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Bordeaux 1990

Restaurant Fitzgerald, Rotterdam

Tasted January 20, 2017 by jkoenen with 536 views

Introduction

All wines tasted blind (although we knew the list of red wines that were coming, we didn't know the order).

Flight 1 (1 note)

White
2009 Château Pape Clément Blanc France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
96 points

Flight 2 (2 notes)

Red
1990 Château Clinet France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
91 points
Red
1990 Vieux Château Certan France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
91 points

Flight 3 (2 notes)

Red
1990 Château L'Evangile France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
96 points
Red
1990 Château La Conseillante France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
94 points

Flight 4 (2 notes)

Red
1990 Château La Fleur de Gay France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
97 points
Tasted blind (of course) in our Bdx-90-tasting and one of the major surprises in the line-up.
Drinks like a mature, classically styled, Napa-wine. Like Dominus. Terrific.
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Red
1990 Château Trotanoy France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
95 points

Flight 5 (2 notes)

Red
1990 Château Figeac France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
90 points
One of the more tertiary and fragile wines of our Bdx-90-tasting.
Red
1990 Château Angélus France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
98 points

Flight 6 (2 notes)

Red
1990 Château Lagrange (St. Julien) France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
94 points
Red
1990 Château Léoville Las Cases France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
94 points

Flight 7 (2 notes)

Red
1990 Château Palmer France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
91 points
Red
1990 Château Margaux France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
94 points
Wonderful wine, but tonight - in this line-up - it performed under my expectations....

Flight 8 (2 notes)

Red
1990 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
95 points
Red
1990 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
flawed
Corked.

Flight 9 (2 notes)

Red
1990 Château Mouton Rothschild France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
98 points
Was very, very impressed by this wine... Especially considering the bad press it got over the years.
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Red
1990 Château Latour Grand Vin France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
96 points

Flight 10 (2 notes)

Red
1990 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
97 points
I believe this particular wine was once called 'A Poor Man's Latour'...
So true.
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Red
1990 Château Lynch-Bages France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
99 points
Almost perfect!
My number 1 on our Bdx-90-tasting. And the groups' number 1 as well.
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Flight 11 (2 notes)

Red
1990 Château Montrose France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
96 points
Red
1990 Château Cos d'Estournel France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
94 points

Flight 12 (1 note)

White - Sparkling
N.V. Jacques Selosse Champagne Exquise Sec France, Champagne
94 points
Deg. 07-07-2005
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