1997 Château Bouscassé Madiran

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90 points

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  4/15/2012 - T Warner wrote: 89 Points

  - Garnet color and aromas of tobacco, hay/straw, blackberry, black currant and smokey. It's balanced and has flavours of blackberry, fig, black pepper, mushroom and smokey with a medium/full body. Smooth texture with a medium finish.

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  3/19/2012 - pjaines wrote:

  Probably sitting in the optimum drinking window right now - the fruit and structure and balanced off against each other wonderfully well right now. Serve this blind and I swear 9 people out of 10 would say it was a Left Bank Bordeaux - lots of cedar, leather, mature fruit. Decent stuff, but I was a bit disappointed that it tasted so similar to Bordeaux.

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  8/22/2009 - king-bing wrote:

  A little too bretty to begin though this subsided with time. Still, a lovely drink and deliciously savoury with a wild edge and a spicy kick to the finish that slightly creeps up on you. What a great wine.

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  3/24/2007 - king-bing wrote: 89 Points

  This was really singing 90 minutes after being splash decanted. Initially rather herby and leafy the nose developed a deep tobacco scent against a backdrop of cranberry that was rather left-bank Bordeaux like. The palate was much more rustic though. While it showed some tannins, it did still show a little fruit too and a nice savoury lick in the finish. This was much better with food (in this case a Spanish-style stew with Chorizo). After around 4 hours, the finish became a little drying, suggesting this is one to drink sooner rather than later.

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