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2018 Château Meyney

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3/14/2024 - Siwink57 Likes this wine: 91 points

This was an amazing left banker for the price. The addition of Merlot offsets some of the greenness of the Cab Franc. Was even better on day 2. Will be checking out this vineyards future offerings. 4.1 stars

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    3/15/2024 8:05:00 AM - Recommend backfill 2014 onwards … excellent run
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2019 Domaine de Chevalier

 Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more
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3/10/2024 - Purple Tooth wrote: NR

I hate to be a jerk. But..I qualify. I have 3 cases of this in 3 formats. The first time I tried this I said, I dot get it. Its been a long night and I will reserve judgment. This time I popped a 1/2 to check in. Interesting? Yes, If you like reading between lines. Otherwise, a head scratcher. This tells me that I either dont know much about wine, or I am shamelessly calling out my own mistakes. Ok ok....Now you need to know about the wine, instead of reading my whine...

In a grapy stage, this is the hopeful voice and the positive part of this encounter. I hope that what I taste as oak creme, alcohol, and underdeveloped fruit turns into something sensational in 7+ years. Meanwhile, cellar carry for me, and an advenure for you. Please write back....HOLD___

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    3/10/2024 1:44:00 AM - What was the Decant time for this wine … 2019 is very young DDC in my humble opinion….

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    3/10/2024 4:34:00 AM - Thx for sharing … hope tomorrow brings some nuance ..
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2019 Château Meyney

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1/30/2024 - econnertx Does not like this wine: 84 points

funky taste profile, very, very tight. never opened up. chalky heavy tannin profile. Not to my liking

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    1/31/2024 5:19:00 AM - Any Meyney needs good 10 years. I wouldn’t open until 2030 ;)
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1995 Château Calon-Ségur

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1/12/2024 - short and confused wrote: NR

First bottle of 6 bought on release. In a beautiful spot. All I was hoping for from St Estephe. Open and ready to drink with some teriary notes but still with a solid backbone. Bell pepper, cinnamon, red cherry, tobacco, and smoke. Excellent stuff!

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    1/12/2024 10:44:00 AM - Was it pop and pour or decanted ?
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2018 Château Lynch-Bages

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12/8/2023 - blarmston wrote: NR

Not a TN but a question to all of you who know this wine much better than I do.

I'm taking this to a French dinner this evening, and was wondering about decant time?

Some more recent TN's suggest 2 hours, others much longer. There aren't too many recent notes so thats why I'm here.

Any suggestions/thoughts would be appreciated, cheers...

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    12/8/2023 10:35:00 AM - 5-6h decant minimum … ideally should have opened the bottle last evening and left it open until you drink later.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    12/8/2023 12:03:00 PM - Do share how it went … hope you have fun evening

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    12/10/2023 12:09:00 PM - Hi Blarmston, thanks for sharing.. i believe there is good fun if you have several bottle to trace their evolution… so no harm in trying something very early if you have a stash in the back up :) wine is fun, and eternal learning….
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1999 Chateau Musar

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11/16/2023 - blanquito wrote: 94 points

This is truly wonderful. Lifted, exotic, ethereal, and spicy on the heady bouquet, with a layered, garrigue sweetness on the palate. The texture is silky and whatever structure it had in its youth is fully resolved, but it is otherwise just ascending to the peak of its powers. This is a clean, stable, flaw-free Musar, but with enough VA and complexity to still taste like the real McCoy. Easily the best Musar I’ve had, which covers the 97-05 vintages.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    11/17/2023 2:18:00 AM - Thx for the note. Did you decant , if yes, for how long ?
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2018 Château Lilian Ladouys

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10/27/2023 - Chupeaka wrote: 90 points

59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot.

In the nose, floral notes, dark fruits, black cherry, spice (from the cab sauv and the alcohol), cream and smoke. Full-bodied wine with vivid purple color.

In the mouth, quite ripe with juicy black fruit and truffle come through. Acid and grainy tannins are balanced, albeit tannins are little bit coarse and drying. Finish medium with a powdery sensation and truffle. This wine is quite smooth and glossy.

