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Chateau Roc de Boissac Grand Vin de Bordeaux
Winery: Chateau Roc de Boissac Year: 2000 Type: Red Country: France (Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux) Grape Variety: Merlot and Cabernet Franc Note: Alcohol: 12.5% Mevushal: No Date Reviewed: 9/18/06
Color: 2.5 (of 3) Note: A beautiful and rich dark garnet color. This is just what a Bordeaux should look like.
Aroma: 6.5 (of 7) Note: Wonderful aromas of ripe black cherries, currants and blackberries teamed with subtle and soft cigar, oak and smoke scents. It's sophisticated and elegant in the very best Bordeaux tradition.
Taste: 6.5 (of 10) Note: Ouch! A wine with so much promise stumbles in the most important category, taste. It's medium-dry with nice tannins and light blackberry, cherry and tea flavors along with a nice, underlying nutty oak flavor. Sounds great, doesn't it? But there's a vinegar flavor running through it that hinders it badly. The long dry finish only serves to remind you of its unfulfilled potential. What a disappointment!
Total: 15.5 (of 20)
Food: I had it with spaghetti and meatballs. The meal was terrific and the wine had every opportunity to show itself but failed. Too bad!
Compare to : Chateau Le Breuil Renaissance Medoc Bordeaux Barons de Rothschild Haut Medoc Bordeaux Chateau Camplay Bordeaux Superieur Domaine du Castel Petit Castel
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