Decanted at restaurant - 1.5 hours. Needed all that time and got much better in my last glass - pencil shavings, dark fruit, leather, all the old Bordeaux magic. Maybe a touch past the it’s best. Fruit and acid still intact and in balance, but lacked a touch of freshness and length
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Earthy nose with light oak, black fruits and tobacco.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with red and black fruits, wood, earth, vegetables, spices, tobacco leaf, dark coffee, licorice, dark chocolates, black tea and black pepper.
Medium plus on the finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.
This 35 year old is still drinking beautifully. This Second Growth Bordeaux is nicely balanced and complex.
Peaking now, and will continue to drink nicely in the next 10+ years.
Good right out of the bottle, and better after 4 hours. I did not decant it, but let it open up in the bottle.
Wine Spectator 96 points.
A good food wine that I paired with beef brisket. Gorgeous.
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc.
13.5% alcohol by volume.
93 points.
$275.
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8/12. Double decanted about 1.5 hours before tasting. Abother one with a classic claret nose, dark fruit, smoke, gravel. Medium bodied, dark, minerally fruit, firm but fine tannins, fresh/vibrant acidity - it has great structure and a long, minerally finish. Probably still on the ascent!
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1989 Bordeaux Horizontal - London (Piccolino, Exchange Square): Very LLC, so perfectly put together; graphite, oodles of cassis, layers of sandalwood, hints of Oolong tea. Palate is outstanding; cool fruits, filigree tannins, subtly peppery. So long. Love it. My second favourite and the table's third favourite wine of the night
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SBS tonight with a 1998, just for fun. This bottle smelled great as soon as we pulled the cork and appeared ready to go so decanted sediment and into a clean bottle. Served a few hrs later with dinner and was a testament to how well these wines age (and should be aged). The aromatic profile was classic and broad with dry red fruits, exotic herbs and forest floor, tobacco and incense and that was unquestionably this bottle's forte. The flavors were light and delicate especially for a Las Cases and if anything I wish it had a bit more presence or stuffing. There was good acidity and a nice finish but as we approached the back end of the bottle it started to dry out and thin a bit more. At 35 years of age there is going to be a great deal of bottle variation so I am glad we followed this carefully and optimized the air treatment as I suspect this bottle was likely beyond peak but the aromatics were so beautiful that we were happy to consume every drop.
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Top wine of a flight of other "similar" class of 1989 Bordeaux wines. First thought was "cocoa" and the second was "clean" on the nose. Complex tertiary scents but leaning more toward edible/food. Perfect impression of acid for me – left it feeling beautiful in the mouth. Very drinkable, super accessible in comparison.
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From magnum. Dark red but some bricking on edges. Strong cedar and leather aromas. Builds on palate with long finish. The last bottle for me but definitely speaks to the benefits of this format (my last 750 wasn't nearly as good) . This was one re-release back in 2019 from the domaine. Shows what older Bordeaux can be
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What a bummer! This was from a half case from Farr Vintners. In a restaurant or department store with a £300 + per bottle purchase, I would have a consumer right to refuse this wine or have a refund. Why do we tolerate this! This has happened too many times with various merchants.
Magnum. Strangely empty. No tannins, limited fruit and no tertiary development. Almost as if it were a counterfeit but provenance was very good. Bad luck.
BYO Litteraturhuset "Best Wine": Etter en korket Lafite '88 kommer en ... korket Léoville-Las-Cases '89. Et svakt skjemmende preg på duft, frukten ikke på topp og kort smakskurve. Krysser av for "flawed".
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Addendum - (The 2nd night, after 24 hours in open air decanter, 18°C temperature, was BETTER than the first day. I didn't think that was possible! )
Decanted into Riedel magnum, 2.5 hours prior This bottle was flawless This wine is awesome, and no signs of hitting the maturity wall just yet.
Medium deep Garnet (with no signs of tawny) Dark fruits cassis black cherry and currents Dried herbs, eucalyptus lead Cedar old pipe tobacco Black pepper earth meat
Dry Medium High acid High tongue wrapping viscosity- silky mouthfeel Medium softened tannins, more as air opened it High alcohol 13% Medium full body Long 60 sec+ finish
Will lope along effortlessly for at least another decade and likely more. But, if you have more than 1 bottle, drink one now to measure it's place on the maturity wave. I'll drink one every 3-5 years, just to ensure this awesome liquid doesn't become a vinaigrette!
Open, decant it, 2-3 hours early!!!
If you can find it, buy it.
( It's an amazing wine, and it seems I scribed from nose and palate, every freaking character if this wine... It's definitely overkill... But, I really enjoyed it! )
( Las Cases has mostly held back inventory for resale into the future).
Recorked at Chateau. Porterhouse w salt pepper garlic, ground rosemary dust
A very fresh bottle that is fully mature with fading black cherry fruit and very complex notes of smoky gravel and cigar tobacco. Classic aged claret at this point.
Dark ruby color clear. Nose of leather, green pepper, cigar box spices, pencil and herbs. On the palate, this was in perfect shape: smooth, silky tannins, integrated and balanced with savory dark fruits and a long finish. Superb!
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Certainly a mature bottle. Fruit is ietting pretty soft and subtle, but still there. Everything else is in balance, but I wouldn't hold onto this one much longer.
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This wine continues to drink very well - my last tasting was over a year ago. Decanted 2 hrs. Notes of cassis, cigar box, leather, black raspberry and cherry. I can't say it is better than my last tasting but hoping up very well. Paired beautifully with grilled antelope.
