2011 Château Tour de Pez

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 87.9 points

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  9/22/2022 - johnrm Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Another year on and this wine is still drinking very well. Very good with food (quality Aberdeen Angus beefburgers). The is the last of a dozen bought at Aldi 4+ years ago for £7.99 a bottle. It is always worth keeping an open mind and popping into Aldi occasionally because they do manage to source some cracking bargains. It is not as if this was a very poor year.
  Very good, classic Claret. At least as good next day.

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  10/28/2021 - johnrm Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Over a year on from our last bottle. It is still drinking very well, given an hour or three to open. Good with food (and on its own). Well-made wine with life, yet. 88+
  Once again, it was better 24h after decanting and, even then, it continued to open in the glass. Good fruit, body, balance, length with soft, integrated tannins. Very attractive, classic claret. My wife enjoyed it even more than I did and would have given it a higher rating so I have raised the score a point.

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  9/22/2021 - MSheridan Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Actually improved over a couple of days after opening. Nice uncomplicated claret

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  9/18/2021 - MSheridan Likes this wine: 89 Points

  benefitted from double decant and being left open for a few hours which blew off some cork/stalk note that tainted the palate after PnP.

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  9/18/2020 - johnrm Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Still showing quite well but it needed a couple of hours to open a little. Not too complex, quite austere and lean in the Bdx mould, but with fair fruit, some spice, plenty of acidity and well integrated tannins. Not a big, fat, sweet Parkerised Bdx but a very good food wine and more enjoyable as it opened. Very good for the low price paid. We have a few more but feel there is no rush to drink them. 88+
  Good next day (after a night in the fridge and 2h to warm to ambient temp). The nose was more fruity and open, the balance was good and the wine had the acidity and soft tannin to accompany food very well.

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