OK - so a very old wine that got moved several times and kind of got lost in the shuffle. We were skeptical opening it - lots of reviews said it was well past its prime. We agree - it would have been a much better wine 5 -10 years ago but... We decanted it, allowed it to open up a bit although weary about doing that - thought it might be better just to open and pour but we wanted to inspect sediment. Very little sediment. Still a nice solid cork. Nice garnet color. Pretty stong legs for a wine for its age. Not a huge nose until we spent some time with it - then hints of blackberry - the deep stuff you would expect from a Haut-Medoc. We knew that we had missed out on the great wine that this could have been but could still taste and enjoy some remnants of what it was. All in all, we thoroughly enjoyed it! To think - a 21 year old $13.00 bottle of wine! What fun! The wine looks purple colored. The legs are slow. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, red currant and black currant (cassis). It tastes like black currant (cassis) and blackberry. The body is medium. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity.
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Recently given this. Had no idea what to expect but it was a lovely mature claret; no brown edges at all and had all come together very well. Wouldn't delay drinking now if you have any left!
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Un très bon vin mais ne rentre pas pour autant dans la catégorie des grands. Malgré son grand age je ne suis pas persuadé qu'il ai perdu en quoi que ce soit. Un bon rapport qualité prix
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10/26/2019 - Jeff Ferrante Likes this wine: 89 Points
OK - so a very old wine that got moved several times and kind of got lost in the shuffle. We were skeptical opening it - lots of reviews said it was well past its prime. We agree - it would have been a much better wine 5 -10 years ago but... We decanted it, allowed it to open up a bit although weary about doing that - thought it might be better just to open and pour but we wanted to inspect sediment. Very little sediment. Still a nice solid cork. Nice garnet color. Pretty stong legs for a wine for its age. Not a huge nose until we spent some time with it - then hints of blackberry - the deep stuff you would expect from a Haut-Medoc. We knew that we had missed out on the great wine that this could have been but could still taste and enjoy some remnants of what it was. All in all, we thoroughly enjoyed it! To think - a 21 year old $13.00 bottle of wine! What fun!
The wine looks purple colored. The legs are slow. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, red currant and black currant (cassis). It tastes like black currant (cassis) and blackberry. The body is medium. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity.
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10/1/2017 - ianwesley Likes this wine:
Recently given this. Had no idea what to expect but it was a lovely mature claret; no brown edges at all and had all come together very well. Wouldn't delay drinking now if you have any left!
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6/12/2016 - cellierecho wrote:
Devait être bu avant 2008. Encore très vivant typique et nez agréable.
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11/1/2013 - armando.hernandez@orange.fr wrote: 85 Points
Un très bon vin mais ne rentre pas pour autant dans la catégorie des grands. Malgré son grand age je ne suis pas persuadé qu'il ai perdu en quoi que ce soit. Un bon rapport qualité prix
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6/19/2013 - armando.hernandez@orange.fr wrote:
It is definitively a good vintage but it is a little bit too late. Its maximum is clearly behind us. Still good but not as it has been.
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