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Ordered at a restaurant. First bottle was corked. 2nd bottle was beautiful. A light smell upon opening that blew off after about 20 minutes in decanter.
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Rich, delicious black cherry fruit with cedar and cassis flavors, excellent structure, very focused and deep, ample finish, tasted like a younger wine, while excellent it was dominated by a 1982 Chateau Gruard Larose, drank at Camphor Restaurant
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NobleRottersSydney - top 80s Bdx with Rhone ringers (Fix, St James, Sydney): {cork, 13.5%} [Gordon] Another example where I think this fell a little short of previous examples, although I think it was more popular at the table than the ’86, which I preferred. Makes me the outlier, I guess. I thought this a little pointed and even metallic after the ’86. Medium/full weight, medium dusty tannins. Classic old Bdx fruit, with sweet currants. I wrote piquant, which isn’t really what you look for or expect in LLC. Seemed to me to tail off a little from the mid-palate as well, despite the medium length finish overall. I know we were staggered how good a previous example of this wine was; perhaps I’m judging a little harshly. At any rate, probably should be drunk now. And, you know, this was really pretty good; it’s context that weighs it down.
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Used the Durand but the top half of the cork was actually in great condition. Decanted and waited a couple hours before tasting. Expansive, incredible nose. On the palate, it was quite closed. Next day, however, amazing! Would definitely drink it up though, should you be lucky to have any left.
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Incredible! This bottle was in near perfect condition and had obviously been very well stored in a cold cellar. Popped the cork, which was about 1/2 saturated but in perfect condition, poured off a quick taste, then recorked for another 2-hours. The color was dark ruby with just a hint of bricking at the edges. Dark red and black fruits, damp forest floor, tobacco, hints of truffles and an evolving cassis note were all well in perfect balance with soft velvety tannins. This was a truly special experience that will certainly be remembered.
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Opened 4 hours before dinner. Nice, classic, mature Bordeaux. Ruby color with a light brick/pink rim. I enjoy the nose: cassis fruit, cedar, black tea, brown sugar, a bit stewy, a touch herbal. There is a lot going on and it makes an impact. Very nice. Nose is a solid A. The palate has a nice beginning yet things thin out a bit in the mid palate and on the finish. Tobacco. Interestingly, the wine lingers long after swallowing. Very nice just not special. Ready to go. (93)
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A vintage of Las Cases I've overlooked and more fool me. It is up there punching with the 1982,1986 and 1990 and significantly cheaper. I understand why James Suckling and Decanter gave scores of 99 and 98 respectively. It is very approachable and possesses a delightful freshness and shows an unusual delicacy. The nose is creamy with berry fruits and dried currants with floral wafts. The tannin is silky smooth and belies its Cabernet composition, but it still gives a good backbone on the palate. The balance on the palate and finish is faultless and multilayered. The finish is excellent, but does start to fade at the 30 seconds stage but keeps gently continuing. As with the 1990, this does not quite have the classic profile and the extra nuances of the 1982 and 1986, but it is probably more enjoyable and certainly more immediately decadent at present.
Weekend at Bernie's; 2/25/2022-2/27/2022 (Vero Beach): One of the classic producers. We double-decanted this wine which I always appreciate since it seems to keep everything a bit fresher. Drinking well. Not quite like I remember my last time where the fruit was more prevalent. A bit more held back (the 85 Ducru was quite bright), but still a nice one.
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medium red color with bricking rim, black plums on the nose, soft spice notes, hint of oak, on the palate a ripe attractive mature plum fruit, genteel spices, veins of minerals throughout the gently flowing fruit, good length, in a great place now and no signs of letting up.
****, ready to drink
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Jason's 1980s Bordeaux Dinner (La Trompette, Chiswick): 7/12 - another lovely bottle of this, all dark, smoky mineral fruit, sinewy with firm but fine tannins, lots of dark smoky fruit, vibrant acidity, long grippy finish. Outstanding.
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Jason’s 80’s Bordeaux @La T: Dense bright ruby. Damson and mulberry nose. Pinpoint precision after the Canon’s nod to loucheness. Cedar and classical elegance. Just getting there. ****1/2
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Greatest Hits of the 80s! (La Trompette): Excellent wine, although (as I always find with LLC) not especially lovable. Very Cabernet by comparison with the Canon, with much greener scents (not that I'm alleging any unripeness), cedary, dark and cool. Ample acidity, tannins nicely resolved, so entirely ready to enjoy even though there must be at least 10 years' time in hand. Classic Claret, and the group's WOTN (my #4).
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This has pretty aromas of fresh cut plum, cigar box, bell pepper, autumnal cedar and spice. Medium weight fruit is still sweet and fresh. Fine tannins are fully melded with the fruit. Plenty of fresh acidity. A very fine 1989 in the twilight of its peak window.
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WWC - JD (FWC): Tasted blind - some bricking in the glass; nose of leather and spice/clove, with stewed fruit. On the palate, more stewed red fruit, perfectly integrated tannins and acidity, tasted more fruit than leather, but certainly into tertiary characteristics and quite complex. Guessed an Australian shiraz/cab blend.
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Quite perfumed and very lovely nose of dark fruit, tobacco, and cassis. Well balanced with slightly drying but integrated tannins and notes of red fruit and dark cherries. Long finish. Excellent wine and very classic Boredaux.
