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Château d'Armailhac Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2000
Ratings on Delectable
Shay A 
Monthly WTF wine group night. Our theme was American oak vs French oak. All wines tasted blind. We started off with two bottles of bubbly and finished with two non-themed reds. Posting my review from a few months back as my experience was the exact same. Very ripe and integrated. Full spectrum of red and black fruit, cassis, pipe tobacco and worn saddle leather on the nose. Structure was still very solid with plenty of tannins at the finish to keep this upright. Round on the palate...dark cocoa dusted dates, roasted plum, cardamom and muddled raspberries. Drinking really well but will probably hold in this window for a few years.
Monthly WTF wine group night. Our theme was American oak vs French oak. All wines tasted blind. We started off with two bottles of bubbly and finished with two non-themed reds. Posting my review from a few months back as my experience was the exact same. Very ripe and integrated. Full spectrum of red and black fruit, cassis, pipe tobacco and worn saddle leather on the nose. Structure was still very solid with plenty of tannins at the finish to keep this upright. Round on the palate...dark cocoa dusted dates, roasted plum, cardamom and muddled raspberries. Drinking really well but will probably hold in this window for a few years.
9.2Shay A
Was only able to enjoy this at pop and pour and had to leave after half the bottle, but it didn’t need a lot of coaxing. Very ripe and integrated. Full spectrum of red and black fruit, cassis, pipe tobacco and worn saddle leather on the nose. Structure was still very solid with plenty of tannins at the finish to keep this upright. Round on the palate...dark cocoa dusted dates, roasted plum, cardamom and muddled raspberries. Drinking really well but will probably hold in this window for a few years.
Was only able to enjoy this at pop and pour and had to leave after half the bottle, but it didn’t need a lot of coaxing. Very ripe and integrated. Full spectrum of red and black fruit, cassis, pipe tobacco and worn saddle leather on the nose. Structure was still very solid with plenty of tannins at the finish to keep this upright. Round on the palate...dark cocoa dusted dates, roasted plum, cardamom and muddled raspberries. Drinking really well but will probably hold in this window for a few years.
9.2
Web Bond
Weak showing. Very industrial character. Snow goose medallions were the highlight.
Weak showing. Very industrial character. Snow goose medallions were the highlight.
8.7Web Bond
Unmistakable Pauillac character; only moderate depth, complexity; and more noticeable brett than I desire.
Unmistakable Pauillac character; only moderate depth, complexity; and more noticeable brett than I desire.
8.8Rachel Van Til
Got to taste this on amazing generosity. Tannins and structure softening enough to meld with the intense and powerful aroma and palate. Gorgeous.
Got to taste this on amazing generosity. Tannins and structure softening enough to meld with the intense and powerful aroma and palate. Gorgeous.
9.1
Nick Demos
Plenty of life left in this one. Could go another 10 years.
Plenty of life left in this one. Could go another 10 years.
9.4
Rob Lateiner
From mag: Brilliant wine. Ripe and elegantly extracted tannins. Dank Cabernet with a multitude of savory qualities that the new world could never achieve. Pungent nose, long smooth body. Light, gorgeous and perfectly balanced. Really taken aback. Concentrated and graphitey. Surprisingly long finish. Much, much better from magnum than a 750 consumed a week later.
From mag: Brilliant wine. Ripe and elegantly extracted tannins. Dank Cabernet with a multitude of savory qualities that the new world could never achieve. Pungent nose, long smooth body. Light, gorgeous and perfectly balanced. Really taken aback. Concentrated and graphitey. Surprisingly long finish. Much, much better from magnum than a 750 consumed a week later.
10
James Parker Huston, CWE
Sommelier Charlie Palmer
Great Value if you can find it.
Great Value if you can find it.
9.3
Pooneet Kant
A bit disappointing to be honest. Nice classic Bordeaux aromatics. But this was secondary at best, with a tragically short and lacking in complexity finish. I guess over the hill, but surprised for a properly stored wine of this caliber and vintage.
A bit disappointing to be honest. Nice classic Bordeaux aromatics. But this was secondary at best, with a tragically short and lacking in complexity finish. I guess over the hill, but surprised for a properly stored wine of this caliber and vintage.
8.8
Bruce Leboff
Drinking beautifully. No Rough edges well balanced and good fruit.
Drinking beautifully. No Rough edges well balanced and good fruit.
9.3
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