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1955
Château Haut-Bailly (Pessac-Léognan)
Sublime, perfectly, mature, elegant, refined, and silky, with the aromatic profile of a cigar store with a truffle or two in the back, located next to an out of business flower store, the wine was effortless to drink. This was so good, we had to hold ourselves back, or the bottle would have been finished far too quickly. And isn’t that what all of the best wines share in common? Drink from 2025-2035. 88 Views Tasted Feb 10, 2025 |
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1950
Château Latour Grand Vin (Pauillac)
If you haven’t been knocked out by Chateau Latour, perhaps you’ve never tasted a 75 year old bottle! Ethereal aromatics got things started as soon as the cork was removed. Ruby tea in color, the currants, cassis, spice, cedar, and tobacco infused palate perfectly blended refinement, with a regal bearing. The patina from 8 decades of age created an incredible palate experience. This is not a wine to hold for more aging. Drink from 2025-2029. 94 Views Tasted Feb 10, 2025 |
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2007
Clos des Papes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Hedonistic, and online it! Rich, ripe, and lush, but spicy, sweet, meaty, and intense, with a perfume sporting aromas of smoked meat, herbs, property spices and black cherries, the wine finishes with waves of dark, ripe cherries and plums. Drink from 2025-2035. 569 Views Tasted Feb 7, 2025 |
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2001
Château Latour Grand Vin (Pauillac)
An elegant, refined, medium-bodied Latour relying on finesse to carry its nessage of cedar, cigar wrappers, flowers and black currants. The mouth feel is soft, enveloping the center of your palate with sweet currants, as it moves to its effortless finish. This is simply fabulous today, and it’s going to get even better over the next few years. Drink from 2025-2045. 333 Views Tasted Feb 7, 2025 |
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1982
Château Mouton Rothschild (Pauillac)
Epic is a fair word to use for this stunner. Of course, with all bottles of this age, provenance matters, and fortunately for us, this was perfect, as it was bought as a future by the owner! Opulent, long, and intense, the wine fills every nook and cranny of your palate with spicy, tobacco-tinged, ripe cassis and blackberries. There is length, width, balance, and character. Drink from 2025-2052. 160 Views Tasted Jan 23, 2025 |
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2014
Château Mouton Rothschild (Pauillac)
Reserved at the moment, but with patience, coaxing, and 3 hours of air, you begin to see its rich, Asian spice-filled, currants and dark fruit character shine through. I would wait a few more more years before popping a cork, or give it 4 hours of decanting before service. Drink from 2027-2055. 110 Views Tasted Jan 23, 2025 |
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1934
Château Canon (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Fading, but not faded, dried flowers, herbs, tobacco, and a metallic note show in the nose, before its red fruits appear. Light, and bright on the palate, with a spicy, crisp, piquant, red berry and olive finish, this is not bad for its age, but not a bottle to seek either. Drink from 2025-2025. 54 Views Tasted Jan 23, 2025 |
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1934
Château Trotanoy (Pomerol)
Holding on by a thread, and not much of a thread at that, the wine is more about its tertiary character, than its essence of red fruits, topped off with cinnamon, bunt leaves, and cigar box notes. Light on the palate, with just an essence of citrus and sharp, red berries, it is not a wine to seek. It has begun aging out. Drink from 2025-2025. 55 Views Tasted Jan 23, 2025 |
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1934
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou (St. Julien)
A very nice showing for a 90-year-old wine. the nose, with its cigar wrapper, cherry-pipe-tobacco, red plums, mint leaves, and cocoa are rockin'! The palate is equal to the task. Bright, as you would expect, there was a softness to the sweet cranberries, cloves, and herbs, with their cherry edge. There was some length, and refinement in the finish. 2025-2025. 60 Views Tasted Jan 23, 2025 |
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1934
Château (Margaux)
A super wine, and even better if I took its 90 years of age into consideration, this was a pleasure to enjoy. With the essence of cedar, cranberries, pipe tobacco, cigar box, and cassis in the perfume, that was quite the show. On the palate, the wine was as good, or better with its elegance, refinement, and charm, leaving you with ample silky, earthy, soft, red fruits that felt great, with their patina of age. Perfectly stored bottles like this... Drink from 2025-2034. 58 Views Tasted Jan 23, 2025 |
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2003
Château Léoville Poyferré (St. Julien)
No decanting needed here. Just, pop, pour, and enjoy all the ripe, round, lush, supple, black with red fruits and their opulent nature. There is no sensation of over ripeness, jam, or flabbiness. This is delivering pleasure in every sniff and sip. If you have a bottle, or two, or more, pop a cork and enjoy the ride. Drink from 2025-2035. 497 Views Tasted Jan 22, 2025 |
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2019
Château Grand Corbin-Despagne (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Looking for a superb wine that’s ready to drink today? And most importantly, it sells for a song! Look no further. This supple-textured, ripe, round, beauty is packed with licorice, sweet, ripe, red with black cherries, plums, and chocolate. It’s so easy to drink, I wish I had a second bottle! Drink from 2025-2039. 68 Views Tasted Jan 17, 2025 |
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2001
Château Cos d'Estournel (St. Estèphe)