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I really enjoyed this wine, even if it’s not particularly Las Cases or 89 in its presentation. By that, I mean that the wine is somewhat lean in body, lacking some of the depth and weight that I look for in this chateau. It also didn’t have quite the warmth of fruit you sometimes see in 89s. Having said that, the wine is nearly resolved. Very pretty, bright acidity, certainly the most elegant LLC I’ve tasted to date (most similarity to the 99). It was overwhelmed by some big hitters at the table but on its own would be fabulous
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Tasted blind. Perfect color. Sadly corked. But guys note: The substance was there, taste was sooo nice. But corked. But I think that I would buy it, if storage and provenance is solid.
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Cork fully soaked and managed to save it. Dense texture to the wine, starts a bit acidic but with time in the decanter finds more balance. However there is a tartness to this wine that I have experienced in some bottles. Deep ruby red, dense wine. Nose of dark berries, pepper, graphite and jammy cassis. Too jammy for my taste from this bottle. Tannins still powerful the wine still has room to evolve. Secondary aromas and same on the palate with strong backbone and structure. Finished with pepper notes, candied berries and graphite.
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This is finally ready to drink, give it a good 90 mins before tasting, very left bank, fresh, mature tannins with a nice long after taste of ripe grape pips, full body, theirtiary notes, tobacco, leather, spice. Still has long life ahead. Coravined form a 3L bottle.
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Acker Auction BYO (Craft NYC): Impressively aromatic with pure rich plum fruit, cigar box and smoke. Fruit is fresh with juicy acids and suave tannin. Still in a peak zone.
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I love the acidity and overall freshness. While not the most full bodied and does not have the most length , this wine performs beautifully and with perfect balance. This wine is drinking at a peak of maturity. Wine benefited from a gentle decant and showed no signs of fading 2 hours in. I see no indication this wine will improve but I also don’t see it fading any time soon.
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From magnum. Decanted 30 minutes. This was great. I have had bottle variation, and surprisingly those that are ex-chateau from recent release are those not singing like the other bottles in my cellar (even after trying shorter and longer decants). But glad to have these magnums as they have all been great. A
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I've had several bottles of this lately from the same case. Some have been gone. This one was intact and actually maintained a little vibrance. Hope the next 5 bottles are as good...
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B’s official 50th (The Medlar, London): Classic Pauillac blackcurrant leaf nose. Restrained power. Fine boned, elegant, classical power with years ahead but lovely now in a slightly chiselled style. ****1/2
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Return to La Trompette (La Trompette, Chiswick): Deep garnet, pale garnet core. Blackcurrant fruit, cedar, gravel, just a touch of tobacco. Medium bodied, classic, linear, deep and long, still underpinned by a vein of firm tannin but all in balance, fresh acidity, long lightly grippy finish. Excellent, touching outstanding.
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A great old style Bordeaux, dense dark fruit with notes of cassis, black cherry, damp earth, cedar with good acidity and very long finish. It amazes me how youthful this wine remains. Paired beautifully with grilled antelope with port wine reduction sauce.
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Rich, delcious black cherry fruit with graphite and leather flavors, still relatively young, multilayered, excellent structure, long finish, wine is at its plateau which should last 10-20 years, approaches a Mouton in quality and style
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this has just a little evolution now with some cigar box aromas starting to show. Good value wine for what it delivers. Stood on its own next to the First Growths.
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Classic mature Bordeaux. Is putting on weight with air and time in the glass. Red currant, dried cranberries and a bit of chocolate and licorice. Superfine and well delineated tannins. Great fresh acidity keeps this vibrant. Lighter body and depth but good flavor intensity.
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Still years to go ... and that conclusion driven from a half-bottle. So young wirth surprisingly still very present tannins. Very cabernet-driven. However, weakest competitor in a flight with 1989 Montrose and 1989 Margaux.
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Consumed over two days. Day 1: Coravin, Dark red, yellow tinged, 5.5. Rather closed one dimensional bouquet, forest floor, dusty. Harmonious palate, m+T, intense, still quite stern, long elegant finish. Day 2: D2h. Generous mature bouquet, forest floor, red berries, pencil, herbaceous, spicy sweet stuff, in fact complex. On the palate it is as day 1. Incredible that a 31 year old wine has to be decanted to show it’s best. Still many years to go for this impressive wine. Although compared against Leoville Barton ‘89 I had yesterday this is more reserved and concentrated, a bigger wine I suppose. However, for now I prefer Barton for the sheer balance and generous style.
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1989 Las Cases: wonderful! Color: ruby red with orange, very clean Nose : floral note, fragrant red and black fruit, mint, forest leave, spice, nut and almond, sweet spice and pepper. Palate: smooth and very long finish. Black berries, red current, cherry, floral notes with hint of smokiness. Very well integrated tannin and acid. Smooth, very smooth, very smooth. Just love it!!!!!!
