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Magdelaine (Ex Chateau) 2006
HED35782
75 cl
13.5%
£95.00
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Château Magdelaine is now part of Château Bélair-Monange and its very last vintage was produced in 2011. The 2006 is one of the château’s final releases before the merge. It is a thoroughly pleasant cuvée, with a medium body, overripe berry fruit and a chocolate character. The tannins are soft and the finish silky.
88 Vinous
Ruby-red. Very dark aromas of medicinal black cherry and licorice. Supple and moderately sweet but a bit youthfully bound-up. Flavors of black cherry, dark chocolate and licorice are currently shortened by the wine's building tannins. Does it have enough mid-palate stuffing?Stephen Tanzer1st May 2007
85 Robert Parker
Tasted at Bordeaux Index`s annual 10-Year On tasting in London. I was not particularly enamoured by the 2006 Château Magdelaine from barrel, so after ten years, the question remains...was I too mean? Maybe. That said, I find the aromatics here more diffuse than the 2006 Canon-la-Gaffelière, missing Magdelaine`s usual cohesion and finesse. The palate is stocky, brittle in the mouth with dry tannin, tarry red berry fruit, a dash of white pepper with quite an austere finish. While I accept that I may have been harsh in barrel all those years ago, fact is, there are far superior wines from this "discontinued" estate out there. Tasted January 2016.
- Neal Martin
- Neal Martin
16.5 Jancis Robinson
Ah Magdelaine! A relic… Blackish ruby. Light, interesting, rather vegy, fragrant nose. Appetising. Mouth-filling with great succulent structure and there is more fruit here in the battle with the tannins than most. Rather charming. Attractive liveliness. (JR)
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