2005 Château Vignot St. Émilion Grand Cru

Community Tasting Notes (31) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  3/24/2024 - dalemosier Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Did not decant - left it air for 1 hour. Seemed about right. Significant sediment in bottom of bottle.

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  10/7/2023 - DEMWine wrote:

  Drinking well

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  9/20/2023 - Motz wrote: 92 Points

  The longer this ages the more it features heavy extraction and oak treatment. Serious acidity and grip, thus several years of maturation ahead of it. Recommend holding bottles for three or so years. Wines in this style tend to throw heavy sediment and this had already thrown a moderate amount.

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  1/12/2023 - Motz wrote: 92 Points

  Strapping, brawny, and somewhat over extracted. Unmistakably Bordeaux, and the forty percent Cabernet family varieties could place this on either Bank. Technically excellent, and quite well balanced, albeit not a 'less is more' offering. Extraction, which has become more prominent over the last few years, detracts from the whole experience. Still plenty of life here. Drink or hold through 2030 or so.

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  2/18/2022 - Motz wrote: 92 Points

  Drank over three days.
  
  Excellent in all regards, and yet the least impressive showing of this wine to date. Still plenty of fruit and impressive structure. Just a touch reductive on the nose, though not on the palate. The middle to back transition felt a little wonky. At 17 years, my impression was that this bottle was in deep slumber, and never really came out of its shell. Recommend holding a few years more.
  
  The tasting notes here that allege absence of fruit or heavy oak treatment puzzle me.

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