25 Old Bordeaux grand cru classe - vertical (1920->) and horizontal semi blind wine tasting dinner

Copenhagen (Private)
Tasted Friday, November 19, 2021 by Kim Gerner with 122 views

Introduction

A half blind tasting off app. 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from before 1990 (1920-1990) and the rest younger. Despite a few surprises we knew which wines to drink but not when. A further 7 wines were tasted.

Flight 1 (3 Notes)

  • 2002 Dom Pérignon Champagne

    France, Champagne

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Warming up - typical Dom Perignon. Lots of coffee and also popcorn/toast.

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  • 1961 Louis Latour Pouilly-Fuissé 50 Points

    France, Burgundy, Mâconnais, Pouilly-Fuissé

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Warming up - as expected way beyond "too old". 100% caramel aromas.

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  • 1961 Louis Latour Montagny Blanc 75 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte Chalonnaise, Montagny

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Warming up - wow, not a nice sip, but nevertheless extremely impressive that this wine is still drinkable. Never expected that and it was just at village level. How can that happen for a bottle from 1961? Dominated by toffee aromas and flavours.

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Flight 2 (3 Notes)

  • 1990 Château Figeac 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Garnet color. Still lots of green bell pepper. High acidity. Clearly right bank.

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  • 1952 Château Cheval Blanc 85 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Pretty rich. High acidity and the alcohol feels a little high too, which disturbs the balance a little. A good bottle but not more than that. Clearly right bank.

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  • 1975 Château Figeac 80 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Not as good as 1990. Feels very old, too old but still drinkable. A hint of green pepper is left. It is also a little bit corked which is probably the reason for the lower quality level especially taking into account the other much higher ratings of this vintage.

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Flight 3 (3 Notes)

  • 1955 Château Calon-Ségur 80 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Garnet color. still notes of green pepper. medium+ acidity.

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  • 1920 Château Haut-Brion 80 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: No doubt this is a very old wine - 100 years... Deep garnet color and unclear appearance, extremely dusty aromas/flavours, caramel notes but surprisingly also still green bell pepper notes! The wine is till drinkable but has definitely past it's best and balances between "below average" and "good".

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  • 1943 Château Latour-Martillac 50 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Vinegar, Much too old.

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Flight 4 (3 Notes)

  • 2008 Château Mouton Rothschild 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Ruby color. aromas of black currant, green pepper, toast, cedar. High acidity and tannin. Oak not yest integrated at all. Rating based on performance right now.

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  • 2008 Château Certan-Marzelle 88 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Ruby color. High acidity and tannin. Clearly Merlot based
    ->right bank.

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  • 2008 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Ruby color. High Tannin. No further notes taken.

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Flight 5 (3 Notes)

  • 1988 Château Margaux 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Ruby color. Still high tannin.

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  • 1982 Château Giscours Flawed

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Garnet color. green bell pepper and cedar. Corked, not drinkable. Clearly left bank.

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  • 1978 Château Giscours 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: In perfect shape and not corked as 1982. Garnet color. Tertiarý notes including tobacco and lot's of green pepper. High tannin.

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Flight 6 (3 Notes)

  • 1961 Château Pontet-Canet 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Better than 1962 vintage. Almost tawny color. Very tertiary, aromas of mushroom, farmyard, formaldehyde. Still a note of green pepper after so many years: Otherwise "dusty" aromas and almost no fruit.

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  • 1962 Château Pontet-Canet 88 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Not as good as 1961. Pale tawny. Tertiary but still green pepper. High tannin.
    (later on the evening we also tasted a magnum of same vintage - still blind! It was slightly better. I rated the magnum 89: Pale ruby color but with a light rim. (clearly less developed than the bottle which was tawny). Unfortunately a little corked but still worth 89.)

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  • 1970 Château Latour à Pomerol 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Deep garnet color. Dusty aromas and clearly mint.

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Flight 7 (3 Notes)

  • 2020 Njord Pinot Noir Précoce 90 Points

    Denmark, Sjaelland

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Clearly an outsider of this tasting... Very juicy. As always NJOR is worth drinking.

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  • 1979 Château Lafite Rothschild 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Tawny color. Chateau Lafite usually has the lighest color of the five 1.crus in Bordeaux. Compared to Chateau Palmer 1979 the colors are the same. Ruby color. still aromas of green pepper. High tannin but less than Palmer. I scored both wines 91.

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  • 1979 Château Palmer 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Among others tasted against Chateau Lafite. Lafite usually has the lighest color of the five 1.crus in Bordeaux. Compared to Chateau Palmer (both 1979) the colors are the same. Ruby color. still aromas of green pepper. High tannin and a little more than Lafite. I scored both wines 91.

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Flight 8 (3 Notes)

  • 2016 Roc de Cambes 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Côtes de Bourg

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Deep purple color. Of course much too young at the moment. Very nice on the nose. Notes of acetone. The palate is still to intense.

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  • 2014 Château Cheval Blanc 89 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Ruby color. Clearly cab note of green pepper. High tannin. Not that interesting at the moment

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  • 2016 Château Canon 83 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Medium tannin. This bottle did not live up to the general high ratings. A reason might be that it was bottle no 23 this evening. I did not identify specific faults. No further notes taken.

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Flight 9 (3 Notes)

  • 2012 Château Mouton Rothschild 93 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Deep ruby color. Clearly gren pepper on the nose and palate. High tannin.

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  • 2006 Château Lynch-Bages

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Deep ruby color. High tannin. No rating noted.

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  • 1962 Château Pontet-Canet 89 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Second time we tasted this wine during evening but this time from magnum - still blind! Sligtly better. I rated the magnum 89 and the bottle 88. Pale ruby color but with a light rim. (clearly less developed than the bottle which was tawny). Unfortunately a little corked but still worth 89.

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Flight 10 (2 Notes)

  • 2018 Château Rauzan-Ségla 88 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Deep purple color. Very juicy. Nice aromas but of course too intense on the palate at the moment. Medium+ tannin. This bottle did not live up to the in general high ratings from reviewers. A part of he reason might be that it was bottle no 27 this evening.

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  • 1985 Château Lafite Rothschild 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Still green pepper. Tertiary notes (ex. tobacco). Medium tannin. No further notes taken.

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Flight 11 (2 Notes)

  • 1990 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey 87 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Very concentrated. For my taste it is a little too tertiary. I like it younger. A matter of taste. I have tasted a lot better Sauternes. 1988 is better. I rated that 89

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  • 1998 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey 89 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: This vintage is better than 1990 which I rated 87. Pretty concentrated and nice on the nose, but the palate does not live up to the nose. I have tasted a lot better Sauternes.

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Flight 12 (1 Note)

  • 2018 Hirsch Vineyards Pinot Noir Block 8

    USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

    A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.

    This wine: Wine no 31 was an outsider and the last wine of the tasting dinner. Typical style. No rating and further notes.

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