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Chateau D’Armailhac 5eme Cru
-- Internet: -- Parker: The finest d’Armailhac I have tasted to date, the 2009 is largely Cabernet Sauvignon (60%) blended with a big wallop of Merlot (25%) and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Its dense purple color is followed by a big, sweet kiss of asphalt, black currants, mocha, barbecue smoke, cedar and spice. This medium to full-bodied, well-made, impressively endowed Pauillac should drink well for 20+ years. 92/100 -- NM: This has a fragrant, perfumed nose with a Margaux-like personality. Taut blackberry and bilberry fruit, good definition, coiled up aromatics, becoming stonier with aeration, good minerality coming through, perhaps stricter than recent vintages of d’Armailhac. The palate has a very smooth entry, supple tannins, citric acidity, very pure and generous, lovely sense of refinement towards the tannic, blackberry, stony finish. Perhaps a little more conservative at this stage, the oak is bound to buff it up by time of bottling. 91-93/100 -- RG: Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Warmes, wohlig ausströmendes Bouquet, viel Pflaumen und Dörrfrüchte, Kakao und eine Prise Mokka, aber nur wenig Beerenfrische. Rahmiger Gaumen, viel Souplesse, wirkt burgundisch und ähnelt sehr dem 89er, ist aber bedeutend konzentrierter. 18/20 -- PM: Dörrobst, Kräuterwürze, schokoladiger Touch, facettenreich. Elegant, feine Tannine, frisch strukturiert, reife dunkle Beerenfrucht, harmonisch, mineralischer Nachhall, gutes Potenzial, Schokolade im Rückgeschmack. 92-94/100-- WS: Love the minty, floral and dark berry aromas to this young wine. Full-bodied, with supe fine and polished tannins. Long and racy. Wonderful texture. Perhaps the best d'Armailhac ever. 60 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 24 percent Merlot, 14 percent Cabernet Franc and 2 percent Petit Verdot. 91-94/100
