Piccolino, Liverpool Street Stn, London
Tasted Wednesday, June 12, 2019 by SimonG with 319 views
Similar showing here to last bottle 30 months ago: a touch of green and quite cedary on the nose. Similar onpalate, but nicely elegant and with a purity too. Some sweetness to the fruit and a persistence with air, but overwhelmingly an elegance that transcends the vintage. ****
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Dry sludgy/muddy with dense fine sediment throughout. Earthy coffee grounds. Sweet-fruited and Roy did palatedespite the sludge. Dense and meaty. Lots of wine here. A cleaner bottle could be top notch. ****
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Hmm, feels corked. Shame because there’s a silky, elegant St Julien underneath it. Corniness comes and goes, and after a couple of hours departs completely to leave a host of other issues. Not sure quite what’s up, but it’s a volatile, sweet-fruited, slightly tarty mess. It’s finer points merit a bare ****, its less good points,NR
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Coffee and black currant leaf nose. Soft and silky. Really very attractive. Dark red fruit. Silky and elegant. Punching well above it’s weight. Confirms this as the best Batailley vintage I can remember tasting. ****
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A touch of sweetness and fruit on the nose. The suggestion of raspberry ripple isn’t as daft as it sounds. A touch of oak too.harmonious though, and nothing overdone. A touch of leather on the finish. Very good. ****
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Slightly sweaty and minty nose. Irile and fresh. The sweaty thing does persist though and is joined by an atypical, spikiness. Fluctuates between 93 and 94 — has the energy if not quite the harmony and balance for top flight. ****
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Mellow, dark red fruit and a touch of green pepper. Fresh and elegant. Densely silky. Very poised and complete. Classic whilst still being a little racy. *****
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Dark red fruit. A touch of configure. Red and black fruit on the palate. Dense yet elegant. A touch of spice too.just lovely, and a touch more youthful than the LLC! *****
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Dense red fruit and lapsang nose. Bright and vibrant. Just so much energy. A touch more verve and vibrancy than the Ducru. Impressive and lovely. *****
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Horribly, totally and incontrovertibly corked.
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1982 Château Chasse-Spleen 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
Solid garnet. A touch of richness on the nose. Nicely cedary. Very smooth, just a touch attenuated on the finish. Lovely start.***
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1982 Château Meyney 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Dense garnet. Quite surly onthenose,adense almost rubbery green note; a touch of pine perhaps. Again, firm on the attack, and drying a little. Fits one’s mental image of St Estelle. Does open out though and round quite nicely without losing its dry frame. Works with food.(*)**
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