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Pulled cork 6 hours prior. Decanted 30 minutes. Out of the bottle this was flat and metallic. With 30 minutes of air it was better, but even over the course of 3 hours this, like all the bottles in this case, never hit the heights of bottles from my first case. This case was released from the Chateau in 2015 and I purchased shortly after so likely not a provenance issue. B+/A-
Just opened this. Showing promise already without any air. Quite dark ruby, no longer opaque, but no browning either. Nose is emerging with red currant, lead pencil and nutmeg. In the mouth, there are hints of strawberry jam, mineral, forest floor and cedar. Light on its feet, silky, tannin mostly gone. This finishes with a nice a lift. Can't wait to see how it will be in a few hours. At present, 5-12-16-8: 91/100. This really added a weight after a couple hours, showing much more depth and richness. Palate now rates a 17, so score bumped to 92/100. Next evening: This has really blossomed into a beauty overnight. The nose is lusher, richer, with great cedar and especially cassis aromas at the fore. Wow! The fruit on the palate is absolutely lovely now, with more secondary notes coming on strong, and nice minerality in the finish. After having read others' experience with this wine (and my own three years ago), I was worried this wouldn't measure up, but luckily this bottle was incredibly solid. Very, very nice, scoring better today than yesterday: 5-13-17-9: 94/100.
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The fill was base neck and the cork was sound; slow ox for an hour before dinner. Deep garnet with a touch of bricking. Classic left bank bouquet, with notes of cedary cassis, forest floor, tobacco; hints of black truffle and roasted herbs. Medium bodied, classic LLC texture (my wife smiled at that and called it a bit stern) with good delineation, focus and grip on the long and satisfying finish. A wonderfully mature LLC, but doesn’t hold a candle to good bottles of the ‘90.
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Bright barnyard notes on the nose. Sweet saddle leather, ripe blueberry, cloves and herbs. Silky smooth - Needs a bit to open, but just lovely once it does. Some plum and creme brûlée as it evolves on the palate
What an outstanding bottle. Dusty books, cassis and leather bouquet right from the start. Palate was lush and complex with cassis, leather and cloves with a long finish. Just a classic and beautiful older style Bordeaux. I don’t think you have to worry about this one fading anytime soon.
First time I get the cork out intact. Tremendous depth, lots of dense black and red fruits, spice, leather, plums, amazing structure and long finish. See previous notes.
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During a Commanderie LLC dinner with ex-Chateau bottles. This was lovely but could not match the 1985 and 1990 on the aromatic precision and depth. Ripe dark fruit on the palate also with a bit of torrefaction and some red fruit. Ripe palate, well structured, medium+ length. Nevertheless, a nice bottle of mature Medoc. Fully mature now.
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This is so gorgeous! Dark fruit, graphite, leather, smoke, spice, so many layers! I often find Las Cases austere, but this is open, warm and generous. Don't get me wrong, it is still serious and has lots of power, but this is really delicious now.
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This time did a proper decant and aerated for 90 minutes. Dark ruby red, slight bricking throughout the body of the wine. Noble cassis nose, leather, black currants, brambles, spice and some rocks. Powerful yet so elegantly crafted, amazing structure and complexity, delineation and precision although not as much as the 1990. Long sweet finish with tannins still present but very fine and fully coated by the fruit. Wow two more bottles left. One of the most hedonistic LLCs I’ve ever had the pleasure to drink.
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As close to perfect as I would have imagined. Fresh, intact, in contrast with Bordeaux I’ve tasted with half the age. Decanted off sediment for about 1/2 hour. Beautiful ruby color and classic Bordeaux aromas- cassis, currant, cigar box, burnished leather. Also red raspberries, ripe and just picked in the sun, and black raspberry coulis. On the palate the wine gains power and dark fruit concentration. Mint and baked green pepper, firm tannins, layers being revealed as the wine opened up in the glass. 13.5% alcohol. A joy to drink.
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Wow best bottle so far! Ruby red with hardly any bricking. There is first growth nobility in the nose and density of this amazing wine. Lots of dark red and black fruits, candied raspberries, leather, graphite, olive tapenade, and menthol. Best to decant and aerate for an hour then drink over two hours or so. The most forward of any LLC I have tasted even more so than the 82 and 86. Extremely concentrated, finely structured wine, rich palate, starts a bit saline but then balances out beautifully, great acidity and dark red fruits mid palate, hints of cassis, and a lingering long finish with tannins emerging ever so late in the slightly sweet cassis finish. Truly a joy.
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Little evolution from the last bottle. This wine is in a great place. Fully evolved, still deep colour, wonderful fresh nose, good palate with some fruit and secondary flavours. Plenty of life left. Very enjoyable
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Not as good as previous bottle but still a great wine. Cork fully soaked with slight mold under the cap. Ruby red color with hardly any bricking. The wine starts a tad saline and acidic and requires at least an hour or two in the decanter to find its balance. Nose of raspberries and cassis, some nutmeg and graphite. Medium bodied with sweet tannins and a decent finish lacking at the mid palate, but I believe from this bottle the wine is in a dumb phase and may need to be put to rest in cellars for 2 to 3 years before retrying.
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After a disappointing spell whilst opening the bottle, with a slightly mouldy cork that slipped into the bottle despite my using a special device to uncorck old bottles, I was worried whether the bottle was off. At first the wine seemed disjointed despite a lovely creamy cassis and pencil lead nose. With two hours of aeration the wine found its stride. Slightly bricking body though with a texture more akin to a 1990s wine rather than a 30 year old, the wine reflected extremely precise cassis, graphite, pencil lead, very old leather, and some blackberries which is quite unusual for a LLC. Medium bodied with noble fruit mid palate, great balance, texture and acidity giving this wine amazing backbone and longevity, the wine finishes long and subtle, slight perfume and extreme roundness. One of the more evolved LLCs I have ever had the pleasure of drinking. I am stocking up on this one!
