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2006 Clos du Marquis Bordeaux Blend
Bordeaux Blend: 375ml
$27.99
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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 9290 points,
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2009
As usual, the second wine, the 2006 Clos du Marquis, exhibits a character similar to the grand vin, but it is a more fruit-forward effort with sweeter tannins, and a more precocious, evolved personality. With super intense black cherry and cedary notes intermixed with hints of licorice and barrique, this deep, medium to full-bodied, velvety-textured wine is ideal for consumption over the next 15+ years.
Shaun Bishop, JJ Buckley, April 2007
Very dark in the glass, and this translates well into the intense depth of concentrated fruits on the palate. While pretty and floral on top, this is a refined, supple wine with great depth and fantastic length of palate. Like it more than the 05.
90 points,
Stephen Tanzer's IWC, June 2009
Bright, full ruby-red. Ripe aromas of blackberry, kirsch, cedar and sexy oak. Rich, broad and pliant, with chewy, vibrant flavors of black fruits and licorice. This boasts excellent texture and depth for a second wine. Finishes with substantial dusty, fine tannins and excellent length. A serious and full vintage for Clos du Marquis, but less forbidding now that it's in bottle than a sample I tried from barrel last spring. 90 points
92 points,
Wine Spectator, March 2009
Offers violet and blackberry on the nose, with tar. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a fruity, minerally aftertaste. Long and silky. Very serious for the vintage. Best after 2013. -JS
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