2003 Château Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse)

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  2/16/2023 - Vinumming & Ahhing wrote: 87 Points

  Bordeaux 2003 Horizontal (Piccolino, Exchange Square, London): Ripe plum fruit and a leafy greenness to this on pouring, much more redolent of a left bank wine. Some cinders and caramel. Palate is quite clipped and imbalanced. There's a pleasant umami / nori note but otherwise not much to recommend it on the palate.

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  2/16/2023 - SimonG wrote: 79 Points

  2003 Bordeaux @ Piccolino (Piccolino, Liverpool Street Stn, London): Dense ruby. Flatter nose than the Terre R alongside. More savoury and almost something a little rusty metallic. Dense, slightly cloudy on the attack. Broad. Dry finish. Very dry in fact, and increasingly so with air. No, this doesn’t float my boat. *

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  1/14/2023 - Brucie69 wrote: 90 Points

  Good not great.
  
  After a couple of hours in the decanter.
  
  A fairly evolved nose of leather, earth but then some sweet spice notes and then red fruits (cherries and strawberries).
  
  On the palate predominantly red fruits, with dark chocolate and mint tones, followed by spice, earth and leather, with still chewy tannins and moderate acidity. Finish is slightly short.
  
  It’s a nice wine, but there’s no wow factor. It’s well made and everything is in place, but it seems a little bit short and slightly lacking in substance.
  
  No rush to drink but I don’t seeing it improving either.

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  8/15/2021 - sethm Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Light to medium ruby. Smells of leather, tobacco, oak and dried fruits. Lovely balance of fruit flavors and tannins. Alcohol is well integrated.
  
  This wine is still showing lots of life to me. This is the first of the bottles I have opened so I can't speak to how it has evolved. I think this wine will still be good for some more years.

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  1/5/2019 - SteveVermeer Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Great old time Bordeaux, probably will last another 5-10 years.

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