2003 Château Durfort-Vivens

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 87.2 points

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  8/18/2023 - Harley1199 Does not like this wine:

  Family Holidays; 7/28/2023-9/10/2023 (Alicante - España): Bottle opened almost three hours ahead lunch. Little soaked cork but really fine. Compensated with age ruby colour. Have aperitif with Desperados lime flavoured and tapas of fried squid and Orly prawns.
  
  About the wine, tar, plastics, asphalt, wooden plank, repeat ... What am not I surprised? Is it because 2003's heat? Is it that 2nd grow status decline the real cause? Is it cause Margaux is not Margaux anymore? Well, maybe it is simpler, IT IS COZ Lurton family is under the helmet. Reconocible style wide world. Doesn't matter if you are in Chile, Spain or Bordeaux. Lovely international way for some, a complete terroir disaster for others.
  What's else? Little of roses on the nose and watery texture with a central acidity line on the palate. Short and unsavoury. First 2003 Bd'x I disliked and please, don't tell me it is going to be flowering in a few days. I am not interested. CT score is a reflexión of what we have here.
  
  Botella abierta casi tres horas antes del almuerzo. Un poco del corcho empapado pero bastante bien. Color rubí compensado con la edad. Tomé un aperitivo de Desperados con sabor a lima y rabas de calamares más gambas en gabardina.
  
  Sobre el vino, alquitrán, plásticos, asfalto, tablón de madera, repite ... ¿Qué es lo no me sorprende? ¿Es por el calor del 2003? ¿Es el decline del estado segundo CC la causa real? ¿Es porque Margaux ya no es Margaux? Bueno, tal vez es más simple, ES PORQUE la familia Lurton está al mando. Reconocible estilo en el ancho mundo. No importa si estás en Chile, España o Burdeos. Encantadora manera internacional para algunos, un completo desastre para el terruño para otros.
  ¿Qué más? Un poco de rosas en nariz y textura acuosa con una línea de acidez central al paladar. Corto y poco sabroso. Primer Burdeos 2003 que no me ha gustado y por favor, no me digas que va a estar floreciendo en unos días. No estoy interesado. La puntuación de CT refleja lo que hay aquí.

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  11/27/2022 - jkvedar Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Opened but not decanted for 2 hours, then decanted for an hour. The nose is beguiling with dried fruits , graphite, and a bit of mint. On the palate it works well with a rich dish (braised lamb , potatoes and pan gravy). The fruit is pretty faded. Finish is still there.

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  1/1/2022 - msauer Likes this wine: 91 Points

  ausgewogen. Viel warme Frucht, restl. Holz schön eingebunden. fleischig

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  12/28/2020 - msauer wrote: 88 Points

  Enttäuschend. Das war zu wenig
  Fast wässrig, dünn. Kraft und Struktur fehlen
  Für Margaux untypisch

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  5/8/2016 - the shrub Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Some attractive sandalwood on the nose. Nice earthy flavour but getting very thin. Drink up.

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