2020 Vieux Château Palon

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90 points

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  8/8/2023 - Brendel Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Nose is very high in alcohol, plus violets, dark pressed fruits. Pretty tannic, benefits from a long decant or a good shaking. This is a nice wine but a bit rough on the mouthfeel, drying, taste of young vines, with not so much fruit or roundness. Not really good on it’s own; should be paired with salami, red meat, etc. Decent for the price though at $25.

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  3/21/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 91 Points

  The oak is quite on top at the moment, you can sense it in the mouth and on the palate, plus, there is a touch of volatile acidity which will hopefully better integrate with a few years of age. Medium-bodied, fresh and silky, the red fruits are ripe, but the oak is fairly dominant, so give it a few years of age before pulling a cork. Drink from 2023-2038.

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  5/22/2021 - vvWine.ch wrote: 88 Points

  87-88 vvPunkte (15.1% Alkohol) Intensive, reiffruchtige Nase, dunkle Kirschen, Brombeeren, Pflaumen, Gewürze. Im Gaumen dicht, mit merklich Alkohol, einer reifen, aber knackigen Frucht, gute Gerbstoffstruktur, milde Säure. Baut Druck auf und hallt im Abgang lange nach. Sehr gute Qualität, leider etwas gar hoch im Alkohol. 2024-2034+ (April/Mai 2021)

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  5/20/2021 - Jeff Leve wrote: 91 Points

  Spicy, stony and savory, the wine is lush, round and fleshy. Supple-textured and packed with ripe, deep red pit fruits, the wine leaves you with a silky, soft, polished, chocolate covered black cherry and espresso tinged finish. 90-92

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