Académie des Cinquante Claret Tasting

Restaurant De Zwethheul **, Schipluiden, Netherlands
Tasted Saturday, November 26, 2011 by Xavier Auerbach with 618 views

Flight 1 (4 Notes)

Flight 2 (4 Notes)

  • 1995 Château d'Issan 88 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    Fresh cabernet-sauvignon (75%) nose, elegant and fine, slightly vegetal, a little light and simple, bay. Nice though.

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  • 1995 Château Beychevelle 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

    Very beguiling on the nose, very elegant classic Saint-Julien, cedar and soft fruit, fully developed, light but transparant on the palate, slightly drying and short on the finish. Drink now.

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  • 1995 Château Gruaud Larose 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

    Power and weight as you'd expect, a complete wine, velvety tannins. Nice now - 2015

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  • 1995 Château Léoville Poyferré 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

    A relatively masculine style of Poyferré, not as exotic as the 1990, not as classical as the 1996, but still with a certain charm, a very complete wine and very 1995. Very high quality. Now - 2025.

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Flight 3 (3 Notes)

  • 1998 Château du Tertre 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    Fragrant, lovely pepperiness (33% CF), not a touch of hard tannin or vegetal notes, on the contrary charming and long. Now - 2015

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  • 1996 Château Giscours 85 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    Some elegance, typical 1996, light, drink up, not a shadow of more recent vintages.

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  • 1998 Château Kirwan 89 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    Quite big for a Margaux, the hand of Rolland noticeable, good concentration of fruit, nice touch of oak, plausible, lacks a certain aromatic persistence. Nice - in its way. Now - 2015.

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Flight 4 (3 Notes)

  • 1989 Château Cos d'Estournel 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

    Savoury, animalité, pencil, some concentration, no obvious 1989-charm, masculin, svelte tannins, fully developed. a touch simple for what it is.

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  • 1989 Château Margaux 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    A bottle a few years ago was magical - the sort that makes you understand why Friedrich Engels' answer to the question "What is the purpose in life?" was: "The bouquet of Château Margaux 1848". This bottle came nowhere near. A decent wine - if I may be so bold.

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  • 1996 Château Pontet-Canet 93 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Classic Pauillac, depth, structure, quite closed actually - will the fruit outlive the structure in this incredibly backward wine? If so 2016 - 2036 (or thereabouts).

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Flight 5 - Lunch (2 Notes)

  • 2009 Fritz Waßmer Spätburgunder Trocken 86 Points

    Germany, Baden

    Pleasant, sweet fruit, slightly lactic, not profound but a joy on its own slightly chilled and with a wonderful starter of dover sole, smoked eel, cucumber and beurre blanc.

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  • 1982 Château Carbonnieux 87 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Impériale. The first half of the big bottle was decanted into two magnum decanters. This made for a slightly tired wine, albeit alive. The second half was poured directly from the impériale and was much fresher, with lively fruit. A nice surprise. The rating applies to the second half.

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