Fully ready to go with no decanting. Medium/full bodied with a classic nose of black, with red currants, spice, herbs, tobacco and forest greenery. The wine starts off well on the palate, but fades too quickly, with a touch of dryness in the finish. Still, it is a nice wine, with Cos character and worth checking out. Drink from 2025-2035. 21 Views Tasted Jan 16, 2025 |
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2005
Château L'Evangile (Pomerol)
Before tonight, I never knew what chocolate, covered flowers smelled like, but, now I do! Add to the perfume, marine influences, spice, licorice, and plums, and you get the idea. On the palate, the wine is rich, deep, fresh, vibrant, and a bit structured, with a backbone to the fruit that is typical of the vintage. There is length, purity, and vibrancy. This is probably not going to be an opulently-styled Pomerol. It will always be on the intellectual side. Drink from 2025-2055. 332 Views Tasted Jan 13, 2025 |
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2009
Château La Fleur-Pétrus (Pomerol)
Flowers, truffle, chocolate red with black plums, and cherries with a touch of smoke in the perfume let you know you are in for a treat. However, the palate steals the show with its sexy, silky, elegant, polished, soft, and sweet display of fruits. A bit more density would have made this even better! If you have a bottle, it is already offering a show-stopping display of Pomerol. Drink from 2025-2050. 108 Views Tasted Jan 12, 2025 |
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1990
Château Trotanoy (Pomerol)
Opening with notes of truffle, smoke licorice, dried flowers, black cherries, and dark chocolate in the nose. The palate is silky, lush, and opulent, in short very Pomerolish, finishing with silky, vibrant, salt tinged, sweet black with red fruits, a touch of cocoa, and coffee bean. This is fully mature and ready to go. No decanting needed. Pop, pour, and enjoy. Drink from 2025-2035. 468 Views Tasted Jan 5, 2025 |
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2015
Château Brane-Cantenac (Margaux)
Smoke, tobacco leaves, roses, licorice, and a melange of cherries fill your nose with little effort. As good as the perfume is, the palate is even better. Rich, silky, vibrant, and soft, the touch of salt on the backend really adds to the wines layers of silky, round blackberries, cherries with a dash of chocolate that comes in at the end. At 10 tears of age, 2 hours in the decanter adds a lot to the wine. Drink from 2025-2055. 1,810 Views Tasted Jan 4, 2025 |
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1983
Château Palmer (Margaux)
The perfume is packed with Cuban cigars, smoke, licorice, blackberries and roses. The palate is equal to the nose with its waves of concentrated black fruits, spice, tobacco, cocoa, and touch of marine influences on the elegant, refined backend. No decanting needed. Drink from 2024-2040. 1,089 Views Tasted Dec 21, 2024 |
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1990
Château Léoville Las Cases (St. Julien)
90 is the best vintage of LLC for current consumption. The nose is striking, with its blend of black currants. dark red fruits, spices, cigar wrappers, and a hint of mint. The palate is also up to the task delivering a big mouthful of lively, peppery, chewy, currants in a refined mode that provides true staying power. Drink from 2024-2055. 2,397 Views Tasted Nov 28, 2024 |
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1982
Château Cos d'Estournel (St. Estèphe)
Refined in character, with loads of cigar box, spice, peppery herbs, black currants and a finish that tastes as good as it feels, this is a fabulous, fully-mature, Bordeaux wine at its peak. Drink from 2024-2035. 2,225 Views Tasted Nov 18, 2024 |
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1964
Château Lafleur (Pomerol)
Talk about a unicorn, 1964 Lafleur certainly fits that bill. Purchased from the original owner, this is simply off the hook! The nose hits you with tobacco, herbs, flowers, truffles, dusty cocoa, dried mint leaf, and bright, red plums. There is a depth of flavor that keeps coming. There is intensity, a wealth of flavor, and sensations with an exotic spin that is clearly not found in any other wine. This is a wine I hope to see again. Drink from 2024-2034. 1,746 Views Tasted Oct 13, 2024 |
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1904
Château Mouton Rothschild (Pauillac)
The color is similar to wine tea. Light in weight, yet, elegant, soft, and refined, it is more of a look at days gone by, than an amazing wine. Still, it had its charms and allowed us to consider this was 120 years and while light, and faded, it was a nice taste for 30-45 minutes. Drink from 2024-2025. 1,833 Views Tasted Oct 13, 2024 |
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1964
Vieux Château Certan (Pomerol)
This bottle was on fire from the moment the wine met the glass. Dried mint, flowers, truffles, forest floor, and sweet, ripe red fruits were everywhere. Silky, elegant, and with a depth of flavor that built and expanded on your palate. Fully mature, from a vintage that favored Pomerol, this is going to be hard to find, and provenance will matter, but if you can find a good source, probably an auction, grab them. Drink from 2024-2034. 2,097 Views Tasted Oct 13, 2024 |
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1955
Taylor (Fladgate) Vintage (Porto)
A majestic experience. This is everything a great aged Port should be. Lush, opulent rich, deep, and velvety, with layers of sweet, dark chocolate coated, spicy fruits that build and linger, There is warmth but, it is soothing warmth that tastes and feels great. This is a sip and linger bottle that I'd be happy to drink anytime. Drink from 2024-2045. 1,619 Views Tasted Oct 13, 2024 |
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1955
Château Canon-la-Gaffelière (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Dramatically better than my previous bottle, this gorgeous bottle served up dried flowers, cigar wrapper mint leaf, spice, smoke, and bright, red fruits. The silky finish kept on going. It was quite a surprise! Drink from 2024-2030. 1,321 Views Tasted Oct 13, 2024 |