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Bottle and cork in absolutely pristine condition. This is drinking gorgeously today. The fruit is incredibly pure and bright, yet showing beautiful mature notes of secondary development. It has the tell-tale 1989 tannic grip which gives it great structure and mouthfeel. Smoke and minerals, blackberries and menthol. Delicious!
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Slight barnyard but quite muted on the nose. Soft integrated tannins with hints of rose, subtle orange peel, raspberry, oiled soft leather. Some minerality, drinking really smooth and pretty without being heavy. Elegant and aging well. Getting better as it sits on the glass.
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DM Tuesday Night Zoom Tasting (Vancouver, BC): Drank blind next to the 1990 Leoville Las Cases. A fair bit tighter and leaner compared to the 1990. Focused black cherry, cedar, and leather. A bit of green shows on the nose but it's not distracting. Really well balanced and would surely be even better with food. Enjoyed over 3 hours and this just got better and better, gaining weight as it sat. Quite different than the 1990 and while I loved them both if I had to choose I'd take the '89. I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes in the coming years. Fantastic
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I wanted to try this again after a marginal bottle a month ago. This was much better; nevertheless, it's losing its freshness. I plan to drink the rest of this case over the next year. if you have this wine, you should try it soon.
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Decanted 2 hours. Very nice, but maybe not up to the accolades of my other recent notes - but from same case, ex-Chateaux, as many of those bottles. just a touch thin tonight, but very enjoyable and good with food. A-
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This is very nice - it's rich, tangy, smooth, with a bit of cedar - just as it has been on the last few occasions I've had it, but I expect more of LLC.
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Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of medium ruby with fading garnet rim and legs. Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of black fruit of blackberry and bilberry, dried fruit of prune, floral notes of rose, pungent spice of licorice, oak notes of cigar box, herbal notes of eucalyptus, maturity notes of forest floor. The wine is developing. Palate: Dry with medium acidity, medium tannin of ripe and velvety texture, the wine has medium alcohol and medium body, medium (+) intensity flavors of black fruit of blackberry and plum, oak notes of toast, herbal notes of black tea, floral notes of violet, maturity notes of savory. The wine has a long finish. Conclusion: Very good quality St-Julien with an intense nose showing great complexity, with the fruit still going strong despite the age, supplemented with the oak and spicy notes, evolving into the maturity aromas of forest floor, with savory elements. The wine is elegant, well-balanced and of great finesse, showing good concentration in flavors and having a very long finish as well. It is ready to drink now and can maintain for another 3-5 years.
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I bought a case of this in 1992 and have properly cellared it. This is the first bottle I've tried and I was disappointed. There's still a little structure but the fruit is falling behind and it's begun to fade. Hopefully it's just a bottle problem and not representative of the case. I'll try another bottle soon.
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This is a very youthful bottle of the '89 with a classic older Bordeaux nose of gravel, roasted nuts and graphite minerals. Much more of a high-acid style than say the '90 with a hint of green but it's also very terroir-expressive with wonderfully pure flavors of warm gravel, graphite minerals, black raspberry fruit and sweet tar. It's lean in texture and is more strict than fat with a typical aged Bordeaux lifted and cleansing palate. The finish has excellent intensity with deeply satisfying notes of gravel, minerals and leathers. At a plateau but well-stored bottles will go on for a decade or two at least.
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This wine continues to impress. Loads of dark fruit - cassis, raspberry, mocha with hints of cedar and earth. Great balance and well integrated soft tannins.
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This is a proper Wow! wine. Fruit still going strong, along with the structure, still there but wonderfully mellow now. This can go on for many years but is perfect now. Tertiary leathers, herbs and underbrush. Great length and complexity.
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Perfect, subtle amber edge. Gorgeous notes of violet, raspberry. Very youthful and elegant. Beautiful leather and smoked meat on the palate with a little rosemary and thyme, but no real barnyard. Glides along the palate for 30+ seconds. Open and drank after pushing in a difficult cork. One of our favorite Bordeauxs in a long time!
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Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of medium ruby colour with wide garnet rim and legs. Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of black fruit of cassis, blackberry and ripe dark cherries, floral notes of violet, oak notes of cedar, pungent spice of licorice, maturity notes of tobacco, animal notes of leather, mineral notes of pencil lead. The wine is developing. Palate: Dry with medium acidity, the wine has medium (+) tannin of well-integrated and silky texture, medium alcohol, medium (+) body with medium (+) intensity flavors of black fruit of blackberry and plum, oak notes of cedar, animal notes of leather, pungent spice of cloves, maturity notes of tobacco. The wine has a medium (+) finish. Conclusion: Very good quality Bordeaux Cabernet Sauvignon with very intense complex aromas, the black fruit first comes out with nice blackcurrant notes, then follows by the varietal characters, and a nice pencil lead and tobacco note in the finish. After time a nice perfume smell surfaces, along with other secondary and tertiary characters. The wine is well-balanced, elegant and with great finesse, still very lively after more than 30 years. Similar flavors can be found on the palate, with good concentration and a fairly long finish. It is ready to drink now and can maintain for another 4-6 years.
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5/12. Deep ruby/garnet core, pale garnet rim. Nose shows dark, minerally fruit, touch of tobacco. Medium/full bodied, quite mouth-filling, dark gravelly fruit, deep, fresh acidity, touch of meat, plenty of firm tannin underneath still which really comes through on the very good length finish. Excellent, needs time!
