2015 Château Fleur Cardinale

Community Tasting Notes (103) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  3/30/2024 - WineGuyDelMar Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Decanted an hour and drank over another hour. Old World nose but still muted. Dark color. Great extraction and concentration. Very Modern Style now. Tobacco, leather, cherry, cassis. Will improve with more age. Primary now but excellent.

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  2/25/2024 - wdcwineguys Likes this wine: 94 Points

  30 min decant, would benefit from an hour of air. Riper fruit, black cherry, plum, graphite and some vanilla on the nose. The oak is still present, but this wine has aged well. Excellent value and a wine that drinks like a much more expensive Napa blend. Enjoy now or over the next 10 years.

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  2/14/2024 - Winer1956 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Decanted for 45 minutes. Impressive deep crimson color. Bouquet not giving much, but the mouthfeel was impressively weighty and the finish was medium long. The flavor profile is still primary — cassis and oak, but drinking well with no hard edges. A wine that keeps calling you back for more.

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  2/7/2024 - popopdrops wrote: 89 Points

  Dekantert. Meget stort behag fra første glass. Noe alkohol-stikk, men pytt, pytt.
  Alkohol klart mer tilstede dag 2. Ikke gøy!

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  1/3/2024 - der Schmecker Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Muted to non-existent nose. Purple color. Mellow, rounded, mature wine with a deep, packed flavor profile. Length of taste is not extraordinary, but the finish during the swallow brings forth the deep loamy earth flavor that is unmistakably Bordeaux.
  75% Merlot. 15% Cabernet Franc. 10% Cabernet Sauvignon.
  This is not a rock-em, sock-em, in your face wine, but a more subdued taste experience that hides the 15% alcohol very well.
  2nd Day Tasting: the power of the beast becomes evident. A huge wine, not for the faint of heart. A sipper.

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