Tasting Notes 57 found

A little musty at first, and some think corked- for one second I agree, but then can’t find TCA on revisit. Some slightly anemic black plum fruit, cigarbox heading towards ashtray, drinkable but not for long. Like many Margaux, think stronger in ‘83 than ‘82. B- (848 views)

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The wine looks garnet colored. It smells like blackberry, forest floor, toast and cedar. (852 views)

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I also thought this bottle was off, too, but not so bad I couldn’t drink it (1113 views)

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DnP. Beautiful brick coloured, 4.5. Lively bouquet, pencil, cedar box, herbal, classic mature left bank. Impeccable balance, tannins resolved, acidity to keep freshness, elegant, long finish. Drink now - onwards. This bottle was really singing (1111 views)

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Christmas lunch with the wine ark boys (Porcine, Oxford Street): Leather, earth, cedar, mushroom, dark hued fruit, sweet spice. Medium plus intensity acidity, fruit tea, fleshy, fresh, red and black fruits, slightly grippy floury textured tannins, long and lovely. (1418 views)

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Aged blackberry, damp cigar box; balanced, and still alive; good presence and good length; some fruits remaining; somewhat restrained, and not particularly dynamic, but quite good and enjoyable still (939 views)

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Same batch as my last bottle and same condition. Cork was depressed and moldy at the top under the capsule. Soaked most of the way but came out in one peice.
Double decanted for sediment about 90 min before drinking. The wine was in great shape and I would say drinking slightly better than my last bottle. Color is showing it’s age,med/pale garnet in color. Very mature and yes, fading, berry fruit. Old worn leather, slate, some mild barn funk. Easy to drink, tannins nearly gone, acid in balance, no detectable alcohol. Perfect on its own or with a beef hotpot. Still enough flavor and structure to stand up to the food. Classic. (2982 views)

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DnP. Medium light garnet red, yellow rim, 4.5. Classic elegant left bank bouquet, cedar, pencil. Harmonious elegant on the palate, resolved tannins, medium acidity, wonderfully balanced, long elegant dry finish. Drink now - onwards. In perfect balance so no hurry (1431 views)

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I really lucked out with this one. Capsule was damaged and moldy over the cork, label was scruffy. But fill was decent and no seepage and the price was right so I took a chance.
Cork was in decent shape under the mold and soaked halfway through. The wine itself was a bit musty on PnP (not corked) which blew off after a few minutes. Lovely nose of all the classic Bordeaux, leather, tobacco, savory, still a hint of red fruit. Similar on the palate. Gained weight over a few hours and continued to drink well on day two. Tannins have melted away but still some good acidity. I thoroughly enjoyed this bottle but it may have been too ‘tertiary’ for some. I have one more and I hope it drinks as well. (3131 views)

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(11/14/20) The second of two 750ml bottles purchased at retail from a local merchant/auction house and opened alongside a 1983 Cantemerle.

This du Tertre had a very top shoulder fill and a fully-soaked, mushy cork. It had good color, but despite this, it was a complete goner. There was just nothing there anymore—nothing on the nose except a little canned asparagus and nothing much on the palate except a little mushroom. No tannins and almost no acid or fruit.

I suppose this could have been corked. I’ve experienced that peculiar expression of cork taint, where the TCA simply mutes everything, but I think this was just well past its use-by date. Either way, it was down the drain for this bottle. No Score. (The Cantemerle, by the way, turned out to be a very nice old bottle. See note.) (1887 views)

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(6/12/20) From a 750ml bottle with a fill that was well into the neck, one of two bottles purchased from a Chicago retail and auction house about a year ago. This bottle was stood upright for twenty-four hours prior to opening. There was a slight bulge in the capsule, but when the foil was removed, the cork was revealed to be raised only about 1-2 millimeters; there was no sign of past seepage, and there was very little mold present.

The cork came out clean and in one piece and was soaked all the way up. The initial taste prior to decanting revealed a very light-bodied, mature wine with medium acidity, very fine, dusty tannins, and a little red fruit. The sediment that was removed during decanting was very fine, and only about 1.5 inches of wine was unrecoverable, leaving about two teaspoons of sediment. The wine was double decanted, and showed pale salmon colored while flowing through the neck of the decanter. We poured off two glasses and the rest of the wine was immediately doubled decanted, vacuum sealed and refrigerated.