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Drink now - will probably last for a while but good drinking window. Lovely aged Bordeaux. Well integrated at this point. Definitely decant - lots of sediment. No noticeable flaws. Dark fruit and light forest floor. Incredibly smooth mouthfeel.
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Palate: very complex and smooth, cedar, cherry, cassis, hrbal. Not as big as a good year, but lots of complexity and still tannic, could have aged, but I am not sure it would have improved much.
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This is a very pretty, mature Bordeaux with soft, subtle, dark fruit and an earthy, mushroomy core with fairly chalky tannins on the longish finish. Tonight, it needed about 4 hours of air to hit its stride.
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I’ve liked this wine a lot in the past but sandwiched between ‘90 Leoville Barton and ‘86 Mouton, it tasted lean and less complex although still a very fine bottle of older Claret.
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Good open and seductive velvety nose, on the palate subtle velvety fruit, clearly less intense and powerful than the -82, -85, -90, -95 and -96 in the line-up but very good and elegantly attractive, perfectly in its drinking window now, I do not see this getting much better than this but will last.
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Tasted rather mature on first sip but fruit blossomed in the decanter. Best at around 3 hours after decanting. Graphite, currants, redcurrant on the nose, subtle rather than showy. To taste mature red fruits, very polished, touch of earth. Long time since I had LLC back in the day when I used to drink it more often it was never my favourite claret. This is nice and shows real class but in a mellow, modest fruited way. Very elegant but glad I bought this 20+ years ago when prices were more reasonable.
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1989 Bordeaux (Yan's China Bistro, Walnut Creek, Ca.): Nose of black berry, roasted coffee, and black cherry, the same on the palate, big body, lots of brooding, inky fruit, very tasty after opening up, opened during the 2 hour luncheon and really came on at the end, needs 5 years to peak drinking, mouth filling fruit, brooding fruit, and a long finish. Photo uploaded. My #2 but Group #1.
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Decanted an hour. This was great, as always. Dark fruit, great concentration and complexity. Wonderful balance and finish of both fruit and minerals. A
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Jordan's 1989 Bordeaux Dinner (Feast & Imbibe - Evanston IL): Lots of Black cherry with a slightly lighter character than typical for 1989 Bordeaux. Good weight and length with intriguing charm. Certainly good, but I expected slightly more.
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Second Sunday Group: 1989 Bordeaux (MiY's): Double blind. Aromas of red and dark fruit; perfumed. Pretty. Dark fruit dominates that palate, though it's a bit lighter than the others in the flight. Doesn't change much in terms of the bouquet, but has a nice lush quality before turning tannic on the palate. Good, slightly tannic, but just doesn't separate itself or stand out in the flight. 90-92 pts.
My #5, Domino's #7 Group #6, 61 pts
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This was delightful tonight, but it needed about 2 hours of air before it began to shine. Immediately after opening, it was very tight with earthy, mushroom compost flavors dominating. After about an hour, pretty floral notes made an appearance. Two hours later the soft, darkish red fruit joined the party and they all combined to make an elegant, mature Bordeaux that was drinking beautifully! There’s still the tiniest bit of chalk on the finish, but to my tastes, this is in a really good place right now. I think I’ll drink my last two bottles in the next year or two.
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Popped and left in bottle about an hour. Mushrooms and fallen leaves on the nose. This is smooth. Tannins fully integrated. Notes of blackberries and leather on the palate with a nice long finish. I don’t see any more improvement from here but still a little staying power. Really liked this. I have two more 750’s in the cellar. I’ll drink them in the next year or so. Better a little soon than a little late?
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Second Sunday Group: Geja's Cafe format (Marty's): Courtesy of our host. Nice dark fruit and earth elements, with touches of cedar and forest floor in the background. Nicely integrated tannins. Black currant, plum and leather on the palate.
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Vintage Club - Bordeaux 2018 En-Primeur and Gala Dinner (Andaz Hotel): Big nose of mushrooms and undergrowth. While a bit of blackberry, and some acidity, this one is full-force driven with mushrooms, lichen and green moss. Still quite warm. The cassis shows up in the finish, and it’s long and persistent. Great!
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Drank from magnum: Red fruits, cassis, spice, earth, soil aromas. Tasted cassis, gravel, earth, herbs, soil and white pepper. Structured, balanced and rounded. Classic LLC. It’s age shows but in a good way. Tannins fully resolved. Marginally ahead of the Lalande 1996 tonight. Slightly past it’s prime - open now.
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Po’s 89 Bordeaux @ Trompette (La Trompette, London): Slightly leafy nose. Fresher and quite lithe on the palate. Really opens in the glass. Still quite tight and dense mid palate but it’s starting to show. Lots here. The right mix of classical styling and mid palate padding. ****1/2
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Nez superbe, complexe : bois précieux, tabac, cuir frais, fruits rouges cuits, sous-bois, des notes florales et sanguines. Il évolue sans cesse en gagnant en intensité. Bouche droite, en retenue, volumineuse avec beaucoup de présence. L'équilibre est parfait, toute rigidité excessive étant évitée. Quelle distinction ! Très bonne persistance sur un festival aromatique.
Superbe vin !
