"Odedi"

9.2

It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday. Let's bring Merlot back!

Dark ruby in color with a reddish rim.

Great nose with red and black fruits, cedar, vanilla, leather, earth, chocolates, tobacco, spices, black pepper and black tea.

Full-bodied and elegant with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with black plums, cooked cherries, currants, vanilla, cola, cedar, licorice, chocolates, tobacco, herbs, spices and earth.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.

This is a delicious 20 year old Merlot from Bordeaux. Nicely balanced with a nice, soft mouthfeel. Rich and elegant with nice complexity.

Easy drinking and needs an hour of airtime to open up properly.

The 2004 was not a good vintage, but it is showing really well now.

Robert Parker 93 points.

Good by itself as a sipping wine, or with foods like game meats.

A blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc.

13.5% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$220. — 7 days ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

Lovely wine, just a tad far down the evolutionary road (guessed 1998).
Based on this bottle, I’d say drink up. — 19 days ago

Nichole Bosson

8.9

Recommended but just ok — a day ago

David Kline

9.8

Black with scant signs of bricking. Nose of forest after rain, ripe black cherry, black and blueberries, cedar, black pepper and violets. Full bodied, rich mouthfeel, with blackberry foremost, madura wrap, pepper, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, black cherry, walnut, currant, and blackened yam. This is a holiday in a bottle, at a perfect spot age wise, ridiculously resonant with a deep finish and long persistence. Open this one with family and friends and appropriate feast!


#chateaulebonpasteur #lebonpasteur #michelrolland #pomerol #2009 #grandvindebordeaux #bordeaux #rightbank #misenbouteilleauchateau #appellationpomerolcontrôlée — 5 days ago

with Courtney

Ron Siegel

9.4

Classy, polished with black fruit, spice, graphite & tobacco — 19 days ago

David J. H. Ruiz

9.5

8/29/2024: FAMILLE COLMAR
Réglisse (nez, bouche) — 15 days ago

Jan de Weerd

9.3

Nine year old right bank Bordeaux. Smooth, balanced supported by earthy forest floor notes. Nice complexity. — 3 hours ago

with Tammy

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.3

Bruised blue and opaque in appearance. Licorice, blackberry, faint oak on nose and palate. Full bodied, medium plus alcohol, dry as a bone. Medium plus acidity and gum drying tannins. This will round out and further develop with age. Excellent.

93+ points — 15 days ago

Lawrence Bernstein

9.1

9/24 - very deep with rich fruit 91 — 2 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Rich red & black fruits, cedar, leather, sweet on the palate with lots of spice & tobacco — a month ago