In the glass, the wine showed bright ruby with a medium-wide garnet rim and revealed very light red fruit that would come and go and was buried deep within the overriding tertiary notes. The same was true of the palate, which was very lightly concentrated. The acidity remained medium, giving this wine a nice juiciness and a surprisingly decent finish for such a light wine. The tannins were still present, and although they were mostly resolved, they provided some texture to the mouthfeel. With the exception of the fact that this wine was very light on fruit, everything was relatively well balanced.

Overall, this was a pleasant old wine. There is no question that this bottle was well past its peak plateau. If it were left much longer, it would almost certainly become entirely tertiary sooner rather than later. It will be interesting to see what the other bottle, which also has a fill well into the neck, is like. I’ll open it soon; 12% abv. (**/14.5/85) (1925 views)

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The cork was not in good shape. There's a lot of sediment in between the capsule and the cork. There is some leakage over the times and the wine that leak out had become like sawdust or gun powder look alike. The wine is still drinkable and had black fruit, cedar, toast within medium- tannin and acidity. Given the condition of my bottle, I should drink them up all during the Covid lock down. (1946 views)

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From my cellar with also a bottle of the '96. Excellent condition-all tannin's resolved. Beautiful perfume, lilac. What a treat (2362 views)

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Fresh and alive. Pretty fruit and has it all.
92+ (2225 views)

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Drank Valentines Day 2019, savory and smooth, typical Bordeaux musky with low tannics and some nice acidity. Our cork was almost pink through, but the wine was still very good. We only decanted for maybe 15 minutes and had with steak, really enjoyed it. I would drink now, though (2134 views)

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The wine looks violet colored. The legs are slow. There is heavy sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry. The body is medium. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes short. The wine has low acidity. (2408 views)

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Popped in poured tonight. Pretty extensive bricking. Moderate settlement. Lots of Earthiness with notable phenolics, Some tobacco and wet earth here. Very muted tertiary duskiness to it. While not offensive this was fun to drink for posterity as qpr 82 Bordeaux. A different wine than the last one I had years ago, As this one was a little more tired. To be fair we drink this along side a 99 Dunn and a 2014 Schrader, completely on the other end of the spectrum. (2876 views)

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Cellared since arrival. Improved for about 45 minutes and did not fade. Sediment tight and easily decanted. Color slightly faded but not brown and bouquet still strong. Fully mature and taste of berries present. A nice still full bodied Bordeaux That had clearly peaked It is clearly near peak but should noy improve (3439 views)

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There was still nice life left in this well-cellared bottle for which I paid $11.99 in 1987. Those were the good old days! (3617 views)

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Prune, tamarind, and little cherry cola... over the hill by a step but interesting nonetheless. A little clove and rotten basil/garden dirt on the finish (4239 views)

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Bottom of neck fill, corroded capsule. Cork was soaked through, broke apart on open but was extracted without cork residue dropping into the bottle. Alas while drinkable with some good interesting minerality remaining in the palete, there was little fruit left and the finish leaves an odd aftertaste. (4615 views)

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Nice bordeaux nose but way over the hill. Hardly any fruit or body left. Wood, oak, and earth predominate. Plenty of acidity and bite. (5591 views)

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over hill vegetal and dry (5356 views)

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The nose was nice with some sweet oak (cedar?) and cigar box aromas at the open. After decanting in glass for 15~20 minutes, some sort of plum aromas (somewhat in between dark fruit and red fruit) came out. The palate is very smooth with all tannin completely dissolved. One minor is that there is a very light spicy/alcoholic hint at the swallow (very very light). The after taste is long with a moderate mineral aftertaste. I like this wine a bottle. Good that I still have one bottle left. 5+12+17+8=92pts. (5252 views)

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showed past peak, with lots of savory notes. (6050 views)

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Well past peak (4142 views)

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Past peak. Bricked color, super funky barnyard nose. Very earthy. Black olive skin overtones. Classic Bordeaux flavor profile. (5572 views)

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Surprisingly this wine got better over about 4 hours. Funky, dirty, and aged wine nose, some VA, and some coffee. Taste was all faded black fruits, earth, burnt caramel, with a nice finish. Better with food. Past peak so drink up.

