2014 Château D'Hanteillan

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  2/20/2023 - VinCA Likes this wine:

  On the nose, nice blackberry, black raspberry and hints of chocolate. Still some nice tannins and astringency in the mouth. No rush on this, but it is unlikely to improve -I think it will remain stable for 2-3 years

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  9/16/2022 - Julian Marshall wrote: 80 Points

  Rather disappointing. Hanteillan was one of the CBs I cut my teeth on when I started buying Bordeaux and I've always been a fan since.
  
  The nose wasn't great - good notes of blackcurrant and dark cherry, but something green in the background. The attack followed suit with much the same sensations - the fruit simply isn't ripe enough, leaving a rather clumsy, coarse aftertaste. Just about drinkable but no more.
  
  This is the second bottle so I'm concerned for the remaining four - the comparison with a Clos Du Jaugueyron Haut Médoc 2014 just underlined how poor the Hanteillan was.
  
  Neal Martin liked this a lot on release - perhaps his sample was better.

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  3/23/2022 - VinCA wrote:

  Black cherry, currant right out of newly opened bottle. Still has acid, but tannic structure is gone. These should probably be drunk pretty soon.

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  10/23/2021 - wine&roses wrote: 89 Points

  This is real, if simple, claret, fully mature. I enjoyed this case. Honest wine.

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  1/21/2021 - racerchris Likes this wine:

  My last bottle. This is drinking very well now, and way above its price point.
  Wish I had more.

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