viderunt

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Wine	Like It	Don't Like
1996 Château Guiraud	Yes
2003 Château Lynch-Moussas	Yes

2015 Domaine des Herbauges Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu La Roche Blanche
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5/6/2017 - viderunt wrote: 88 Points
An interesting Muscadet. Far more complex than the usual product, with creamy textures and an array of flavours, from pears to cereal. I find the overall taste, however, rather musty, and lacking the clarity that I normally expect from a good Muscadet.
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2005 Château Charmail
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5/5/2017 - viderunt wrote: 88 Points
Dark dense plum colour; good lift on nose of blackcurrant, wood and smoke; Ditto flavour. A balanced wine with a good finish, but a little thin and without any real complexity.
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1996 Château Guiraud
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4/8/2017 - viderunt Likes this wine: 91 Points
Clear toffee colour; lovely lift on nose of spice and apricot, quite intriguing; taste of candied orange, caramel and cinnamon. The wine is a little light but elegant, and will appeal to those who find the heavier style of certain Sauternes too unctuous.
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viderunt says:

3/22/2017 3:28:00 AM - Hi Chattters, Up the wooden hills for me tonight, but back tomorrow. If you have an extensive collection of aged Claret, I'd look carefully at their age. It is a complete myth that wine gets better as it gets older. There is a window of opportunity for these wines. As there is, I suppose, for us all.
viderunt says:

3/21/2017 8:11:00 PM - Hi Chatters, The rule of thumb is the bigger the wine, the more time it needs in the decanter. So I'd give a "super second" Medoc (Cos d'Estournel, for example) more time than a lighter wine from the Margaux district. It has also been my experience that some wines taste better (rounder, smoother, less tannic) on the second day. Alas, few bottles that I open ever reach that happy state of maturity. Viderunt.
chatters says:

3/21/2017 7:46:00 PM - thanks for your reply...I asked because it seemed that you were encountering a phenomenon I've seen a few times: I've found with some of my 10-15yo Bordeaux that they seem to have a moment about 2-3 hours post decanting where they just start to blossom...cheers, chatters