Beautiful ruby colour! Nose of bell pepper fruits, fresh on the palate, a touch acidic in my view! Simple and yet very easy to drink, with a medium finish!
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Good but not great. Has that nice fruit forward, well balanced profile of 2001. Medium weight, good acidity and fine tannins. Lots of oak, slightly too much, not resolved. Blackcurrants and cassis, some saddle leather. Good length, some complexity. Drinking now, will be better in 5 years, still mainly primary.
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A year ago, I was head over heels. This bottle is clearly on the back nine. The fruit is all but gone. It has good acidity so when paired with braised beef and mashed potatoes, it did well, but alone or with the salad it came off as unbalanced.
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A virtually identical experience as my prior one on January 1, 2022. This time, though, there was no thinness at all. It was solid from the get-go. Once again it was a great expression of this estate.
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(Gruaud-Larose) Ehhh...maybe one of the most boring wines on the left bank? Well maybe GPL and Lynch-Bages could nudge it out but your mileage may vary. I have liked GL in the past but it really underwhelms me these days. This was out of half bottle and had a nice floral nose with a ton of spicey oak and some mineral. Palette was rich and creamy with lots of unfocused red fruits and major barrel flavors. It later became shrill as the acid became the dominant force. It was correct wine but just so boring. I find certain left bank estates like GL, LB, GPL to be a bore. I don't know why. It's just there is no excitement in the wines. Everything is predictable and these wines and wines of the same ilk are just good, plain old fashioned Bored-deaux.
(Gruaud Larose) Nose of tarry oak, asian spice, earth and slight cassis. Nice nose. Great concentration of red fruits with a hint of vanilla from the oak. Good acids and around a 15 second finish. Very open. Excellent Gruaud for drinking now and for maybe 10-12 more years.
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3/21/2024 - Tao wrote: 91 Points
Beautiful ruby colour! Nose of bell pepper fruits, fresh on the palate, a touch acidic in my view! Simple and yet very easy to drink, with a medium finish!
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1/25/2024 - Philip67 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Good but not great. Has that nice fruit forward, well balanced profile of 2001. Medium weight, good acidity and fine tannins. Lots of oak, slightly too much, not resolved. Blackcurrants and cassis, some saddle leather. Good length, some complexity. Drinking now, will be better in 5 years, still mainly primary.
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1/9/2024 - WillRepstad Likes this wine: 91 Points
Perhaps this was never a great wine but it is still holding up nicely over 2 decades after its picking. Drink up! Overall: 91
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1/7/2024 - jkvedar wrote: 89 Points
A year ago, I was head over heels. This bottle is clearly on the back nine. The fruit is all but gone. It has good acidity so when paired with braised beef and mashed potatoes, it did well, but alone or with the salad it came off as unbalanced.
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1/1/2024 - tomandlu wrote: 93 Points
A virtually identical experience as my prior one on January 1, 2022. This time, though, there was no thinness at all. It was solid from the get-go. Once again it was a great expression of this estate.
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