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2016

Château de la Dauphine Fronsac

Tasted 14 October 2019 Libournais · Fronsac

Surprisingly powerful for such a base model Bordeaux. Some booze and a fairly dusty tannic spine needed some air to shake off a bit of astringency on the initial Coravin pour. However, once it stretched its legs some,…

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2016

Château de la Dauphine Fronsac

Libournais · Fronsac

Seemingly shut down and strikingly less exuberant than its flashier showing back in 2019. Best advice is to leave this alone for a few years. It's a $20 buck chuck (or 'Charles' I suppose, since we…

Reviewed 2 February 2022
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