Tasted at the DC/NOVA offline (3540 views)

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January 2013 CT Northern Virginia Off-Line "The Inaugural" (AngryPrez's home, Falls Church VA): On pouring, this had what our tasting group quickly labeled as "old wine stink" (and we approved.) That stink gave way to an earthiness. The color was more orange/amber than the brown I was expecting. There wasn't much fruit left but the earthy notes on the palate were interesting and I got a tiny hint of coffee which others found to be more pronounced. All in all, I very much enjoyed it - but you have to really prefer your wine on the older side to like this one. Drink up either way, as its best years are behind it. (3722 views)

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delightful. Still some nice berry fruit with lots of minerality (3466 views)

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dark fruit, leather, tar, but little acid (3307 views)

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Black pepper. Red Cherries cassis. Blue berries. So good so good! (3242 views)

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Judgment of Singapore: Part 2 - Riesling and Cabernet (Ubin Seafood, Sin Ming Indistrial Estate): This was another wine that was slightly off its peak, but it was very good nonetheless. We had another really nice nose here showing lots of sous bois character, with notes of wilted flowers and wet leaves, mossy earth and savoury meaty aromas, along with little drifts of tobacco, cigar and cassis fruit. Undoubtedly Bordeaux, as was the delicious palate. Here, there was still lots of juicy acidity swirling around wonderfully pure flavours of cassis and blueberries. It was perhaps just a bit hollow on midpalate, maybe not quite as strong as you would expect from a 1982 Margaux classed growth, but it was so silky and resolved and integrated that it remained such a delight to drink. I really enjoyed this. It may have been better a few years back, but it was certainly still very yummy on the night. Group #3 of 10. (4260 views)

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One of the best bottles of wine I have had in some time. Perfectly balanced, tannins full resolved, all components integrated -- a poster child for aged Bordeaux. Cork was soaked, but intact, only mild bricking. Deep, beautiful palate. I had this wine 3 years ago, and I was concerned then that the wine was at prime. Could be bottle variation, but as good as that bottle was, this one was better. Also, no decanting, let it breathe for about 30min -- did not need more.

Wish I had more. Wow. (3959 views)

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Light ruby with tea colors, the wine offers truffle, tobacco, cedar, cassis and cherry scents. Medium bodied, this is fully mature and needs to be drunk up. (4113 views)

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Cork showed seepage throughout length, but wine was not obviously damaged. Opened 2 hours before serving and decanted 1 hour before serving. Still dark brick, showing age at the edges; good legs. Pleasant nose. Bright cherry and berry flavors at the beginning, but fading within the hour with little of the liveliness exhibited after the first 30 minutes. Structure has not survived this much time in the bottle. Still a pleasant wine with no flaws (suggest drinking soon after opening and decanting), but its obvious early strengths remain only as remnants and mostly memories at this stage. (4168 views)

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Fill was top shoulder. A bit of mold atop the cork - which unfortunately broke while opening - but no signs of seepage. Enjoyable but tannins are virtually gone. Liz joked that it reminded her of a wine cooler.You can see where this would have been a stellar wine at some point in its past. I would not purchase another unless the bottles was stored exceptionally well and in pristine condition. (4144 views)

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1982 Bordeaux tasting; 11/5/2010-11/6/2010 (Bremen, Germany): Still in great form, much better than expected. tobacco, herbs, dark sweet fruit. (6517 views)

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typical 30 year old claret appearance, modest nose, round, with some fruit and a nice finish. But overall a disappointment for a 1982 Bordeaux. (4885 views)

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Pretty wine with silky tannins, tar and cedar. (4506 views)

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DOA, as much as I tried to coax it back to life. (4255 views)

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Open and poured straight away, beaughtiful colour and typical Margaux smell. Took about 10 min for the wine to open up in the glass and then faded after another 30min in the glass. Beautiful wine but definately drink now! (4844 views)

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kicking back on a thursday night (my place): nose: lovely and balanced nose filled with leather, cedar, dark red cherries, bits of cassis, dried florals and a touch of spice box and a bit of barnyard tones as well

taste: demure and medium bodied with soft tannins and medium acidity with pretty tones of red cherries, dried florals, spice box, leather and cedar tones underneath. It gained a bit of weight the longer it was open

overall: This was decanted for sediment and drank right away. The cork was soaked and I wasn't able to get it out in one piece. There was noticeable bricking on it while having a light ruby color. This was a real lovely and mature margaux that screamed margaux when smelling and tasting it (4877 views)

