purple edge and thin watery rim - youthful. Clean nose of mod+ intensity - big blackberry and licorice aromas with some floral and mineral hints. Dry but quite soft on the palate with moderately intense flavours of oak, blueberry and dark chocolate. Well balanced across the board. Good length on the finish with just a bit of alcohol heat that will dissipate as it develops. Drinking very well now (after a 1 hour decant). Will age well for the mid-term - up to 10 years - and at that point will probably rate an outstanding score. Good QPR. Glad I have a couple of them in the cellar.
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Parker uses terms like "opulent" and "flamboyant" to describe this wine, which is comprised of 90% merlot. I guess some of the flamboyance came out in the end, about six hours after initial decanting. Lots of sediment. This is a young, fruity, aromatic wine, but I can't rate it high in the category of "personality". Still scratching my head over this enigma of a vintage. It's a tasty wine now, although I have no idea how well this will age. Right now I'm rating 2002 ahead of this vintage, but that assessment could change. This wine seems to be finishing strong with the last sediment-filled sips, displaying sweet right-bank chocolate.
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12/1/2023 - wineappreciation wrote: 92 Points
Raspberry, blueberry, violets, gravel; long, elegant, beautifully aged, pleasing, and ready to drink
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6/20/2023 - Dj6544 wrote: 94 Points
Good lord this is delicious. If someone fused a refined Bordeaux with a cadburys fruit and nut bar, they’d probably end up with this. Has aged wonderfully
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11/15/2021 - drrobvino wrote: 89 Points
Delicious 15 yr old Bordeaux, consumed over 2 nights with an earthy lentil soup one night, and a beef stew the other.
Gorgeous and complex black fruit notes, with coffee grounds, mocha, and cassis flavors.
Beautiful tannic structure, alongside moderate acidity and a medium length, slightly clipped finish...which is the only drawback.
Delicious, drink now through 2022 or so.
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10/7/2021 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
Gang of 4 in Covid19 times; Some random wines. (@ RW): Beautiful bouquet with vanilla and licorice. On the palate firm acidity, caramel, coffee and mocha. A firm dose of oak which is not too overwhelming. Beautiful wine which is ready now, but can easily last a few more years as well.
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12/10/2020 - platpeeps Likes this wine: 86 Points
C: Dark deep garnet fully mature.
N: Still positive and initially fresh with some plum and black cherry.
T: Initially vibrant with flavours of plum and black cherry with leathery notes. Quite earthy developing sweetish raisined fruit and glycerol on the mouthfeel, but then it falls apart with a nasty bitter and astringent finish.
I: I started out loving this wine believing it to be well balanced and drinking very well, but dear oh dear, that bitterness and astringency on finish lets it down badly. My advice is to drink up. It's still an above wine though.
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11/18/2020 - vinero Likes this wine: 91 Points
Consistent with previous TN.
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8/28/2020 - vinero Likes this wine: 91 Points
Like most wines from the 2006 St. Emilion this is now ready to drink. Classical Bordeaux, with black fruit, liquorace abd cigare on the palate. Smooth, velvety tannins. The finish is a bit on the dry side. Best with food. It will last for many more years.
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4/3/2020 - Dj6544 wrote: 93 Points
Sweet menthol and plum on the nose, some racy acidity, plump but obviously mature fruit with a rich and seductive chocolate and nut finish. Showing some bricking and lightness where there was once deep crimson, this is ageing wonderfully and has gone past the crowd pleasing chocolate, coffee and oak-Merlot exuberance of its youth, come out of its in-between phase of of 4 years ago is now something very refined indeed. 93
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9/21/2018 - winot Likes this wine: 91 Points
We both really liked this - medium ruby/carmine, nice nose, and good fruit to the well balanced finish. Decanted 30 minutes prior, it was in a good space.
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8/21/2018 - drrobvino wrote: 90 Points
2nd of 4 bottles. Consumed last one over 4 years ago, but the tasting note is similar.
95% Merlot and 5% Cab Franc.
Obviously Bordeaux, more earth than fruit on the nose and palate. Notes of tar, tobacco leaf, moist soil, black cherry pit, and bitter mocha.
The tannins are still pretty tight, with nicely balanced acidity...but the palate never quite opens up fully to give up the fruit.
We will see what more time causes, as this bottle can be enjoyed now through 2026+.
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10/14/2017 - golby24 wrote: 92 Points
There is moderate sediment in the bottle.
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2/9/2017 - Mid Palate Tingle wrote:
Nice but not as good as I was expecting. Maybe a symptom of the vintage. Nice open nose with good St Emilion character but disappointing palate. Dark and quite meaty but lacking interest. May have improved beyond the 1hr decant I gave it.
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11/6/2016 - Grinner wrote: 93 Points
20th Annual Lyon 10 Year Retrospective: The Mish Mash (Lyon Den): My blind notes this time were very similar to unblinded note of 4/9/16. Black fruit including plum, with graphite, espresso, oak, and earth linger on some still serious tannins. Plummy and 92 on day 2. Now-2026.