Merlot in this wine emerges stronger than the cabernet, which sometimes gave inky and spicy notes. Overall, dominated more by the dark, juicy fruit and mineral.

Decent wine but at times too alcoholic and ripe and didn't have a freshness and lift I generally prefer. On the second day, the wine drank a lot better but still these two elements were a bit distracting. I think this should be good from now till 2028.

Changed my review to 90pts and maintained a neutral opinion on the wine.

Better deals out there. Pay a little more for something like Cantemerle or even less for top wines from Castillon Cotes des Bordeaux and Fronsac.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    10/27/2023 5:19:00 AM - Generally saint Estephe wines need more than 8-9 years to get ready to drink at all levels….and 18 was a hot year …. I might wait till 2026 before cracking those open
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2018 Château Meyney

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10/13/2023 - _Xenon wrote: 90 points

Nothing really distinguishable. High quality, but I wouldn‘t recognize this wine. Obviously too young. But even for 32 €, I guess I know some alternatives.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    10/14/2023 1:47:00 AM - I wouldn’t open a Meyney before 10 years of age
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2018 Château d'Issan

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5/30/2023 - loslakers Likes this wine: 88 points

Really nice wine for the $20 I bought it for from Costco.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    7/31/2023 12:16:00 AM - Maybe it was Blasson d’issan … second wine of chateau Issan which costs much higher
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2010 Château Léoville Barton

 St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more
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7/21/2023 - sboyle Likes this wine: 92 points

Notes of cedar, vanilla, black currants and blackberries. Medium-plus body, acidity and tannins. Tannin character has a light amount of grip with a smooth character. Overall, I would prefer less oak, but it’s a well made wine.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    7/22/2023 1:28:00 AM - I believe LBs from good years need 15y and 2010 is a tannic powerhouse … maybe try your next bottle in 2028-2030
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2009 Château Léoville Barton

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7/16/2023 - yeti575rider wrote: 90 points

Not really feeling this. Drank after a Rhys pinot that was singing and this was showing on the Bordeaux funky side (perhaps a bit of Brett?). Improved as I got used to it but not really my thing. Others seemed to have similar traction. Definitely in the secondary phase and not tight so this is different than some other notes.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    7/17/2023 12:56:00 AM - Was this bottle decanted ? If yes.. how long ?

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    7/17/2023 9:38:00 PM - Thanks for sharing … I still haven’t opened my case yet
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2009 Château Cantenac Brown

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2/23/2023 - guruguru wrote: 88 points

Chateau Cantenac Brown 2009
グレートヴィンテージ 2009にも拘らず、かなり熟成が進んでいる。
一緒に飲んだ Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2009 と比べると、まだまだ若い印象の Comtesse de Lalandeと違い、悪い意味で老け込んだ印象を感じる。
余韻も複雑味も想像より浅く、少し残念な気分。
一般的な評価とかなり乖離があるので、ボトル固有の問題か？
Despite being a great vintage 2009, it has aged quite well.
Compared to the Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2009 that we drank together, the Comtesse de Lalande still gives the impression of being young, while the Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is aged in a bad way.
The lingering and complex flavors are shallower than expected, which is a bit disappointing.
There is a considerable discrepancy from the general evaluation, so is this a bottle-specific problem?

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    2/23/2023 9:48:00 PM - Should be re-classified ? Not a Cantenac brown comment
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1995 Château Calon-Ségur

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2/9/2023 - Decanting Queen wrote: NR

I am not sure whether to mark this flawed or not, but it was so disappointing.
Double decanted an hour before leaving the house to attend a dinner. Tasted over the next 2 + hours and it never got better. Nose was decent but seemed like all the fruit had fallen out of this wine and left just wood/cedar on the palate. Of the many bottles brought that night, it was the only one half full at the end of the evening. It had not seemed corked when I opened it at home, but it just never opened up.
Now, after reading a review for the 2000, if this could have been better with a 5 hour decant. Most of the reviews of the 2000 are disappointing and sound a bit like this one. However, the most recent with a 5 hour decant ‘found’ the fruit.
So not sure if my experience here was due to a flawed bottle or user error.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    2/11/2023 9:51:00 AM - I had a bottle 2 weeks back - decanted 5hours to get it singing …. Over a long night with other wines of 90/95/00
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2018 Château Labégorce

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12/5/2022 - vide Likes this wine: 92 points

This wine has attracted some very high scores. But I don't know. It is certainly a very good wine for its price. It has dark chocolate tannin and is quite deep. But (and if you will forgive the paradox) the depth is on the surface. It begins at 94 points but ends at 90-91.

