Full ruby. Lovely nose, red fruit and a slightly rose petal lift from the stems. Finely velvety, the tannins largely resolved but providing a finely chalky sense of structure around which the fruit plays. Good line and positive finish. Fun now but oodles of time in hand. ****
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This showed real class and style, the aromatics were understated and grew over the evening with a waft of exotic spice, the palate was so silky, plenty of freshness, the cherry fruit was clear and bright and some maturity added extra interest, the finish was lovely and long, great stuff. Ready now but probably many more years ahead
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Sam's 60th Birthday (The Krengels - Bannockburn IL): Late night pop-and-pour. Floral with bright red berries start-to-finish. Ripe start, energetic, crunchy finish. so good now. The only bad thing I could say is that the previous bottle - Groffier '09 Chambolle Hauts-Doix - was a little more exciting.
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Lovely nose of Asian spice, smoked meats, cherry, plum and earth. It has the generosity, ripeness and flesh of the vintage coupled with excellent minerally detail. Balance and proportion are excellent and sweet, spherical tannins carry the finish on and on.
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2/4/2022 - SimonG wrote: 92 Points
Full ruby. Lovely nose, red fruit and a slightly rose petal lift from the stems. Finely velvety, the tannins largely resolved but providing a finely chalky sense of structure around which the fruit plays. Good line and positive finish. Fun now but oodles of time in hand. ****
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9/26/2021 - kingkanu wrote:
This showed real class and style, the aromatics were understated and grew over the evening with a waft of exotic spice, the palate was so silky, plenty of freshness, the cherry fruit was clear and bright and some maturity added extra interest, the finish was lovely and long, great stuff. Ready now but probably many more years ahead
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8/21/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Sam's 60th Birthday (The Krengels - Bannockburn IL): Late night pop-and-pour. Floral with bright red berries start-to-finish. Ripe start, energetic, crunchy finish. so good now. The only bad thing I could say is that the previous bottle - Groffier '09 Chambolle Hauts-Doix - was a little more exciting.
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10/23/2020 - Jnp2 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Yum is all I have to say
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12/29/2018 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Lovely nose of Asian spice, smoked meats, cherry, plum and earth. It has the generosity, ripeness and flesh of the vintage coupled with excellent minerally detail. Balance and proportion are excellent and sweet, spherical tannins carry the finish on and on.
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