2005 Château Gros Caillou

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  3/19/2016 - DavidWong168 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  An opaque dark purple in the glass. The nose is redolent of blackberries and blackcurrants and a hint of smoke. The merlot component emerges on the palate with red fruits and cooking spices. In the glass the wine continues to evolve, developing savory and herbal components over a couple of hours. Medium bodied, concentrated but not lush. Nicely structured with enough acid and tannins to cut through an unctuous braised short rib. A well made food wine.

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  5/24/2014 - mtaczak wrote: 90 Points

  Great for the first hour or two, but between three and four it started falling apart into a funky, vegetal soup. But while it lasted, this was classic Right Bank, with enough structure left to be interesting.

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  8/17/2013 - LopedeAguirre Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Perfect now - bouquet of pencil lead and petals, nice structure and integrated fruit, excellent balance, long finish. Drinking perfect now.

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  12/31/2012 - cellardrinker wrote: 89 Points

  Closed at first. Aerated with venturi. Nose of woods, leather, tobabcco. Slightly vegetal. Fruity notes developed in the glass after an hour. Nice finish.

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  8/22/2010 - LopedeAguirre wrote: 91 Points

  More like a Pomerol, this has a very dark red-purple color, strong bouquet of cherry and cedar, followed by concentrated fruit but excellent structure and balance, with a long finish. A great find at this price.

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