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1996 Clos du Marquis Bordeaux Blend
Bordeaux Blend: 750ml
$69.99
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about this wine:
"A beautiful svelte nose : jammy cherry toasty fruit. Still much too closed but with masses of powerful blackcherry. Sweet & pure. Well-integrated tannins...second wine of Leoville Las Cases in 1996 offers a sumptuous, rich bouquet, an intense dark color, and great balance. The oldest second wine from Bordeaux, it is worthy of a Grand Cru Classé..Such is the greatness of Léoville-Las Cases in 1996 that this second wine presents more as a Grand Vin. Complex and multi-faceted, it is excellent now but will improve further...Red, Medium-Full Bodied, Dry, 12.5% alcohol"
points awarded:
ST 90 WA 90 WS 9190 points,
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, April 1999
A terrific Clos du Marquis, and clearly of second or third-growth quality, this dark purple-colored wine reveals structure, brooding backwardness, and rich, expansive character. The wine exhibits plenty of sweet kirsch black currant fruit intermixed with high quality, subtle new oak, and steely, mineral characteristics. Rich and medium to full-bodied, with ripe tannin, this is a dazzling Clos du Marquis. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2018.
90 points,
Stephen Tanzer's IWC, May 1999
Deep ruby-red. Plum and roasted nuts on the nose. Large-scaled, vinous and deep; thick fruit is given clarity by sound acidity. Very long and subtle on the finish, with serious but harmonious tannins. An outstanding second label, as good as most classified growths from St. Julien.
91 points,
Wine Spectator, January 2007
Beautiful aromas of currant, lightly toasted oak and perfume. Full-bodied, with chewy tannins and a tight finish. Still holding back.--'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2008.
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