Ch�teau d'Armailhac Ch�teau d'Armailhac

Mature fruit, with more acidity than I expected. Great balance, nice flavor.

2008 vintage

Brief notes. Very good and now well developed tertiary aromas of tobacco. Just lacked a little intensity. Wish I'd opened this a few hours before dinner and taken a proper while I had time to concentrate.

2008 vintage

Schwarze Tinte, nur am �u�ersten Rand etwas ins Karminrot auslaufend. Sehr, sehr krasse Tannine, die erstmal wirklich alles zukleistern im Mund. Dahinter dann Streichholz, speckiges Leder und schwarze Johannisbeere, das sind hier die Aromen in der ersten Halbzeit, die ziemlich lange pr�sent bleiben im Mund, deswegen denke ich, da steckt mehr dahinter. Mal sehen, was auf der B�hne geboten wird, wenn sich der Vorhang �ffnet. T+2h Vorhang weiterhin zu. Cassis, Zigarrentabak, ordentlich schwarzer Pfeffer. Etwas samtiger wird das. Long way …

2008 vintage

Medium-dark to dark ruby red with pinkish, orange rim. Blackcurrant, cassis, dark plum, liquorice, black truffle, floral, cedar, tobacco, cedar and black pepper. Medium-full to full bodied, medium-high acidity, medium-high tannin, medium to medium-high structure, medium alcohol and long finish. Complex, energetic and well-balanced. Wine still youthful despite 17 years. Tertiary notes had just begun to emerge. Wine had good acidity and aromatic. I recommend to let it breathe for at least 2 hours.

2008 vintage

Erfreulich dicht und lang.

2008 vintage

More concentrated than a typical 2008. No rush to drink. 23%, cork.

2008 vintage

Proper claret starting to show tertiary character. Medium weight, 2008 is not a big vintage. D�armailhac is classy claret nowadays. Drinking well now. 13%, cork.

2008 vintage

Using this wine as an example, I will tell you how important it is to drink wine at the right temperature. I always have a problem with this, it was similar here because the wine was too cold and the first sip was mainly high acidity and very little fruit. How did I deal with it? I simply took the glass in my hands and warmed it for about 5 minutes and a miracle happened. The acidity decreased significantly and …

2008 vintage

Cooler profile cabernet - smoke, india ink, bell peppers. Good glass of wine. Nicely mature, ageing well, still has plenty of life.

2008 vintage

Dark red / ruby color. Clear. Soft, integrated tannins. Medium acidity. Nose of leather, cigar box, and mushrooms in addition to the dark cherry and plums. Balanced fruit flavors typical of Bordeaux. An excellent example of this vintage. This wine will not get better so i suggest drinking sooner rather than later, though it�s balance will assure that it is still good for 5 more years at least.

2008 vintage

L�r, tobakk, cedertre, kirseb�r. Bra lengde og fylde.

2008 vintage

375 at Bouchon . Opens up after an hr~. Good and enjoyable now. Has a few more years.

2008 vintage

Consistent with previous note, perhaps not a special occasion wine, but a lovely glass of classic claret. Red plums, cigar box, medium bodied with clean acidity.

2008 vintage

From a 375mL Initially sexy rolled tobacco and red fruits, this moved more towards cigar and earthy mature flavors with air. Compared to many other 2008 Pauillacs drank recently from 375 mLs, this seems more mature and in the secondary zone. I think it is peaking now for my taste and I wouldn't hold bottles much longer.

2008 vintage

I enjoyed this a great deal. Opened a couple of hours prior but not decanted. As observed previously, it has the 2008 character of more savoury cool notes of dead leaves, coal, ink, rather than lush fruit, but it�s dense and not at all green or bitter. Quite serious. Drinking well.

2008 vintage

Restaurant Zoldering Amsterdam-celebrating their Michelin star: 375 ml, a lovely deep and ripening colour, I guessed and guessed and thought Gevrey, finally I went from the right bank to the left. The wine misses some personality, but is very gentle and friendly, still with flowers in the bouquet and a slightly elevated citrus. The citrus shows on a gentle way the vintage '08. The finish is persistent and quite long and completely balanced.

2008 vintage

On opening it has an immediate heady cigar box and cedar nose - an intersection between secondary and tertiary characters. On the palate it�s very structured - wet rocks and bell peppers - you can tell it lacks the full fruit of a ripe vintage, but has firm four square acid and tannins. That said it�s entirely classical and the fruit, muted though it is, is still silky. For lovers of old fashioned claret perhaps. No hurry to drink.

2008 vintage

From 375mls with a crumbly cork. Bricking on rim. Inviting sweet, ripe plum nose with a dash of cedar. Very smooth but a bit short initially but widens with air time. This has seen more lively days but it�s smooth texture makes for easy, good drinking and there is enough complexity to show off its pedigree.

2008 vintage

Cassis, plum and dark cherry. Oak of vanilla and herb. Medium tannis and low alcohol. Sweetness is medium. Less complexity and body compared to 2009 that I have tried months back.

2008 vintage

Bouchonn�e!

2008 vintage

perfect timing, good fruit great finish

2008 vintage

Not the good display for d'Armailhac in 2008, classic Pauillac profiles but not complex, some minerals with some mints, herbaceous med+ acidity, med+ finishing. Try again in 3-5 years when tannin soften out

2008 vintage

Solb�r, grafitt, murstein. Medium fylde og lengde, litt lav p� kompleksitet.

2008 vintage

A big wine, this bottle was much better than my first. Dark and brooding, with fruit and tertiary flavors.

2008 vintage

A good claret; on the dense, concentrated side, up the more herbaceous end of things (cool wet leaves, blackcurrant leaf) with a bit of chewiness on the tannins.

2008 vintage

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