Virtual Bordeaux Blends

The white was blind, all the reds were single blind. I managed to get the last 4 reds correct. Drinking blind is humbling, challenging and a lot of fun.

• 2016 SIXTO Chardonnay Uncovered 92 Points

  USA, Washington

  Served blind, drank a glass over 45 minutes. The wine is ripe, minimal oak (which was surprising), yet quite rich and mouth-coating. I guessed this as semillon and was surprised to learn it was chardonnay.

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• 2014 Amuse Bouche Vin Perdu 92 Points

  USA, California, Napa Valley

  Poured into jars at 4:30pm, drank a small glass at 6:30pm and over 2 hours. Rich, round, very unctuous. The spice comes through later. Abundant tannin. My favorite wine of the group, single blind I guessed it wrong. I have seen multiple descriptors for this wine and it is STILL not clear to me if there is syrah in it or if it is a Bordeaux blend.

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• 2015 La Reserve d'Angludet 89 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

  Poured into jars at 4:30pm, drank a small glass at 6:30pm and over 2 hours. One of several wines tonight that should have been decanted. It seemed lean and also fruity. Single blind I guessed it wrong.

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• 2015 Long Shadows Wineries Pirouette 89 Points

  USA, Washington, Columbia Valley

  Poured into jars at 4:30pm, drank a small glass at 6:30pm and over 2 hours. One of several wines tonight that should have been decanted. Super perfumed and tannic. I've had a number of Longshadow wines that were served too young and/or not decanted, so single blind I was able to guess this wine.

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• 2010 Bodegas Caro (Barons de Rothschild / Catena) Caro 90 Points

  Argentina, Mendoza

  Poured into jars at 4:30pm, drank a small glass at 7pm and over 3 hours. One of several wines tonight that should have been decanted. Cherries and fruit, quite tannic, astringent and slightly sharp. Still, it managed to be my 3rd favorite and improved with air time, with tobacco and earth.

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• 2001 Château Monbousquet 91 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Poured into jars at 4:30pm, drank a small glass at 6:30pm and over 2 hours. This wine was good to go from the beginning. There seemed to be a touch of brett that blew off and became more of a funk. Sulfury, tar, earth, this wine seems fairly mature and probably as good as it will get.

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• 2017 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou 88 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

  Poured into jars at 4:30pm, drank a small glass at 7pm and over 2 hours. One of several wines tonight that should have been decanted. The wine has great structure and seems somewhat green. It tastes like a 2017 bordeaux that needs 10 years to reveal itself. Today, not that satisifying, but I'd love to try it in 2030.

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