Community Tasting Notes 55

• liber Likes this wine: 96 points

  August 10, 2023 - 11th of 24 halves, pnp, perfect cork and level, consistently excellent, fresh, complex, vv long and unchanged since last bottle in December 21, mature but no rush. VF (18.5).

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• RPHC Likes this wine: 93 points

  May 29, 2023 - BTG at Izakaya Vin, a wine bar in Shibuya (Tokyo), and from the last third of a 375ml bottle. On the nose: caramel candy, white florals, and sugared almond paste. Palate mirrors. Surprisingly vibrant given the 33 years of bottle age and smaller format bottle. Medium finish that finishes a bit short and thin. It would have been nice to have followed the evolution from cork pull.

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• Burgundy Al wrote: 92 points

  May 18, 2023 - Top Mid-Aged Bordeaux ("Chateau La Grange" - La Grange IL): From 375 ml bottle. Floral with fresh and dried apricot and faint marzipan. Nicely elegant with too sweet a profile.

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• acyso wrote: 93 points

  May 18, 2023 - Some Bordeaux (Chicago, IL): From half-bottle. Apricot and marmalade, with a very classic Sauternes profile. Quite delicate and floral, with a moderate amount of sweetness. Pretty nice.

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• Outplaying wrote:

  March 11, 2023 - This smelled and tasted great. Complex, but I thought it could use a little more acidity. A little more energy and this would have been fantastic instead of just good. The 1989 we had a few weeks ago seemed more alive, but perhaps less complex.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1990
• Type White - Sweet/Dessert
• Producer Château La Tour Blanche
• Varietal Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Sauternais
• Appellation Sauternes

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• In Cellars 324 (67%)
• Consumed 161 (33%)

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