Smooth Haut Medoc red blend, enjoyed with steak frites at Bistro du Midi, Boston — 3 months ago
Presented double-blind. The wine pours a slightly translucent garnet with an orange rim; medium viscosity with moderate staining and some signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of dried and ripe, red and black fruits: brambles, Bing cherry, old wood and old leather bound books, baking chocolate, grated nutmeg, organic earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ (resolved) tannins and medium+ acidity. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. Called Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend from France, Bordeaux, Left Bank, Medoc, 1990. LOL…that’s pretty close! For those wondering, the bottle was opened and decanted for sediment several hours prior. For my palate, Duhart-Milon needs decades to become interesting. Fully mature now though, this has at least a decade of enjoyable life left. — 9 days ago
Garagiste selection. $26.74. Great value. Classic Medoc - smooth tones, ripe tannins. — 14 days ago
First taste!? Mature with a bit of bricking but still nice solid color and bouquet of mature red fruits and earth. Velvety and enticing on palate. Excellent with Evan’s Shanghainese pork belly. 51/43/4/2 Merlot/Cab/CabFranc/Petit Verdot on label from Bernard Magrez touting same attention as his Pape Clement, and long history dating back to 1120. Importer label says 37/55/6/2 instead! (Oldest in Medoc, 1400 by house of Foix loyal to King of England. 1486 Camet new owner. 1500s by Michel de Montaigne.) — 3 months ago
This wine has shed its new worldish baby fat and is now a classic haut medoc with graphite on the nose, plums and blueberries. Smoke, cedar and dried leaves. Good acidity and a lingering finish. — 5 months ago
Prathap Ramamurthy
You just smell this thing. Don’t even drink it. Kidding, drink it. — 19 days ago