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9/5/2016 - Dj6544 wrote: 91 Points
Blueberry and plum, milk chocolate, vanilla, touch of charcoal. A familiar Neipperg concentration that is thankfully not as overdone as the D'Aiguilhe. Enjoyable but perhaps less so than previous bottles; there was a lightness to this, which I wouldn't characterise as ethereal. I tend to think of these wines as somewhat bulky, but sexy, polished, crowd pleasing and chocolatey right bankers - maybe they simply do not age as well as I know the similar but higher-end La Gaffeliere does. I look forward to my next bottle in a years time.
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6/21/2016 - mwneil wrote: 85 Points
Drank with other aged Bordeaux and this wine was dull and uninteresting, drank with steak.
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6/5/2016 - jmoon Likes this wine: 93 Points
Plummy dark delicious and very well balanced. Rewarding and ready to drink now and over the next 5+ yrs . Five hour double decant helped coax the fruit to the surface and a bit closed on first pour.
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4/9/2016 - Grinner wrote: 93 Points
PHMG WAG: Value Bordeaux (Chateau Lyon): Possibly my favorite of the night immediately after the decant (for a tasting, you gotta try a bit of everything right?). Open nose of earth, stone, plum, mocha, tobacco, and black raspberry that shows up on the palate to compliment the other notes. Now-2026.
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4/8/2016 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
DTC 2016-01; Bordeaux 2006. (@ SS): Beautiful bouquet which is at first still a bit locked, but shows dark forest fruits, vanilla, smoke and some coffee as well as a pleasant touch of barnyard. On the palate a creamy and round wine with ripe dark and red forest fruits, vanilla, a touch of sweetness, beautiful acidity and mild tannin with a pleasant bite. In the finish there are some slightly green impressions. Beautiful and harmonious wine. Day two the wine was still going strong and showed the tannin still gives this wine plenty of future. 90 – 91 for this evening.
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7/24/2015 - johnh1001 wrote: 90 Points
Nose of red and black fruit and touch of chocolate and a odd Brett note that kept coming and going. Ripe and round in the mouth. Great balance. Not too deep but very pleasant and excellent value.
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7/11/2015 - RussK wrote: 91 Points
Russk WSW at Las Pampa's P&L Rt Bank Bx Tasting. I liked this producer, with multiples in the tasting.
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4/19/2015 - bjwca Likes this wine: 91 Points
Scale 1-10: Color=7, Fruit=3, Acidic=1, Tannin=4, Dry_Finish=9
Above tasting was immediately after opening at 60F.
Will taste again after 1 day for comparison.
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3/24/2015 - sdrucker1000 wrote: 92 Points
nice bottle. Day 1. Cherry nose. Not much fruit and a little woody/oaky. Clean finish.
Day 2. This is singing now. Black fruit now coming out and well integrated with the oak. Just needed some air and time. Upped two points.
This is ready. Just give it a good decant.
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2/18/2015 - sastewart wrote: flawed
Slightly corked - no rating
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1/14/2015 - jmoon Likes this wine: 91 Points
realky enjoyable; ready to drink, fresh red fruit, slight spice, mint, cassis
Won't get better, drink now
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12/19/2014 - Zweder wrote: 92 Points
DTC (@ SS Bordeaux: Left or Right bank?): Beautiful bouquet with ripe dark berry fruits and well dosed smoky oak. On the palate dark as well as red berry fruits; very juicy wine. Good acidity and tannin. Still early maturity stage with still plenty of future. Next bottle around 2018+.
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12/19/2014 - Strikermax wrote: 93 Points
In de zeer verleidelijke geur mokka, bloemig. Zeer zwoel, geconcentreerd, kers, wat drop. Zachte, ronde tannines, mediumlang tot lang aanhoudend.
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12/16/2014 - Motz wrote: 89 Points
Drank over three days, a let down from the outset. Indeed, among the most disappointing quality Bordeaux I have sampled in recent months. Uninspiring, rather pedestrian, oak-driven bouquet, in no way a bell ringer. Heavy timber treatment overpowers a medium minus body wine, barely sufficient acid keeps the wine honest, very light tannin, little in the way of earth and mineral driven Bordeaux elements, quite modern. With a little less weight and a little more acid, this could pass for Rioja me thinks. Mounting evidence seems to suggest that the Neipperg style is soft and oaky. Recommend drinking by 2016; it might be at peak right now.
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12/3/2014 - wkphang wrote: 90 Points
Coming nicely into a good drinking window now.
Good firm black fruit and some asian spice.
Some secondary development but time might not be on its side as the acid seems to have faded quite a bit since my last bottle.
Tannin almost all smoothen out.
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11/8/2014 - wkphang wrote: 91 Points
Pop and pour.
Good fruit and some secondary development.
Some tar, little spice and leather.
Still a little tannic with a 10-15 second linger in the mouth.
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11/6/2014 - RayOB wrote: 88 Points
Drank at Davy's
Quite light with well integrated tannins. Short length.
