BdX 01/04

Oslo
Tasted Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by LWI with 970 views

Flight 1 (4 Notes)

Flight 2 (5 Notes)

Flight 3 (4 Notes)

  • 2004 Château Montrose Flawed

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

    Corked

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  • 2001 Château Montrose 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

    Sweet and deep dark berry fruit, that still has something civilized; good intensity throughout the taste curve until the middle, then it tails off a bit too quickly. Later in the evening it grew and the curve became more complete. Fresh and intense.

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  • 2004 Château Haut-Brion 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Dark fruit, some sweetness and spices; a tad short for its class, good intensity, fairly tannic. Some iron and earth after a while. Still a bit closed?

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  • 2004 Château Margaux 93 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    Dark, wonderful fruit, some smoke mixed with sweetness; dark fruit, soft and forthcoming, still a lot of tannins under the fruit, fresh. A very up-front wine that showed more of itself than any of the young first-growths this evening.

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Flight 4 (4 Notes)

  • 2004 Château Mouton Rothschild 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Coffee, blackcurrants, pencil shaves, smoke; coffee in the mouth, wonderful balance, underlying complexity, intense. Great! However, I did find that its development in the glass was nopt too positive, perhaps it did actually fade bit.

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  • 2001 Château Mouton Rothschild 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Coffee and earth, some smoke and dark berries; more berry fruit in the mouth, but also some dirt, i.e. some not entirely clean, fairly good acid, a lot of tannin. The finish is wanting a bit, though.

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  • 2004 Château Latour Grand Vin 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Most subdued, anonymous smell. Concluded that it must have been closed and did let it rest in the glass for some hours. Becomes a bit more open after a while with some tobacco and graphite. Very difficult to tell its future. 90-95

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  • 2001 Château Lafite Rothschild 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Coffe, elegance, and graphite; good intensity, elegant, wonderful structure – but very, very young.

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Flight 5 (2 Notes)

  • 2003 Château Rieussec 85 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    Volatile acidity, some marzipan; a bit thin, sweetish, but lacking acidity for my taste, some spices.

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  • 2003 Château d'Yquem 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    Flowers and spices, fresh; fairly good intensity and freshness, on the moderate side of sweetness, light on its feet, good balance. Lacking power and intensity.

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Closing

Overall the 04's showed better than the 01's. Several of the 1er crus were actually too young to be meaningfully assessed, at least by me.

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