Nose: The nose is rounded and beautifully balanced with red apples, quince, honeydew, pears, meyer lemons, red flowers, mineral notes, biscuits, brioche, and warm dough. There is excellent depth with an open-knit quality to the nose that is very enticing.
Taste: The feel is medium bodied with crisp, high acidity. There is excellent texture and depth to the feel that shows off a level of maturity with red apples, pears, meyer lemons, quince, red flowers, biscuits, brioche, and warm dough.
Overall: One of the things I love about Goutorbe Special Clubs is that they are aged pretty well on release. This has been held for a bit and it is showing in a wonderful spot with great interplay between the autolytics and the rounded fruit notes.
Nose: The nose is open and well balanced with red cherries, cranberries, currants, spice box notes, roses, cedar, tobacco, and leather tones. There is good depth but this lacks somewhat in complexity.
Taste: The feel is medium bodied with medium acidity and silky, medium+ tannins. There is a little stiffness to the tannins but otherwise, the structure has effectively resolved. The feel is well balanced with red cherries, cranberries, currants, spice box notes, tobacco, cedar, and leather tones.
Overall: This is right in its zone. There is a real sour red fruit quality that is showing well while the secondary and tertiary notes have harmonized beautifully. It does lack some depth and complexity but on the whole this is a lovely bordeaux that is right at its maturity level for a long time.
Nose: This nose is straight up pretty and refined. I wish I had a bottle of this on my own to just spend time with as there is a lot of depth and class with red cherries, raspberries, cigar wrappers, rose petals, cedar, herbs, pencil lead, currants, spice notes, and a lot of perfumes.
Taste: The feel is Medium/full bodied with medium acidity and silky (but youthful), medium+ tannins. There is a lot of poise and refinement to the feel that is backed up by deep tones of red cherries, raspberries, currants, cigar wrapper, herbs, and cedar.
Overall: This is gorgeous and beginning to find itself in a real great place. There is an immense amount of depth and balance that comes with the age and while it's getting into a great place, it feels like there is plenty to go.
Nose: The nose is deep and refined with pencil lead, red cherries, cranberries, raspberries, tobacco notes, spice box, pepper tones, leather, and some bits of herbs. The nose is polished and open-knit with the tones melding together beautifully.
Taste: The feel is Medium/full bodied with medium acidity and silky, medium+ tannins. The feel is well balanced and deep with pencil lead, red cherries, cranberries, raspberries, tobacco notes, leather, spice box, and some bits of herbs.
Overall: This is beautiful. It is at the beginning of its window and can easily go for years to come. There is excellent depth across the nose and palate with a real refined sense to the wine.
Nose: The nose is deep and balanced with pencil lead, tobacco notes, cedar, dark red cherries, raspberries, cranberries, currants, and some floral tones. This is an easy nose to get lost in while also showing off a brawny side to the tones.
Taste: The feel is Full bodied with medium acidity and chewy, medium+ tannins. The tannins are starting to resolve and the feel is beautifully balanced with pencil lead, tobacco notes, cedar, dark red cherries, cranberries, raspberries, currants, and some floral tones.
Overall: This is killer and is really getting into a great spot. There is so much depth and balance with a power that is starting to be tamed. This should easily last for years to come and make some great, old bones.
Nose: The nose is deep and layered with currants, tobacco, licorice, dark red cherries, cranberries, raspberries, spice box, pencil lead, earth, and cedar notes. This was flat out gorgeous and is starting to show off an expressiveness to the nose.
Taste: The feel is Full bodied with medium acidity and silky, medium+ tannins. The structure is starting to resolve and the feel has a larger quality to it with currants, tobacco, licorice, dark red cherries, cranberries, raspberries, pencil lead, and cedar notes.
Overall: This is starting to get into a great place. There is excellent depth, balance, and length while there is still a primary quality to the tones and feel.
Nose: The nose is expressive and balanced with dark red cherries, raspberries, bell peppers, funky notes, cigar wrapper, leather, cedar, wet earth, and spice box tones. There is excellent depth with this showing off the classic Gruaud Larose funk.
Taste: The feel is Medium/full bodied with medium acidity and silky, medium+ tannins. The feel is well balanced and elegant with dark red cherries, raspberries, bell peppers, leather, cigar wrappers, cedar, and wet earth notes.
Overall: This is wonderful and at the beginning of its life. This is classic Gruaud with a funky side and a good bit of pyrazines. There is excellent depth and balance with a real elegance as well.
Nose: The nose is pungent and balanced with nectarines, apricots, vanilla, nougat, custard, honey, crème brulee, and yellow flowers. This is wide open and showing some more maturing aspects as well as good depth.
Taste: The feel is full bodied with crisp, high acidity. The feel shows off a richer and textured side with nectarines, apricots, vanilla, nougat, honey, creme brulee, and some custard.
Overall: This is lovely and drinking great right now. This shows off a more mature side but there is still some freshness to the tones.
2004 Henri Goutorbe Champagne Grand Cru Special Club 92 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
Nose: The nose is rounded and beautifully balanced with red apples, quince, honeydew, pears, meyer lemons, red flowers, mineral notes, biscuits, brioche, and warm dough. There is excellent depth with an open-knit quality to the nose that is very enticing.
