Popped and poured at a restaurant, and drank immediately. Fully mature old Bordeaux and ready to drink immediately, although some thought it was past its prime.
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Barnyard, autumn leave, charcoal and dark fruit on the nose and palate. The fruit is on the edge of fading. The palate is soft with moderate acidity lingering on the finish. Drink up.
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Pop and pour, immediately reserved in a half size bottle filled to the top and placed in the refrigerator for the next day..The first day tasting: beautiful bouquet of fruit, leather,and secondary fermentation, the taste was initially bitter, imbalance, lacking fruit and acidity, mid palate nice aged wine not balance and lack of fruit, short after taste. The next day: the bouquet diminished a lot, still a little bitterness at the beginning of the taste, but acidity improved with fruit and second fermentation, reasonably tasty midpalate with a little off balance, and short aftertaste. Nice color throughout.
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Secondary aromas way too strong. Toned downed a bit a couple of hours after opening but still quite overwhelming. Fruit a bit faded and thin on the palate. Not sure if further aging will soften the secondaries or make it even stronger.
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From jeroboam. On the nose leather, spices, dark fruit and tobacco but also musty notes, slightly barnyardy as well. On the palate flat and rather unbalanced. While drinkable, this bottle was defective in my view.
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DRC Tasting Group: Bordeaux Night (Seattle, WA): Tasted blind. Barnyard. Definitely a bit funky and savory to start, with a little saline and coffee as it opened. Lovely body, medium-plus weight with brighter fruit (red cherry), dried leather, tobacco.
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Still got it. Opened at a friends in France. Sweet taste, tannin resolved completely. Still good length on the finish. This was perfect with barbecued lamb chops and some sausage. Just about the best time to see this off. Very happy indeed with this, a real treat.
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Opened by Otis. Received 2 votes for WOTN at his party. A well balanced wine which has aged gracefully. Notes of plum and mushroom with some smokiness on the finish. Solid fruit for being 21 years old. 92 points.
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Soft garnet color, bricking at the edge. Terrific red currant, tobacco, earth and barnyard aromas. Wonderful balance; fully integrated tannins married with red currant, plum and berry tones, with herb and earth tones on the palate. Nice length on the finish. A terrific bottle of wine tonight. 92-93 pts.
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Cork was soaked through to top. Crimson red and a garnet rim. Smoke and leather on the nose. Very smooth and silky on the palate, tannins are well integrated, lost some of its fruit. Medium long finish.
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Had the last bottle in November 2008 and recommended to drink this wine up. However, I kept 7 bottles and today it was just by coincidence that I picked one from the cellar. It seems this wine is keeping its peak longer than expected. I could repeat my notes from 2008 here but this would be redundant. An enjoyable wine, looking forward for the next bottle in 6 month from now.
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Cork was soaked thoroughly. Crimson red, a bit fading and a garnet rim. Smoky nose and a bit of a cigar box and currant. Very smooth and silky on the palate, mature berries, tannins are well integrated. A slight bitter tone on the aftertaste. Medium long finish. A fully mature Pauillac, drink up now.
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Cork was soaked. Little color left in the bubbles, garnet rim. Soft nose w/ a little "lead", sweet tobacco, and curants. This bottle was fully mature on the palate, very smooth, integrated tannins, and a true pleasure. It actualy held up to a "blackened" Tomba tuna dish that wasn't very spicy. Not quite the depth to rate higher, like many of its year-mates.
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1/19/2023 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Likes this wine: 92 Points
Popped and poured at a restaurant, and drank immediately. Fully mature old Bordeaux and ready to drink immediately, although some thought it was past its prime.
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7/8/2022 - msauer wrote: 92 Points
Großartig
Fein gereift, noch nicht „alt“. Geschliffen , kaum noch Ecken .
Hat es nicht nötig zu protzen. Zarte Frucht, nichts Fettes
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11/24/2021 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 90 Points
Barnyard, autumn leave, charcoal and dark fruit on the nose and palate. The fruit is on the edge of fading. The palate is soft with moderate acidity lingering on the finish. Drink up.
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6/3/2021 - ATL wrote:
Soft, lovely, and well balanced with just slight barnyard notes. Ready now, but will likely improve for a decade or more.
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4/18/2020 - Vizionista Does not like this wine:
its a good idea to not lose a good bottle in your cellar.
The colour is a nice ruby but much bricking on the edges. The fragrance is almost gone as well as most of the fruit.
