2021 Martinborough weekend with Kai, Marion and friends (Wairarapa, NZ): Served double blind with the Twomey. Good intense, dark ruby. Aromatic black cherries, smoky, charred, fatty bacon, beef stew and nascent dark floral perfumes. On palate, more bonfire smoke and bacon fat with some espresso. A huge volume of largely dark berry fruit, cherries and some plums. I recognised the quality but – unlike many of the others – thought it really needed 5+ more years in the cellar. Ideally, hold until 2026+. (93-94+).
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A bit shy on the nose but some sweet black fruit came through. Took about 2 hours to open on the palate but more sweet fruit and some surprising green notes.
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8/11/2023 - Eros Coniglio Does not like this wine: 88 Points
I usually love Bachelet Charmes but this bottle didn’t deliver. Maybe heat damage but consensus among group was it was too rustic with fruit gone.
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2/12/2022 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 93 Points
2021 Martinborough weekend with Kai, Marion and friends (Wairarapa, NZ): Served double blind with the Twomey. Good intense, dark ruby. Aromatic black cherries, smoky, charred, fatty bacon, beef stew and nascent dark floral perfumes. On palate, more bonfire smoke and bacon fat with some espresso. A huge volume of largely dark berry fruit, cherries and some plums. I recognised the quality but – unlike many of the others – thought it really needed 5+ more years in the cellar. Ideally, hold until 2026+. (93-94+).
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1/7/2022 - WIBA wrote: 88 Points
not particularly interesting and concentrated but easy drinking
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1/7/2022 - fcxj wrote: 88 Points
Can't say I loved this. Felt a bit disjointed with rustic, dark fruited palate.
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5/17/2021 - johnh1001 wrote: 92 Points
A bit shy on the nose but some sweet black fruit came through. Took about 2 hours to open on the palate but more sweet fruit and some surprising green notes.
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