Monthly tasting club LTC 2016-02; French or not French? (@ My place): Beautiful and mature bouquet with dark forest fruits, graphite, vanilla, coffee and some pleasant rustic barnyard impressions. On the palate mainly dark, but also some red berries, chocolate, sweet spices, some licorice, beautiful acidity and soft tannin with still a pleasant bite. The wine is fully mature now, but no hurry; it will stay on this level for another year or two.
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Weekly tasting group #180; A fully blind test. (@ My place): See my previous note. Still exactly the same. I can add some earthiness and still sticky tannin. And without a doubt I scored the wine 89 for today. Have a few more but there is no hurry. Probably an update in 2016 or 2017.
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Weekly tasting group #159; Wines older than 2000 (@ RW): Beautiful bouquet with mature cassis and other dark fruits, some mint, sweet spices, tobacco, caramel and forest floor. Same on the palate. Some red fruits, bell pepper, chocolate and cinnamon as well. Pleasant acidity and slightly drying tannin. Overall; although showing some age, the wine still has a youthful color and will probably soften a bit more with some more ageing. It will never be really great, but it offers nice drinking now and might give even a little more pleasure a few years from now. I have a few more, so there will be a follow up. 88 - 89 for today.
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5/1/2017 - Zweder wrote: 89 Points
Weekly tasting group RWP #255: Every taster brought a flight. No rules. (@ My place): Beautiful, classical and mature bouquet with earth, tobacco, vanilla and smoke. On the palate earth, some graphite and pepper, juicy and good acidity and completely ready now.
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4/9/2016 - tastark Likes this wine:
A touch of funky, old-world Bordeaux in this bottle. A little past its peak, but still pleasant. Drink up.
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3/3/2016 - Zweder wrote: 89 Points
Monthly tasting club LTC 2016-02; French or not French? (@ My place): Beautiful and mature bouquet with dark forest fruits, graphite, vanilla, coffee and some pleasant rustic barnyard impressions. On the palate mainly dark, but also some red berries, chocolate, sweet spices, some licorice, beautiful acidity and soft tannin with still a pleasant bite. The wine is fully mature now, but no hurry; it will stay on this level for another year or two.
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8/17/2015 - Zweder wrote: 89 Points
Weekly tasting group #180; A fully blind test. (@ My place): See my previous note. Still exactly the same. I can add some earthiness and still sticky tannin. And without a doubt I scored the wine 89 for today. Have a few more but there is no hurry. Probably an update in 2016 or 2017.
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3/9/2015 - Zweder wrote: 89 Points
Weekly tasting group #159; Wines older than 2000 (@ RW): Beautiful bouquet with mature cassis and other dark fruits, some mint, sweet spices, tobacco, caramel and forest floor. Same on the palate. Some red fruits, bell pepper, chocolate and cinnamon as well. Pleasant acidity and slightly drying tannin. Overall; although showing some age, the wine still has a youthful color and will probably soften a bit more with some more ageing. It will never be really great, but it offers nice drinking now and might give even a little more pleasure a few years from now. I have a few more, so there will be a follow up. 88 - 89 for today.
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