2019 Vieux Château Mazerat

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 93 points

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  2/1/2024 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 92 Points

  A deep ruby blend of 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc, Vieux Château Mazerat's 2019 iteration offers a loaded olfactory platter of chocolate-covered cherries, dark bramble fruits, cassis, mulling spices, lavender and cedar. Full-bodied, low-to-medium in acidity and with well-integrated alcohol (listed as 14.5%), it delivers ripe flavors that mirror the aromas, framed with toasted oak and plentiful fine-grained tannins. Layered on the mid-palate and lengthy on the back end, this is a modern-style Saint-Émilion that will have many fans. There is plenty of stuffing here to ensure that this wine will have significant longevity. Sampled over a two-hour period from a bottle that had been Vinturi-decanted three hours prior, it remained stable on the nose and palate throughout the entire tasting interval. Although I suspect that it did not necessarily need this much air, I am certain that it did not hurt. Drink now-2044.

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  12/25/2022 - ChopperWine Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Honestly, do not waste the bottle drinking it now. It is a baby. You can tell this wine is going to be great, but it needs many years in bottle in my opinion. The other reviews are accurate as I read them, but this truly needs to be laid down.

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  12/15/2022 - Vinnut Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Deep, dark garnet, inky, opaque in color. Full, fragrant & attractive nose of ripe fruit aromas of dark cherries, blackberries & cassis with overtones of earthy/dusty/gravel & floral notes, spices, tobacco, cocoa, herbs & cedar in the background. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, lush, ripe fruit flavors of sweet cherries, mulberries & dark cassis with spices, herbs, minerals, cocoa & a hint of oak/vanilla. Long lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present but has the fruit & structure to develop further with additional aging at which time, it may merit a higher score (94+).

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  3/29/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points

  Deep red fruits, flowers, spice, savory herbs, cedar and cherry liqueur notes create the perfume. On the palate the wine is fresh, vibrant, chalky and plummy. There is volume, richness, and length here. The wine finishes with chocolate-covered plums, salt, espresso, licorice and peppery, 5 spice nuances. Drink from 2023-2040.

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  6/8/2020 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points

  Take a pallet of crushed rocks and stone, add molten chocolate, and dark espresso bean and you get the perfume here. Full-bodied, crisp and fresh, with an energetic blast of fruits and more stone are found in the decidedly salty finish. It will take some time in the cellar before this is ready to show its stuff. 93-95 Pts

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