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1/28/2014 - Jeff Leve wrote: 90 Points
With a licorice, black cherry jam, earth, espresso bean, plum and spicy personality, this lush, round, sweet, soft wine is starting to open and will only get better with a few more years of bottle age.
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12/24/2013 - drrobvino wrote: 90 Points
PnP the consumed over several days.
Deep notes of plum, soil, tobacco and red fruit on the nose.
Flavors are med intensity plum and black cherry, with med tannins that are already supple and fairly soft. Med acidity and full in body and alcohol.
Drinking well now, will continue to do so through 2023.
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8/13/2013 - Dj6544 wrote: 93 Points
This tasted lovely straight out of the bottle and got better from there, adding a fragrant, ethereal note as it opened up. Clean, polished blackcurrant, blueberry and plum with coffee, vanilla, chocolate, etc - all the usual suspects in a merlot right bank but while it clearly displays its quality, it is so much fun to drink. 93
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6/10/2013 - europat55 wrote: 87 Points
2006 Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Tasted Blind) (Rich & Peggy's House, Los Altos, CA): Darker red than the other wines in the line-up. More rustic nose. Not a very good balance on the palate.
My #8, Group's #5 (49 pts). Tasted blind.
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12/26/2012 - mark_m_owen wrote: 91 Points
Yum bloody yum. After the austerity of Christmas day claret and the opulence of Christmas Eve CNDP this was a lovely, fresh, aromatic just-did-what-it-was-meant-to-do wine. Fresh, clear fruit with no ripeness or over sweetness, great balance, softish tannins providing some oomph.
This was one of the last EP bargains, I feel.
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11/25/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points
Annual Grand Cru Tasting (Wijnhandel De Gouden Leeuw, Voorschoten, NL): Wonderful richness and freshness of fruit, well-balanced and precise, 2006 seems to fit the Neipperg estates like a glove.
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11/13/2012 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
In the bouquet dark fruits and some smoke. On the palate a touch of sweetness, juicy dark fruits, pleasant toasted oak and a bit drying tannin in the finish. Nice wine; early maturity now, but probably a bit better between 2015 and 2018. 91 for today.
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9/2/2012 - djb wrote: 91 Points
This is drinking very nicely. Dark red fruit and a bit of oak, but some nuance developing, and the overall balance is excellent at this stage. The nose and attach have an appealing sweetness, but there are still fine, firm tannins on the (chocolatey) finish.
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8/27/2012 - farinas Likes this wine: 92 Points
Full body deep color with clear edges, bouquet of ripe fruit, berries, creme de cassis and pudding with structured entry with round tannins, full body perfectly in between crisp and sweet, with a medium to long finish. Solid compare to La Dominique and Quinault l'Enclos, I leave l'Oratoire a bit shy of those two because of its youth I feel that it has a bit less complexity but a solid hedonistic package.
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8/25/2011 - Svinvan Likes this wine: 88 Points
Had er meer van verwacht. Gedronken in Ardennen voor Nieuw Jaar.
Simone, Staf, Mama
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3/8/2011 - cartmanmyass wrote: 91 Points
It's very lovely, seductive and tasty. Day two is a much better wine. I enjoy the '06 much more than than the '05 today. Buy more? Yes!
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2/4/2011 - robertdtwo wrote: 90 Points
In spite of my earlier post, I failed to decant at least an hour prior to retry; 30 mins in bdx glass while grilling filet. Red fruit, mineral and earth with touch of heat and just a hint of chocolate on the finish. Bottle time may diminish very slight heat blemish, soften its dominant tannin reserve and push this up a point or two. Nice QPR.
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10/13/2010 - robertdtwo wrote: 90 Points
Opened for 30 mins at restaurant w/no decant, but first pour revealed powerful red fruit nose with background of light floral notes. Mocha finish, slight heat. Good QPR at less than 30 bucks! Should improve several points with time. I'll decant next one for an hour or two to see if that brings anything to the forefront...
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10/26/2009 - biggie wrote: 89 Points
Clear but very dense blackcurrent core of moderate intensity out to a dark purple edge and thin watery rim - youthful. Clean nose of mod+ intensity - big blackberry and licorice aromas with some floral and mineral hints. Dry but quite soft on the palate with moderately intense flavours of oak, blueberry and dark chocolate. Well balanced across the board. Good length on the finish with just a bit of alcohol heat that will dissipate as it develops. Drinking very well now (after a 1 hour decant). Will age well for the mid-term - up to 10 years - and at that point will probably rate an outstanding score. Good QPR. Glad I have a couple of them in the cellar.
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7/3/2009 - JimHow wrote: 90 Points
Parker uses terms like "opulent" and "flamboyant" to describe this wine, which is comprised of 90% merlot. I guess some of the flamboyance came out in the end, about six hours after initial decanting. Lots of sediment. This is a young, fruity, aromatic wine, but I can't rate it high in the category of "personality". Still scratching my head over this enigma of a vintage. It's a tasty wine now, although I have no idea how well this will age. Right now I'm rating 2002 ahead of this vintage, but that assessment could change. This wine seems to be finishing strong with the last sediment-filled sips, displaying sweet right-bank chocolate.
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