2003 Maucaillou
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Displaying oak notes as well as sweet fruit, this medium-bodied 2003 is best drunk over the next 5-7 years.
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Reddish crimson. Sweet gamy notes on the nose. And then very marked acidity on the palate. Strange wine – not wholly integrated or balanced. A bit of a trial to taste really. Will probably always have quite intrusive tannins. Gripping astringency on the finish (JR)
Full red-ruby. Blackberry, kirsch and flowers on the superripe nose. Sweet and plump in the mouth, with slightly medicinal flavors of dark berries, shoe polish and mint. Offers more texture than real flavor today, but not bad. Finishes with dusty, slightly dry tannins.
Displaying oak notes as well as sweet fruit, this medium-bodied 2003 is best drunk over the next 5-7 years. Apr 2006, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Owned by the négociant Dourthe, this Moulis property has 87 hectares of vines today (with 67 added by Philippe Dourthe since 1967). Managed and made by an expert team, the quality here is hardly surprising.