1996 Château Gruaud Larose Sarget de Gruaud Larose

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 88.3 points

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  1/2/2016 - daumas Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Parfait. Long sur la maturité. Beaucoup de rondeur et d'aromes.

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  12/23/2015 - Tarpon222 wrote: 82 Points

  Over the hill. Way over the hill

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  4/7/2013 - winosot Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Bought this wine on release in a French retail outlet and have kept it well cellared. Love this Chateau's offerings and had my first bottle of Gruaud Larose in the late 70's. (1966 vintage) and many others since. First time for the second wine and it didn't disappoint. Smooth rich and vigorous with plenty of blackcurrant, cedar and pencil. Complexity is there and the longevity of this chateau's offerings make this second wine one with plenty to go. An ideal accompaniment to the celebration of my better half's 50th birthday.

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  10/7/2010 - Christer Byklum wrote: 86 Points

  (2nd Gruaud Larose) This has been more or less the house wine for the last two months but with some bottle variations. Some very mature, with lots of prunes and starting to dry (not a problem yet), others like tonight, still much more vibrant. Ruby with sediments, maturing cassis, plums, touch of cigars and pencil, vanilla almost gone. Good acidity, ripe tannins, balanced and quite elegant, lacking just a bit in complexity with good length. Perfect with entrecõte or even better with the seasons lamb, especially carré. Drink now. Depending on bottle, ranging from 83-86

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  9/30/2006 - dwood wrote: 85 Points

  Very fruity . decanted for an hour but improved over the next two hours. a little thin on the mid palate. finish medium length. The overall integration was unbalanced leaving you with a intense front end and a rather confused finish.
  I looked forward to this wine as I bought it in 1998 but overall it was a dissapointment

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