4x4 - Mini Tastings

Tasted Saturday, June 30, 2018 by canan with 190 views

Introduction

All wines were served blind.

Flight 1 (4 Notes)

Flight 2 (3 Notes)

The 3 wines in this heat were used to make a blend of the infamous Rudi version of Mouton Rothschild 1945. We were led to believe that we were tasting a rare bottle that not that this experiment were going on.
The Mouton 1945 was made of 25% Cos 88, 25% Palmer 90 and 50% Abreu.
It was a very strange experiment but it actually showed an aged Bordeaux wine with clear signs of age but also lots of fruit depth. Very interesting and fun to try :-)

We started with the Mouton 45 and were afterwards told the truth about the experiment. Afterwards we got to try to other wines individually.

Flight 3 (4 Notes)

  • 1992 Yarra Yering Dry Red N°2 94 Points

    Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

    Warm tomato plant and just packed with black currant fruit that are cool in its profile.
    There is a pronounced sweetness but still a lot of acidity which maintains a lovely balance.
    Amazing to try such a rare wine!

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  • 1988 Penfolds Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 707 94 Points

    Australia, South Australia

    Packed with fresh juicy young fruit. Almost blackberry in style. Has a lot of oak influence which is pronounced especially it the large amount of coconut that are present.
    Still, an almost wild wine that is amazing to try!

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  • 1979 Henschke Cyril Henschke 96 Points

    Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Eden Valley

    Juicy, clean, creamy cool black currant fruit with a touch of menthol. The balance in this wine is just stunning and just a very lovely spicy aftertaste.
    What an amazing bottle this was. It was really shining on the day! Very impressive.

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  • 2007 Two Hands Cabernet Sauvignon Aphrodite 93 Points

    Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    Very dense fruit and still very young. Slightly too heavy on the alcohol and the wine seems a bit out of balance.

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Flight 4 (4 Notes)

  • 1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

    Dark plum and coffee flavors with a very nice acidity and a lovely aftertaste.
    Really showing nicely right now and seems to be mature.

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  • 1982 Château Cos d'Estournel 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

    Sweet dark black currant fruit with an amazing intensity. Very juicy and clean flavors with a nice complexity also. Lots of spices, tobacco and cedar but the fruit is still dominating.
    Huge wine and it is very close to its peak!

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  • 1982 Château Gruaud Larose 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

    Juicy and sweet fruit but also some harsh tannins and a significant amount of Brett.
    There was a lot of discussion about this wine being defective but the owner claimed that this is just how this wine performs and is supposed to taste.

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  • 1982 Château Léoville Las Cases 98 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

    Fresh and very "clean" fruit with an amazing balance and intensity. This wine is still extremely young but the fruit of plums and black currants are just amazingly charming.
    A HUGE wine that keeps impressing me.

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Flight 5 (4 Notes)

Flight 6 (1 Note)

Flight 7 (1 Note)

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