Such a shame
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4/4/2020 - likegoodwine wrote: 89 Points
Pop and pour, immediately reserved in a half size bottle filled to the top and placed in the refrigerator for the next day..The first day tasting: beautiful bouquet of fruit, leather,and secondary fermentation, the taste was initially bitter, imbalance, lacking fruit and acidity, mid palate nice aged wine not balance and lack of fruit, short after taste. The next day: the bouquet diminished a lot, still a little bitterness at the beginning of the taste, but acidity improved with fruit and second fermentation, reasonably tasty midpalate with a little off balance, and short aftertaste. Nice color throughout.
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11/1/2018 - G_H wrote: 88 Points
Pure bordeaux, espresso, mocha, some barnyard notes,
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9/21/2018 - Mackmoo wrote: 88 Points
Secondary aromas way too strong. Toned downed a bit a couple of hours after opening but still quite overwhelming. Fruit a bit faded and thin on the palate. Not sure if further aging will soften the secondaries or make it even stronger.
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7/11/2018 - Doc90 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dark themed, stone and burning embers. Stern, but just the right amount. Deep and complex.
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6/9/2016 - rossi.wine wrote: flawed
From jeroboam. On the nose leather, spices, dark fruit and tobacco but also musty notes, slightly barnyardy as well. On the palate flat and rather unbalanced. While drinkable, this bottle was defective in my view.
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5/2/2016 - dpolivy wrote: 92 Points
DRC Tasting Group: Bordeaux Night (Seattle, WA): Tasted blind. Barnyard. Definitely a bit funky and savory to start, with a little saline and coffee as it opened. Lovely body, medium-plus weight with brighter fruit (red cherry), dried leather, tobacco.
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10/31/2015 - colin107 wrote:
Had it for my birthday dinner. Would buy it again.
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9/25/2015 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points
Ficofi. Nice nose. Smooth.
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8/2/2014 - rexy wrote: 92 Points
Still got it. Opened at a friends in France. Sweet taste, tannin resolved completely. Still good length on the finish. This was perfect with barbecued lamb chops and some sausage. Just about the best time to see this off. Very happy indeed with this, a real treat.
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5/27/2012 - comfycat wrote:
Dinner with boss' friends
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10/6/2011 - Vino Me wrote: 92 Points
Opened by Otis. Received 2 votes for WOTN at his party. A well balanced wine which has aged gracefully. Notes of plum and mushroom with some smokiness on the finish. Solid fruit for being 21 years old. 92 points.
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8/27/2011 - AllRed wrote: 92 Points
Soft garnet color, bricking at the edge. Terrific red currant, tobacco, earth and barnyard aromas. Wonderful balance; fully integrated tannins married with red currant, plum and berry tones, with herb and earth tones on the palate. Nice length on the finish. A terrific bottle of wine tonight. 92-93 pts.
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8/15/2011 - alfagirl wrote: 88 Points
Cork was soaked through to top. Crimson red and a garnet rim. Smoke and leather on the nose. Very smooth and silky on the palate, tannins are well integrated, lost some of its fruit. Medium long finish.
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3/2/2010 - Palmiet wrote:
Had the last bottle in November 2008 and recommended to drink this wine up.
However, I kept 7 bottles and today it was just by coincidence that I picked one from the cellar.
It seems this wine is keeping its peak longer than expected. I could repeat my notes from 2008 here but this would be redundant.
An enjoyable wine, looking forward for the next bottle in 6 month from now.
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12/18/2008 - wap4u wrote: 90 Points
Pretty much consistent with previous note. Nice fleshy Pauillac.
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11/3/2008 - Palmiet wrote:
Cork was soaked thoroughly. Crimson red, a bit fading and a garnet rim. Smoky nose and a bit of a cigar box and currant. Very smooth and silky on the palate, mature berries, tannins are well integrated. A slight bitter tone on the aftertaste. Medium long finish. A fully mature Pauillac, drink up now.
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8/12/2007 - Grinner wrote: 91 Points
Cork was soaked. Little color left in the bubbles, garnet rim. Soft nose w/ a little "lead", sweet tobacco, and curants. This bottle was fully mature on the palate, very smooth, integrated tannins, and a true pleasure. It actualy held up to a "blackened" Tomba tuna dish that wasn't very spicy. Not quite the depth to rate higher, like many of its year-mates.
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4/6/2003 - Henman wrote:
N: big nose with barnyard,cedar,cassis and a little cigar.
P: smooth,aromatic,savoury,balanced.
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2/20/1998 - chevalblanc1959 wrote: 89 Points
Rich ruby colour, full bodied wine, lots of fruit, harmonious.
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