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Beautiful mature Bordeaux nose of Asian spices, eucalyptus and roasted nuts. Deep and delicious and its now surpassed its green phase and is showing wonderful flavors of black fruits and graphite minerals. Quite fresh with plenty of acidity and a superb building complexity on the finish with notes of dark spices, licorice and minerals. Interestingly, this bottle from my cellar is drinking quite a bit younger than the bottle I drank at the Chateau 2 weeks ago. My bottles have plenty of upside. 94+
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A perfect bottle of this wine showing faded dark red fruits with good acidity and a fresh green note that was not too obtrusive. It builds to a nutty complex finish with notes of lead pencil, dark spices and fresh pine. This wine has reached maturity but still has a ways to go. Drunk with dinner at the Chateau.
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Rare varietal wine which LLC make every year but don't often sell. Roasty nose, tobacco Stronger tannins than the standard cuvee, as you'd expect, firm initially and then they melt. Lovely texture and mouthfeel. Still plenty of fruit. Long and fascinating.
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Bardot Brasserie Léoville Las Cases Vertical Dinner (Las Vegas, NV): The '89 Léoville Las Cases is an opaque red/garnet blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. Still very rich and intense, it delivers a package of black fruits, anise, violets, tobacco, cocoa and cedar. Full-bodied, low in acidity, seamlessly alcoholic and with medium-weight, silky-textured tannins, it has excellent mid-palate presence and finishes with good length. This elegant Bordeaux is drinking beautifully at this point. Well-cellared bottles should remain on plateau for another 15+ years. Drink now-2035.
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1989 Bordeaux - 30 years on. (Famous Treasure, Capitol Piazza, Singapore): This was very, very good indeed. It had a lush, lovely nose, yet with a typical masculine reserve, wafting out of the glass with notes of earth and leather, cassis and blackberries, cedar and spice, and just that bit of tea leaf aromas too. The palate was lovely. Clear and transparent and impeccably balanced, yet wonderfully structured in pure Las Cases style. It had sinewy tannins coiled around a brilliant core of cassis and black cherries, this laced with a lovely tobacco spice. Just depths of power here, yet so elegantly noble and so light on its feet. There was a quietly long finish too, with juicy notes of sweet cassis patted down with a bit of earth. Top drawer, and drinking beautifully now. Absolutely delcious stuff.
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Much more buttoned-up than a recent example; tough to get a great bead on this but nice cassis and pencil at least. But it also didn't have much air and the label had fallen off so lots of potential factors for how this showed.
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orange/ red colour - showing some age Great nose - leather and tobacco Still so refreshing on the palate, has a great bite to it, and some delicate strawberry fruit. Then it's all about tobacco, some seriously fancy cigars and leather. This is excellent. Everything I like in a mature Bordeaux. Melty tannin.
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After a two hour decant the nose was bursting with rich, ripe fruit and dried earth with a bit of minerals. The flavors were classic St Julien with deep, rich but balanced cassis, dark fruits, and just enough earth to add multiple layers of complexity. long finish with silky tannins. this appears near peak, but could easily plateau for another 5+ years.
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Wow, tonight's second great Bordeaux experience. This wine had everything. Beautiful nose of red berries, a little leather, integrated oak. Dense, but not heavy. Smooth tannins. Large and elegant. Long aftertaste and lovely acidity. Had '88 a few years ago and remember that it had a clear eucalyptus element which I personally am not so fond of while '89 had no trace of this. The air for 4 hours in carafe as it was tight straight out of the bottle. Wine of the evening for me, with Ducru 96 just behind.
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From magnum. Double decanted 5 hours in advance. I am always partial to this wine but for me it was the wine of the night against some great wines. Just classic Bordeaux and still has plenty of life to it. I love the dark blue fruits, great mix of secondary elements, and a really nice finish at this point in its life. So good with dinner. A
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Notes of weathered leather, pencil shavings, dried tobacco leaves, dark fruit, dried plums, sous bois and a peppery note, reminding me of Pimientos de Padrón, all came to mind and lent the wine a rather sophisticated touch. Charming and rather feminine on the palate, with already resolved tannin, a medium-plus body, remarkably fresh acidity and a long-lasting finish. This bottle was in a really good spot and was drinking quite nicely.
A point lower than the 1998 I just had due to the brass finish. But beautifully held together, if just a little shy of its former glory (aren't we all)
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Recent Chateau Release, which matters from my experience. This wine is awesome, in a great spot with about an hour of air, showing dark ripe fruits, secondaries, and great balance on the finish. Great with food, and just top notch Bordeaux if stored well. A
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Prime bottle of Las Cases. Kept in the Cheateau cellar and recorked in 2016. Youthful mark with intense primary cassis. Complex age aromas and light roasted coffee, lead pencil and delicate oaky scents. Full body, concentrated with blackberry and dark raspberry. Fresh made liquorice, cloves and cinnamon. Lovely finish. First growth quality! 95-96 points.
Leoville Las Cases Dinner; 10/26/2018-10/27/2018 (Troquet on South): Nose: Precise, focused blackberry, plum, coffee, cedar, graphite and floral notes that gave so much dimension to the nose of this wine. Palate: Enters with a deeply layered palate that still has a lot of youth. Cassis, blackberry, cuban cigar, cedar, turkish coffee, baking spices and anise notes. Really a "wow" palate once fully opened up. Finish: Very long and well focused, leaving a trail of fine dry tannin on the tongue.
The lesson on the 1989 was to wait, wait, wait. This ended up a close second on the night for me to the ex-chateau 1986. Tremendous, but required time in the decanter to blossom. Showed younger than the 86 by much more than 3-years.
