2003 Château Haut Condissas Prestige

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  5/22/2017 - Dancing with bottles Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Takes decent aeration, at least 1,5 hour in a decanter or 3 hours in a opened bottle.
  Figs and plums, complex, fullbodied, with decent acid and grip. Long finish with pretty dry tannins. Excellent wine but not a typical BX in this vintage. Tastes rather like a brunello from a hot year. Five more years of aging could be favorable.

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  10/1/2016 - SvenWine wrote: 91 Points

  - Garnet color - This is now over the top. The fruit has faded.
  Aromas of black pepper, dark chocolate, currant, yoghurt (malolactic fermentation), cigar box.
  No sharp tannins.
  Acidity on palate.
  Flavors from oak barrels and from maturing in bottle. Not much fruit.
  Still a magnificent wine, but was better a few years ago.

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  7/10/2016 - larsum Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Served with Rump-Steak and Garlic Butter. First bottle corked beyond belief. Second one tight cassis, present but balanced tannins, opened up during the evening. Needed more airing. If I had another bottle I would drink it now or 1-3 years from now.

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  2/26/2016 - Yagil wrote: 90 Points

  dark translucent red-black
  developed secondary aromas at opening that turn to tertiary aromas after a while
  full bodied, soft round tannins, good level of acidity, still some nice fruitiness, though it lacks some structure on the palate, heavy dark chocolate which is typical to Merlot, short aftertaste.
  Quite enjoyable with grilled steak.
  Better open it 1-2 hours in advance. Drink now.

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  2/18/2014 - Yagil wrote: 93 Points

  dark red, developed secondary aromas at opening that turn to tertiary aromas after a while
  full bodied, firm & round tannins, good level of acidity, still some nice fruitiness, a solid quality left-bank Bordeaux. Impressing and enjoyable.

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