Taste: The feel is medium bodied with crisp, high acidity. There is excellent texture and depth to the feel that shows off a level of maturity with red apples, pears, meyer lemons, quince, red flowers, biscuits, brioche, and warm dough.
Overall: One of the things I love about Goutorbe Special Clubs is that they are aged pretty well on release. This has been held for a bit and it is showing in a wonderful spot with great interplay between the autolytics and the rounded fruit notes.
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2000 Clos du Marquis 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Nose: The nose is open and well balanced with red cherries, cranberries, currants, spice box notes, roses, cedar, tobacco, and leather tones. There is good depth but this lacks somewhat in complexity.
Taste: The feel is medium bodied with medium acidity and silky, medium+ tannins. There is a little stiffness to the tannins but otherwise, the structure has effectively resolved. The feel is well balanced with red cherries, cranberries, currants, spice box notes, tobacco, cedar, and leather tones.
Overall: This is right in its zone. There is a real sour red fruit quality that is showing well while the secondary and tertiary notes have harmonized beautifully. It does lack some depth and complexity but on the whole this is a lovely bordeaux that is right at its maturity level for a long time.
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2000 Château Léoville Poyferré 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Nose: This nose is straight up pretty and refined. I wish I had a bottle of this on my own to just spend time with as there is a lot of depth and class with red cherries, raspberries, cigar wrappers, rose petals, cedar, herbs, pencil lead, currants, spice notes, and a lot of perfumes.
Taste: The feel is Medium/full bodied with medium acidity and silky (but youthful), medium+ tannins. There is a lot of poise and refinement to the feel that is backed up by deep tones of red cherries, raspberries, currants, cigar wrapper, herbs, and cedar.
Overall: This is gorgeous and beginning to find itself in a real great place. There is an immense amount of depth and balance that comes with the age and while it's getting into a great place, it feels like there is plenty to go.
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2000 Château Léoville Barton 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Nose: The nose is deep and refined with pencil lead, red cherries, cranberries, raspberries, tobacco notes, spice box, pepper tones, leather, and some bits of herbs. The nose is polished and open-knit with the tones melding together beautifully.
Taste: The feel is Medium/full bodied with medium acidity and silky, medium+ tannins. The feel is well balanced and deep with pencil lead, red cherries, cranberries, raspberries, tobacco notes, leather, spice box, and some bits of herbs.
Overall: This is beautiful. It is at the beginning of its window and can easily go for years to come. There is excellent depth across the nose and palate with a real refined sense to the wine.
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2000 Château Giscours Flawed
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
sadly this was corked
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2000 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Nose: The nose is deep and balanced with pencil lead, tobacco notes, cedar, dark red cherries, raspberries, cranberries, currants, and some floral tones. This is an easy nose to get lost in while also showing off a brawny side to the tones.
Taste: The feel is Full bodied with medium acidity and chewy, medium+ tannins. The tannins are starting to resolve and the feel is beautifully balanced with pencil lead, tobacco notes, cedar, dark red cherries, cranberries, raspberries, currants, and some floral tones.
Overall: This is killer and is really getting into a great spot. There is so much depth and balance with a power that is starting to be tamed. This should easily last for years to come and make some great, old bones.
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2000 Château Montrose 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Nose: The nose is deep and layered with currants, tobacco, licorice, dark red cherries, cranberries, raspberries, spice box, pencil lead, earth, and cedar notes. This was flat out gorgeous and is starting to show off an expressiveness to the nose.
Taste: The feel is Full bodied with medium acidity and silky, medium+ tannins. The structure is starting to resolve and the feel has a larger quality to it with currants, tobacco, licorice, dark red cherries, cranberries, raspberries, pencil lead, and cedar notes.
Overall: This is starting to get into a great place. There is excellent depth, balance, and length while there is still a primary quality to the tones and feel.
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2000 Château Gruaud Larose 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Nose: The nose is expressive and balanced with dark red cherries, raspberries, bell peppers, funky notes, cigar wrapper, leather, cedar, wet earth, and spice box tones. There is excellent depth with this showing off the classic Gruaud Larose funk.
Taste: The feel is Medium/full bodied with medium acidity and silky, medium+ tannins. The feel is well balanced and elegant with dark red cherries, raspberries, bell peppers, leather, cigar wrappers, cedar, and wet earth notes.
Overall: This is wonderful and at the beginning of its life. This is classic Gruaud with a funky side and a good bit of pyrazines. There is excellent depth and balance with a real elegance as well.
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2001 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Nose: The nose is pungent and balanced with nectarines, apricots, vanilla, nougat, custard, honey, crème brulee, and yellow flowers. This is wide open and showing some more maturing aspects as well as good depth.
Taste: The feel is full bodied with crisp, high acidity. The feel shows off a richer and textured side with nectarines, apricots, vanilla, nougat, honey, creme brulee, and some custard.
Overall: This is lovely and drinking great right now. This shows off a more mature side but there is still some freshness to the tones.
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