Similar to my drinking experience two years ago. Very dark red. Blackberry aroma. It tastes like blackberries, dust and espresso, with a hint of bitterness. After 1 hour, the sweetness of the figs has increased noticeably. This young wine needs at least 1 hour of decanting time, but it is delicious.
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Drunk over 4 hours, showed nicely throughout. A very consistent producer, still a bargain and a nice introduction to class growth bordeaux. Clearly this can be aged a lot longer and may pick up a point or two.
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Going with 91 on this. Drunk over three days. Out of the bottle dense, closed tight as a fist, but over the course of an hour or so began to reveal itself. Corked and left overnight, 60 degrees. Second day it was considerably expanded. Third day, even more expanded with the dark berry fruit beginning to show through the tannins underneath that may take some years to fully resolve. I had one other Haut Medoc, an '09, at the 10 year mark was brooding, dark and tight. Then, seemingly overnight, the next year it blossomed out and was supple and somewhat refined. The same thing might happen with this wine. I'll wait until 2016 to see what happens next -- but only three bottles left.
Last had this wine almost 2 years ago. This time it was not nearly as pleasing. Some decent aromas of pepper and raisin bread, but thin on the palate, acidic and lacking in the fruit department. This was double decanted and followed over several nights. Hopefully it is in a dumb stage, as otherwise this is not a sign of promising development. Point rating reserved, but would be low-to-mid-80s, tops, at the moment.
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3/26/2024 - dbg wrote:
Very good-excellent.
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3/18/2024 - Khon Kaen Likes this wine: 90 Points
Similar to my drinking experience two years ago. Very dark red. Blackberry aroma. It tastes like blackberries, dust and espresso, with a hint of bitterness. After 1 hour, the sweetness of the figs has increased noticeably. This young wine needs at least 1 hour of decanting time, but it is delicious.
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3/15/2024 - Darbus123 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Drunk over 4 hours, showed nicely throughout. A very consistent producer, still a bargain and a nice introduction to class growth bordeaux. Clearly this can be aged a lot longer and may pick up a point or two.
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3/11/2024 - classicalspin Likes this wine: 91 Points
Going with 91 on this. Drunk over three days. Out of the bottle dense, closed tight as a fist, but over the course of an hour or so began to reveal itself. Corked and left overnight, 60 degrees. Second day it was considerably expanded. Third day, even more expanded with the dark berry fruit beginning to show through the tannins underneath that may take some years to fully resolve. I had one other Haut Medoc, an '09, at the 10 year mark was brooding, dark and tight. Then, seemingly overnight, the next year it blossomed out and was supple and somewhat refined. The same thing might happen with this wine. I'll wait until 2016 to see what happens next -- but only three bottles left.
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3/11/2024 - Everything Ahead wrote:
Last had this wine almost 2 years ago.
This time it was not nearly as pleasing. Some decent aromas of pepper and raisin bread, but thin on the palate, acidic and lacking in the fruit department. This was double decanted and followed over several nights. Hopefully it is in a dumb stage, as otherwise this is not a sign of promising development. Point rating reserved, but would be low-to-mid-80s, tops, at the moment.
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