A 100 evening - Marc and Martin turn 100

Martin's House
Tasted Sunday, February 23, 2014 by G_H with 509 views

Flight 1 (1 Note)

Flight 2 (4 Notes)

  • 2009 Clos Fourtet 93 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    Cinnamon, oak, vanilla nice sweetness, very warm nose, nice length and great mouthfeel

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  • 2009 Château Smith Haut Lafitte 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Truly awesome wine, cassis, licorice, mashed potatoes, truffles, very sumptuous, full-bodied, beautifully smooth and long!

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  • 2010 Clos Saint Jean Châteauneuf-du-Pape Deus-Ex Machina

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    Initially rated 90 points blind, then increased to 93 with more air, but far off a perfect wine. Very sweet, cherry candy, sunday roast, sweet-and-salty notes, licorice, boysenberries, a hint of rubber, quite alcoholic and quite some bitterness, very very long, super powerful, but at this stage it's just not very harmonious and feels disjointed. Is it just this bottle or the way the wine develops?

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  • 2009 Château Clinet 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    Black-pudding, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, sunday roast, cedar wood, leather, very elegant, very long, very beautiful wine!

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Flight 3 (2 Notes)

  • 2001 Château Rieussec 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    Apricot, saffron, almonds, vanilla, a hint of rubber, nice length, the essence of sauternes!

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  • 1946 Bodegas Toro Albala Don PX Convento Selección 96 Points

    Spain, Andalucía, Montilla-Moriles

    This wine is incredible, massive, crazy fat and rich all without being sticky or too sweet.

    Dried figs, rose water, dried fruit bread, bergamot, and boy all that umami! The most distinct thing however is the smell of the 'Vasa Museum', a museum in Stockholm, where an old ship is exhibited. When you enter there is this amazing and distinctive smell of very old wood and wax.

    Crazy elegant and very very long.

    On the downside: I hate that they put on the label an extract of the parker-Review and that the wine got 100 points, that just feels cheap!

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