2008 Château Rollan de By

Community Tasting Notes (56) Avg Score: 87.7 points

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  7/27/2020 - Eudemis wrote:

  13% alcohol. The cork is not dense, but wine penetration is moderate (3mm). Decanted an hour ahead. Deep colour with no fading. The nose has vanilla, some cherry, confectionery and a whiff of alcohol.
  The mouth is better in that it has good grip, but the notes of élevage are still way too prominent.
  An innocuous Médoc of the Merlot-dominated type, and a crowd pleaser too, but lacks breed and distinctive features; in fact it strikes me as a made-to-formula wine which could just as well have been produced anywhere in the world. The alcohol level comes across as more than what the label says.
  Not a repeat purchase; this falls into the category of "life is too short to bother with ...".

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  4/15/2019 - Eudemis Likes this wine:

  13% alcohol. The last quarter often cork breaks up during extraction. Decanted an hour ahead. Medium to dark colour with no sign of ageing.
  The nose has good intensity, with mixed berries and some confectionery. The mouth is slightly behind, betraying the heavy content of Merlot and its associated flat taste. Good grip and no obvious oak influence on this showing. Substantial residual tannins of the mouth-searing non-bitter type.
  Not bad, but not a patch on the Clos du Jaugueyron that I had yesterday.

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  3/29/2019 - Nostromo99 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Fairly reticent nose of dark fruits, cigar box, graphite. Just hitting maturity; still plenty of fruit on the palate, but with some developed characters as well. Tannins have softened nicely although there's still some grip on the medium-length finish. Perhaps a tad austere, but this is a very good wine for the price, as is typical for this producer. This is the best bottle I've had from this vintage. Great drinking now but there's no hurry - I'm sure it'll offer pleasure for at least another five years.

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  3/25/2019 - Barry'sFault Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Lovely still. Good bit of sediment. Opened an hour or two before and aerated.
  Much better now with 11 years on it. Velvety smooth Merlot-like base for this Medoc product.
  Do stay at the Chateau if you can!

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  11/10/2018 - joelgo@videotron.ca Likes this wine: 89 Points

  perfection !!!

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