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2004 La Conseillante (750ml)
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Available Quantity: 40
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Vintage: 2004
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Chateau La Conseillante
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Appellation: Pomerol
Producer: Chateau La Conseillante
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub-Region: Libournais
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Tasting note: This wine is as seductive as ever as far as aromas go, as well as very flavourful, finely fat and impossible to spit out. It ends with normal length, full of softness. Wait until 2009; drink before 2025. (90pts. Jean-Marc Quarin)
Tasted: April, 2006
Score: 90
Drink: 2009-2025
Tasting note: The 2004 La Conseillante has put on weight since I tasted it from barrel. Made in an atypically structured, tight style, the deep ruby/blue-tinged 2004 offers up sweet mulberry, cassis, licorice, and roasted herb aromas as well as flavors. This medium-bodied, moderately tannic effort will benefit from 1-3 years of cellaring, and should keep for 12-15 years. It is somewhat reminiscent of the 1999. This is a very good wine, but the 2005 and 2006 blow it away - qualitatively speaking! (89pts. Robert Parker)
Tasted: Jun. 2007
Score: 89
Drink: 2008-22
Tasting note: Red-ruby. Aromas of red cherry, violet and licorice, complicated by mint and tobacco; cooler than the '05 or 06 and more Burgundian in style. Suave and fresh but narrower than the subsequent vintages. Still, the tannins are ripe and easy rather than dry and the finish offers good persistence. This will make a tasty drink in four or five years. (88pts. Stephen Tanzer)
Tasted: May/Jun 2007
Score: 88
Drink: N/A
Tasting note: Perfumed and subtle, with blackberry, chocolate and light vanilla. Full-bodied, yet not a blockbuster, with wonderful, caressing mouthfeel and a medium-to-long finish. Balanced and refined. Best after 2010. 5,415 cases made. (92pts. JS, Wine Spectator)
Tasted: Mar. 31, 2007
Score: 92
Drink: After 2010
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