2005 Château La Vieille Cure

Community Tasting Notes (317) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  2/13/2024 - talbot61 Likes this wine:

  At Boston Wine & Poker, Needham, Mass.: Tasted blind. Bright red color of moderate density. No browning. Some tannin. Deep, old-barrel woodiness predominates.

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  1/28/2024 - KevinS wrote: 87 Points

  Past peak. Coming apart a bit, some roasted notes. Drink up now!

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  11/14/2023 - aerosol Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Got a glass here now after an 8 hour decant and it is more approachable now than earlier. I am going to agree with the last 4 tasting notes (except for the split cork, mine was tight AF) because I am experiencing what they are and can't say anything unique, except if you don't decant for several hours, then you will miss the very best part of this "old school" Bordeaux. It drinks like a last century Bordeaux, and I am nostalgic for that style. The palate really opens up with a long decant, so decant, decant, and decant.

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  10/21/2023 - rhyman Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Black raspberries with a hint of cassis. Herbal notes were balanced. Touch of chocolate also this is ready to go. Won’t get any better. Enjoyed

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  9/1/2023 - sleepyhaus wrote:

  Cork split in two upon opening, but each half seemed rather solid rather than crumbling. The wine itself was in similar shape; somewhere between sound and broken. Standing on the edge of the cliff. From a colder cellar than mine perhaps these are holding up better, but for me this is a bit long in the tooth, much more so than a 2005 BDX should be.

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