2019 Château Côte de Baleau

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  1/28/2024 - bschucha Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Man this is good stuff - great QPR. Shows well even on pnp and develops nicely over the next couple hours. If you don’t finish it, it will be great the next day, and still tasty on the third. The nose evolves quite a bit as it opens up - dark brambly berries, black currant, cocoa, tobacco, mushroom, earth, graphite. Powerful tannins on the palate with a pleasing, complex, long finish.

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  9/21/2023 - CWilliam wrote: 92 Points

  Wine continues to improve. Drank over 2 nights and no degredation on night 2. On nose, black currants, cassis, tobacco, blackberry and charred oak. On palate, medium body, medium tannins and very long finish. Fruit was richer on palate than nose suggested. 92+/-

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  8/26/2023 - thalver wrote:

  This is drinking well...good balance, some bordeaux character, structure without the tannins being overwhelming. A finish. I think this can hold for a while, maybe improve in the short term, but I'll drink my remaining bottles soon-ish.

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  4/6/2023 - SeattleKen wrote:

  Grizzlywine is spot on. Nose is blueberries, sweet oak and pipe tobacco. Tannins hit mid palate, nicely balanced and not too aggressive. Finish is decently long, warm, and echoes all the same flavors. This seems like exactly what I picture a young right bank Bordeaux to taste like. Where I may differ is in its future. Will it age? Sure, the tannins are just enough to support it. But why? It’s pretty damn awesome now and really doesn’t require aging— save that for less opulent years on the left bank. Looking over tasting notes, this is in a good spot for new world and old world Bordeaux blend folks, so I say drink up now— but don’t sweat it if you have a few bottles leftover.

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  2/2/2023 - grizzlywine Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Nose wafts ample blue fruit, young oak, and a nice touch of cigar character. Good structure, merlot soft tannins, medium+ acid. Palate delivers on the nose, not revelatory but very good. Outstanding value with a decade of life. Would rebuy as house Bordeaux.

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