2011 d'Armailhac
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Tasting notes
Closed on the nose but the extrovert palate is absolutely full of fruit. Good concentration and length. Good quality this year.
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
More reviews and scores
The 2011 Château d'Armailhac has a mixture of red and black fruit on the nose, tobacco and graphite, a little more energy here compared to the 2011 Pontet Canet. The palate has a slight greenness on the entry, fine acidity, a bit angular in style with some attenuation on the tobacco and graphite finish. Tasted blind at the annual 10-Year-On tasting.
Tasted blind. Brett was called on this, but not by me. Deep garnet. Quite intense fruit, with fairly youthful fruit the dominant element. Then quite a bit of aggressive acid and tannin on the end. Not much fun but no obvious faults. (JR)
Not much nose. Juicy but not very ambitious. (JR)
About the producer
Ch. d’Armailhac is a Pauillac Fifth Growth owned by the Rothschilds, who also own Ch. Mouton Rothschild. Lavished with the same attention to detail and having benefitted from extensive investment in recent years, this estate can offer brilliant value in comparison to its First Growth sibling.