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starting down hill. Nice but not great. Kinda thin. (4738 views)

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Lovely mature Margaux. Fully integrated fruit and soft tannins, delicate almost. Obviously stored with care over the years. Showing its age a little. As others noticed, the cork was wet wet almost to the top and slightly , but without leakage and seemingly without any negative effect. Still fine, but probably should be consumed before too long. (4819 views)

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This was a beautiful wine. Perfect mix of sous- bois and dried fruit/floral notes. Ruby color with a bricking rim. Nose of forest floor, loam, a little barnyard, dried strawberries, and cassis. Dried floral element on the palate as well as dried red berry fruit, leather. Medium acidity. Tannin structure very silky smooth. Wonderful wine, I wish I had more than the one bottle. (4951 views)

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Wow. was this was a pleasant surprise. Nice color, no serious bicking noted.. Opened for about 15-20 minutes before drinking. Agreed with all the previous TNs on CT that this had lots of life in it.. very much kicking from the opening on.. It did open up some though after about 45 minutes. Nice balance of fruit on nose with earthiness, red and darker fruits noted.. a little peppery with some leather noted on the mid palate.. The tannis were there but very fine, with a nice velety mouthfeel. Finish was lengthy. A great style of wine.. We were able to share with the Som and our servers too.. Good appreciation of this bottle... The sediment was there but not more than expected.. All in all this was a very fun and enjoyeable bottle.. Hail to 1982... (5126 views)

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To borrow a sports metaphor, this bottle is in its prime. Perfectly smooth, no rough edges whatsoever. Moreover, it still has considerable flavor remaining. The tannins are fully resolved (as one might expect), and the fruit has integrated beautifully. Nose not all that strong, but its great going down :-).
The cork was wet almost to the top, but there was problem with leakage and so forth. I can't imagine that more time will do this bottle any good. It might stand up for a few more years, but I see no reasons to do this. I have another and I will be drinking it relatively soon.
This an excellent aged Bordeaux that has not faded.

Also, I would not decant this wine. I let it breathe for about 30-45 min, which seemed to be enough. After this, it continued to open through the meal, but I had the sense that a big decant would knock out too much of the flavor. (4932 views)

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Light, fully mature, old aromas but perfectly vital, not tired at all. (3118 views)

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Richer in color than the 1983. A more complex nose showing a little dust with sweeter fruit. A much smoother finish that is integrated without the heat. (5038 views)

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Académie des Cinquante Bordeaux visit; 10/3/2007-10/6/2007: Un vieux monsieur, 1982-richness, raisins and brown sugar, ripe and round but fine and elegant too, technically over-the-hill but a nice drink. (4154 views)

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2/18/2007: Very nice. Still has fruit and style and tannin. Much better after an hour in decanter. Still has legs. (5583 views)

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Second of 4 WC bottles. This cork was also completely saturated and depressed, but there was no leakage currently present. Showed really well. A nice earthy, floral nose with more red than black fruits. Bits of game and spice and a touch of leather. Medium finish. Nicely aged Bord. (5828 views)

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Good dark plum fruit, but after a while a less than pleasing roasted note came out. Still, ok, but drink up now. (5950 views)

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Académie des Cinquante Du Tertre / Giscours Tasting (Hostellerie van Gaalen, Heeze, the Netherlands): Fully mature, clear 1982 character, relatively low acidity, "older" than the Giscours 1982, drink up. (2361 views)

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RED BROWN ON THE EDGE. EARTHINESS AND LICORICE IN THE AROMA WITH LICORICE, BLACKBERRY, AND RASPBERRY FLAVORS. MEDIUM LENGTH FINISH (1239 views)

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Tasting of 10 Cabernets 1978-1982. Was unloved by even the Francophiles in the room. One dimensional, rich cabernet fruit that clearly was French on the nose, new, fresh, young fruit in the mouth, high acid and hot finish, was not my style. Maybe time and prayers will help. My #10 and Group #9. (1631 views)

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