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Lisa Perrotti-Brown: Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Taillefer offers notes of baked plums and boysenberry preserves, giving way to suggestions of dried herbs, crushed rocks, and hoisin. The medium- to full-bodied palate delivers bright acidity with a lightly chewy texture and stewed black fruit flavors, finishing spicy. The blend is % Merlot. The alcohol is %."
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Falstaff: Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Rote Kirschen, zart blättrig, reife Zwetschken, Mandarinenzesten unterlegt. Saftig, reife Pflaumen, etwas Nougat, eine Spur weitmaschig, schokoladig im Nachhall, mittlere Länge."
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Vinum: Reiffruchtig, dunkle Beeren, eingekochte Kirschen; cremiger Gaumen, süsse Frucht, feinkörnige Tannine, finessenreiches, herb-fruchtiges Finale."
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Decanter: Liquorice and black fruit with some dried herbs and spiced aspects. Supple and nicely chewy, this is round and balanced, a hands-off style, with redcurrant acidity and spiced oaky tannins that give grip and quite firm edges. Not massively complex maybe but a good effort."