Perhaps it needs more time.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    12/5/2022 2:26:00 AM - I would try 2018s post 2028 at least
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2010 Château Langoa Barton

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10/8/2022 - ejca Likes this wine: NR

Ok, maybe past its prime.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    10/8/2022 4:18:00 PM - Perhaps way before it’s prime … haven’t touched my 2010s yet … and esp with Barton estates the wait is definitely longer … hope you have a case to keep tracking the evolution
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2019 Château Dalem

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4/27/2022 - ras2006 Likes this wine: 91 points

drinking it over two days. very dark red, good fruit with a slight smokey overtone, mild/medium tannins - very nice

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    4/30/2022 9:51:00 PM - I did same over 3 days … on day3 decant, thé wine was at its best…
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2018 Château d'Issan

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4/17/2022 - BradA Likes this wine: NR

It’s good…. Not sure I would say amazing and at $120 one can do better…. I would buy pichon baron or the leoville wines instead as they can be found for a range close to this.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    4/17/2022 10:10:00 AM - Guess wherever you had it …120$ for issan implies 360$ for Pichon Baron
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1995 Château Calon-Ségur

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12/8/2021 - drrobvino wrote: 95 points

6th bottle of 9. This was singing tonight, and was a hallmark wine in a crowd of other heavy hitters.
Mature, regal, traditional; stately and reserved. Elegantly perfect and perfectly elegant.
Cassis, pencil lead, fertile and wet farmyard soil, bell pepper, plum skin.
Chiseled tannins that have been polished over the years by time in the bottle.
Lovely wine tonight, at peak, drink through 2025 or so.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    3/19/2022 11:27:00 AM - Decanted ? If yes , how long
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2018 Château Mongravey

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3/5/2022 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 92 points

Day 1: Light style Bordeaux with chestnuts, sour cherry, spice, gravel and damp earth. A simple but well made wine. Nothing to get over excited about. 88 points
Day 2: I have had this wine form previous vintages and disappointed I am. This features Christmas spices, chestnuts, muted fruit, mild spice and a thin finish. Serious lack of complexity for the price point and based on day 2 not sure this will age well. 87 points
Day 2.5: Again why I do 3 day wine review. Amazing difference on this wine than earlier in the day. More concentrated and will see what this does on day 3. Not 98 as one reviewer suggested (James Suckling on steroids). More concentrated featuring Christmas spices, minerals, cherry, plum, chestnuts, gravel and blueberries. Medium plus finish and good acidity. 91 points
Dau 3: Wow this is a nice surprise and transformation for sure. Gravel, cherry, plum, minerals, spice, tobacco, spices and earth. Really a nice transformation and I love to see an initial impression proven wrong. 92 points
Recommendation: Well this is a nice surprise. Went from ok to really great value and age this up to a decade. Buy.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    3/5/2022 3:27:00 PM - Great value
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2016 Château Meyney

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2/17/2022 - Smoky86 Likes this wine: 92 points

Solid effort. Prominent plum at this time, paired with spices. Tannins noticeable but not unpleasant. Medium finish. Great with food now but has a lot of potential — I would wait 2-3 years.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    2/18/2022 12:42:00 AM - I wouldn’t open the bottle before 2027
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2016 Château Léoville Barton

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2/5/2022 - kfran24 wrote: 93 points

It’s a nice wine. Compared to the ‘14 Pontet Canet I had last night I do think it’s better. This doesn’t strike me as a $150-160 bottle of wine. It feels overpriced at $160. Nothing too special here.

  • Comment posted by MADHouse:

    2/6/2022 2:02:00 AM - Usually Barton wines need good 15 years before you crack them open ….

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