Was initially worried with previous comments because of its age. Surprised that this wine is still quite lovely. Leather and dark berries on the nose. Blueberries dominate the palate. Made for a beautiful accompaniment to denver steaks with leeks and black oyster mushrooms. Happy I still have 2 bottles in the cellar.
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Very nice Bordeaux…getting a little past prime. Needed time to open up but once it did had nice fruit and structure. Needed salty snack (potato chips) to get it to reveal its complexity.
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I’ve always had a fondness for this wine starting with the 97 vintage, as an inexpensive and reliable bordeaux. The 07 vintage was a little tired, but this bottle was singing. Robust (for Bordeaux) fruit, fine grained, slightly chewy tannins, medium finish. A very nice food wine or house bordeaux.
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2/24/2024 - Parisite Likes this wine: 89 Points
Was initially worried with previous comments because of its age. Surprised that this wine is still quite lovely. Leather and dark berries on the nose. Blueberries dominate the palate. Made for a beautiful accompaniment to denver steaks with leeks and black oyster mushrooms. Happy I still have 2 bottles in the cellar.
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9/2/2023 - Tsliwinski Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still has leathery dark red fruit. Nice tannins but near end of life
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1/14/2023 - Gates House Wines Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very nice Bordeaux…getting a little past prime. Needed time to open up but once it did had nice fruit and structure. Needed salty snack (potato chips) to get it to reveal its complexity.
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10/29/2022 - Ravi Deshpande Likes this wine: 91 Points
I’ve always had a fondness for this wine starting with the 97 vintage, as an inexpensive and reliable bordeaux. The 07 vintage was a little tired, but this bottle was singing. Robust (for Bordeaux) fruit, fine grained, slightly chewy tannins, medium finish. A very nice food wine or house bordeaux.
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10/22/2022 - mike410 wrote: 89 Points
The wine is tired, on it's last legs. Drink now.
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