Lovely. Still quite fresh and only just starting to show teriary flavours and development . Drinking well though. Wish I had more, cost a whopping 9.99 about 20 years ago! 4
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Reducing my pile of this very good Bouscassé vintage. Not much to add to my last note from one month ago. It's a really fine vine. This bottle is relatively light with rather softened tannins and "open" flavours, very enjoyable indeed. Excellent to drink it very slightly cool during the current heat wave in Europe.
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Still good color, developped some orange on the edge. Classy cool nose, old-viney. Still firm to drink. Naturally full but nothing forced, good stuff. These Madiran never quite surrender but keep their kind of hardish, tannic edge that either one likes and appreciates or dislikes. I absolutely love it. The 1999 is good but the 1998 Bouscassé is even better. I don't think the '99 will develop further.
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Tasting über mehrere Tage: 1. Tag: Nase Scharf, Johannisbeere, dahinter Erde und Holz. Am Gaumen noch recht verschlossen, Johannisbeere, Erde, Tabak. Tannin und Säure dominieren die Frucht. Tag 3: Am dritten Tag wesentlich zugänglicher. Tannine weicher, Säure abgedämpft und steht hinter deutlicher hervortretendem Holz, Erde und Johannisbeere, Trockenpflaume zurück. Tag 5: Nase nun dominiert von Portwein, Holz und Tabak, etwas Brombeere; Gaumen: Tannine und Säure treten wieder deutlicher hervor, dazu etwas Brombeere und Johannisbeere (oder Stachelbeere).
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6/29/2022 - Tikkanen wrote: 85 Points
Over the top but still possible to drink.
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5/9/2022 - Chris Davies Likes this wine: 91 Points
Lovely. Still quite fresh and only just starting to show teriary flavours and development . Drinking well though. Wish I had more, cost a whopping 9.99 about 20 years ago! 4
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6/18/2021 - Member 592 Likes this wine:
Reducing my pile of this very good Bouscassé vintage. Not much to add to my last note from one month ago. It's a really fine vine. This bottle is relatively light with rather softened tannins and "open" flavours, very enjoyable indeed. Excellent to drink it very slightly cool during the current heat wave in Europe.
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5/20/2021 - Member 592 Likes this wine:
Still good color, developped some orange on the edge. Classy cool nose, old-viney. Still firm to drink. Naturally full but nothing forced, good stuff. These Madiran never quite surrender but keep their kind of hardish, tannic edge that either one likes and appreciates or dislikes. I absolutely love it. The 1999 is good but the 1998 Bouscassé is even better. I don't think the '99 will develop further.
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4/12/2020 - kathed01 Likes this wine: 87 Points
Tasting über mehrere Tage:
1. Tag: Nase Scharf, Johannisbeere, dahinter Erde und Holz. Am Gaumen noch recht verschlossen, Johannisbeere, Erde, Tabak. Tannin und Säure dominieren die Frucht.
Tag 3: Am dritten Tag wesentlich zugänglicher. Tannine weicher, Säure abgedämpft und steht hinter deutlicher hervortretendem Holz, Erde und Johannisbeere, Trockenpflaume zurück.
Tag 5: Nase nun dominiert von Portwein, Holz und Tabak, etwas Brombeere; Gaumen: Tannine und Säure treten wieder deutlicher hervor, dazu etwas Brombeere und Johannisbeere (oder Stachelbeere).
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