2010 Château de Montfaucon Lirac Baron Louis

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 86.9 points

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  5/6/2024 - WineKnut wrote: 85 Points

  A bit of garnet on the rim of a deep cherry core. Slow legs.
  
  Blackberries, cherries, wet gravel, balsamic, celery seed, tobacco leaf.
  
  Palate confirming nose with juicy acidity, fine tannins, iron, and tapenade.
  
  Just a bit of a mess.

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  11/30/2023 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot wrote: 87 Points

  Declining, but still pretty tasty.
  
  Ripe dark plums on the nose, which still domate; but at age 13 are backed up by aromas of old wood, old books and cedar. A little bit of dried herbs - probably used to smell more like garrigue but at this age, it smells like dried spices in somebody's kitchen cabinet. There's ripe raspberries too if you dig. Intensity of aromas is medium. Flavors are pretty fruity as well, and a lot less tertiary stuff going on. I get mostly the plums and the dried herbs. It definitely tastes younger than it smells. Nice finish that centers on the plums as well. Refined and elegant, with only a medium - intensity of flavors.
  
  Medium + body with medium acid and low tannin. Definitely drink this now. Not going to benefit from further aging and slightly over the hill as it is. I bet it was fruitier and more herbal in the past. Good pairing with beef shawarma.

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  12/6/2015 - Connaître Does not like this wine: 70 Points

  Unfortunately I did not like it.

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  11/1/2015 - David J Cooper wrote: 90 Points

  Deep red. Tight nose, smoke, raspberry, red cherry and cassis. Nice balanced flavours. Dry tannic finish.
  
  Should improve.

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  7/26/2015 - walkerjfw wrote: 88 Points

  At August restaurant in Zurich. By the glass with a roasted chicken.
  
  Classic Cotes du Rhone nose, spices and herbs, cedar, black fruits. Palate is dusted blueberry, spices and herbs. Great QPR on this wine. Ready now

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