A nose you can sit and savor featuring black cherry compote, subtle oak, mulling spice, and a hint of cassis or fig.
Front palate of blackberry, oak, and tobacco. Velvety tannins with a touch of grip. Black cherry and burnt vanilla on the edges. Finish has more oak, with hints of licorice and cassis or rich plum.
Earthy full bodied wine. Sweet with definate dark fruit and spice with those oaky and earthy notes you get from so many great Saint Emilions.
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Nose has a sweet bouquet of minerality, violets, and sweet plum?
Palate of fig with a drying edge of baking chocolate up front. Velvety tannins with a touch of texture and a touch of grip. Tobacco on the back and a peppery edge of baking spice on the finish. A faintest note of mandarin orange
Sweeter and more floral wine that I personally favor but good.
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Nose of dark fruit, licorice and an edge of spice.
Full bodied wine with rounding acidity. Palate of fig jam, tobacco, and a notion of powdered baking chocolate. Sandy tacky tannins with blackberry and burnt vanilla notes. Peppery edge and a lingering chewy finish of dark fruit and hints of savory spice on the finish.
Earthy wine but not quite the elevation of the otherwise nice descriptors. This is a wine in need of the right food to elevate it.
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2015 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot
4/1/2024 - Jfsiegel Likes this wine: 95 Points
A nose you can sit and savor featuring black cherry compote, subtle oak, mulling spice, and a hint of cassis or fig.
Front palate of blackberry, oak, and tobacco. Velvety tannins with a touch of grip. Black cherry and burnt vanilla on the edges. Finish has more oak, with hints of licorice and cassis or rich plum.
Earthy full bodied wine. Sweet with definate dark fruit and spice with those oaky and earthy notes you get from so many great Saint Emilions.
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2018 Château Sansonnet
3/29/2024 - Jfsiegel wrote: 91 Points
Nose has a sweet bouquet of minerality, violets, and sweet plum?
Palate of fig with a drying edge of baking chocolate up front. Velvety tannins with a touch of texture and a touch of grip. Tobacco on the back and a peppery edge of baking spice on the finish. A faintest note of mandarin orange
Sweeter and more floral wine that I personally favor but good.
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2014 Château Rol Valentin
3/29/2024 - Jfsiegel wrote: 84 Points
Nose of dark fruit, licorice and an edge of spice.
Full bodied wine with rounding acidity. Palate of fig jam, tobacco, and a notion of powdered baking chocolate. Sandy tacky tannins with blackberry and burnt vanilla notes. Peppery edge and a lingering chewy finish of dark fruit and hints of savory spice on the finish.
Earthy wine but not quite the elevation of the otherwise nice descriptors. This is a wine in need of the right food to elevate it.
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