2012 Château Le Conseiller (Jean-Philippe Janoueix)

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 87.4 points

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  1/19/2020 - Zweder wrote: 87 Points

  In the bouquet and on the palate some vanilla, red berries and cherries, some bell pepper, ok acidity and tannin.

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  12/22/2019 - exonian Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Lovely mature, 100 per cent Merlot claret , that made a perfect accompaniment to slow- roasted lamb shoulder with shallots and Chantenay carrots. It is still a surprisingly deep garnet, with long legs in the glass. The nose shows a sweet vanilla note ( from the oak) , cherries, menthol, dark red raspberries , macerated dried fruits,cooked plums, and lovely ethereal wafts of bubble-gum fruits or Turkish delight, giving a light sparkle to the aroma. There is enough residual acidity, to carry the chewy flavours of compote of red plums, menthol - infused dried fruits , and leading into a drying leathery finish. A well-made wine that punches above its weight , a point now, but with 2-3 years ahead of it.

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  9/29/2019 - mr_rancho Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Nice and decent Merlot Bordeaux. Good value. Nice aromas and structure. But don’t expect a Grand Cru, that would be an unfair comparison.

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  9/14/2019 - Templeton100 wrote: 85 Points

  Quite smooth, rounded out with very subtle tannins and a decent level of ripe cherry flavours. It's a 100% Merlot, which I hadn't realised, when I purchased it, so not my preferred style but nevertheless, this is a decent, easy drinking wine, fine with or without food. Probably, now at its peak but would imagine that it will keep drinking well for the next two or three years.

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  4/16/2016 - showard wrote: 88 Points

  Nice wine. Easy drinking, approachable now. Probably has several years in it and if you're willing to stock up, it comes in a wood case, rare for a wine of this price.

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