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Tasted March 21, 2014 by G_H with 446 views
Introduction
Great wines across the globe and across 5 decades was the brief. Very generous host and great company!
Flight 1 (10 notes)
Red
1964 Château Cheval Blanc
96 points
An amazing Cheval Blanc, sone orange peel, leather, nice mouthfeel, cedar, cigars, licorice, nice elegance and nice length, black tea and camomile tea, great wine!
Red
1986 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia
93 points
Slightly medicinal at the beginning, some cherries, a hint of tomatoes with a very distinct acidity revealing the italian origins of this wine. Nice
Red
1995 Antinori Solaia
91 points
Asparagus, pear and a hint of bitterness in the nose. Slightly medicinal and green tomatoes with medium astringency and a very present acidity
Red
1996 Château Mouton Rothschild
92 points
A bit backwards, some tomatoes, a hint of caramel, pencil shavings, graphite, huge acidity and quite some bitterness, lots of oak but slightly green. Not a fan of 1996 Bordeaux in general...
Red
1983 Penfolds Grange
96 points
Huge wine with still a bright future ahead. Coke hard candy, blueberries, very dense, fat, very nice length yet retaining a great elegance
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Red
N.V. Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único Reserva Especial 1985, 1990, 1994 (2000 Release)
93 points
1970, 1985, 1990
Licorice, cassis and blueberries, nice elegance, quite mature, significantly more evolved than previous bottles with the acidity more integrated, nice!
Licorice, cassis and blueberries, nice elegance, quite mature, significantly more evolved than previous bottles with the acidity more integrated, nice!
Red
1998 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Masseto Toscana IGT
95 points
Banana, chocolate, hazelnuts, nice elegance and some great minerals with a super powerful and seemingly never ending finish. Great great wine , surely the best Italian red I ever had!
Red
2005 Opus One
92 points
Ivy, chocolate chip, banana, vanilla, rather fat but reasonably elegant. But when compared to the other wines we had though, this seemed quite one dimensional and pale...
Red
2009 Bessa Valley Winery Special Reserve
83 points
Very sweet, brown sugar, nearly artificial and rather boring...
Red
2007 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia
90 points
A bit over the top, quite sweet, a bit young, but really nice already now.
Flight 2 (3 notes)
White - Sweet/Dessert
1990 Château d'Yquem
92 points
Decanted for 1 day. Lots of nuts, dried apricots, lots of botrytis, walnuts, nice length and quite fat for a sauternes.
White - Sweet/Dessert
1992 Gunderloch Nackenheim Rothenberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese
96 points
Peach, apricot, fantastic sweet-acidity play. Great, great wine!
White - Sweet/Dessert
1946 Bodegas Toro Albala Don PX Convento Selección
96 points
Identical to previous notes wit this vasa notes. Quite intense porcini notes. Love it!
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