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Still young, another 5 years should really be in this wine's favor. Funny enough, it's almost most appealing just after it's poured - though it's the cedar and pencil that are most dominant, glimpses of very pure, focused, linear cassis can be seen quite clearly. With air, the wine opens but that pure, deep fruit recedes as the wine picks up dry raspberry, oxblood, leather notes. Clean lines.
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98 At the Brunello degustation the winner is Saint Julien :) old good Bordeaux... How much it means! Elegant, good matured, soft stream of dry berries, leather, forest and tobacco leaves, graphite and cedar. Great wine!
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NobleRottersSydney - top 80s Bordeaux (360 Bar & Dining, Sydney): {cork, 13.5%} [Gordon] Aging currants, leather, cedar; wonderful nose. Perfect structure on the palate; mature blend of red/black cabernet fruit with classic cedar/oak twist; maturing but fresh and alive. About medium/full-bodied, maybe the impression is heightened by the impeccable balance along the even palate, and the long finish. Acid is unobtrusive, medium dusty tannins provide a structural frame. The archetypal great Bordeaux red; this wasn’t outclassed by anything else on the table tonight (ie. the four first growths). It really doesn’t get any better than this. Double-decanted a few hours prior.
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BBQ at The Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): The wine felt fragile (not sure if this was a bottle issue but a few questions in our mind given the other notes below) and chose not to decant and we debated long if this on the way down. We have tried this a few times with the last time being 5 years ago ( Papies 93) and definitely this was a shadow of the wine we remember. Soft, light, lacked the energy and depth of flavor . Earthy, well secondary and tertiary evolution here. Nice wine still just not the great wine it used to be. 90 this time round and drink sooner than later .
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Ex-Chat. Perfect fill and cork. Decanted an hour, and it needed 2+. At 2 hours it starts to open up (much less fruit before that). At 3 hours, drinking very well, with cool blue fruit and a good match with food. This did not hit the heights of some previous bottles, as the best have had more substance in the middle, where this was a little light, but better than the past couple from a previous case. My guess is this case is a little less evolved than my other cases and needs more air. A-?
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Bordeaux 1989 (@ Monarh): Extremely beautiful and complex bouquet with dark berries and very pleasant horse stable impressions. On the palate sweet and ripe black berries, beautiful acidity and round tannin. Pleasant bitterness. Well dosed oak. Luxurious wine. Ready now and the next few years.
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A bright ruby red with little signs of its age. The cork was fully soaked through and had a lot of fine sediment, so I definitely decanting. 15 minutes after pouring the wine smells of truffles, mushrooms and forest floor.
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Acker Auction - April 2018 (Marea in NYC): Very bright and open for business. A wine that stands out. Lots of red fruits. Very tasty. Interesting since came on the heels of the '82 Mouton and this was much more impressive (I think Mouton a bad bottle).
Good, but relative to the 1986 and 1990 served along side this came across somewhat simpler, more monolithic with a less interesting flavor profile. Others remarked on its own quite good, but just pales in comparison to the best LLC vintages. I agree.
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This was a vertical tasting over dinner. I love Las Cases and fell its a tremendous value that in the best years approaches Grand Crus but is generally excellent and enjoyable. all of these wines fit the bill from the the sublime 82 and 90 downward. My ranking was as follows 82 90 86 89 83 96 85 95
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Decanted for about 2 hours. Subtle cassis, tobacco, redfruit, blackberry and a hint of pepper. Long finish. Drank along side a 1982 Pavie. Classic St Julien. This has a lot more life left in it.
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Tasted after 1996 La Mission Haut Brion. Wonderful bottle - generous, open, complex and layered. On the palate still good grip but the tannins are rather in the background. Spicy, elegant, cool and very persistent. My WOTN. Drink or keep. 94-96
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Domaine Delon Masterclass (Vaucluse Cellars, New South Head Road): Spice, earthy, almost a lanolin note, quite fresh. A little primary fruit, cream even. Shows less age than the 1990 but that might be because it's recently been recorked and topped up from 1989 jeroboam. In the mouth it's juicy, fruity, leathery as well. Travels preposterously long the palate. Fine but persistent tannins. Surprisingly fresh.
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Short 30 min decant before going to Christi’s with the group.
The best of my previous 3 bottles, nice nose with a hint of green peppers nicely integrated with the fruit. Very balanced on the palate. Full body with incredibly fresh fruit and nice acidity, long finish.
Wouldn’t hold much longer Wine is very nice now; not sure if it’ll get better
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This one drinks beautiful in the moment. Nicely aged with a warm and round body, soft tannins, lots of blackberry and blackcurrant notes, a little leather and forest soil, some greenish notes too. Medium long finish - great!
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Coravined from double magnum, I'd had a glass 2 years ago and it was still hard & closed. I poured me another glass today and after 2 hrs it was really good. Color barely shows some traces of age, still purpule with light brownish rim. Lots of black currant & pine forest on the nose, with great attack, powerfull mid palate and a long minty 3 minute finish with chewy fine grained tannins. I say after 28 years, this has barely reached the drinking window and has a long, long life ahead & will keep improving as tannins continue to melow.
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We had opened four bottles, they were all amazingly consistent and fabulous drinking. Still lots of life ahead for sure. Textbook Saint Julien. 94-95p now with quite a bit of upside left.
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Decanted my last bottle last night. It was perfect with grilled lamb and veggies. Dry in the finish and silk on the tongue. Always like to have the best wine first. Later we opened one of our favorite Pinots that we usually go "ah" after a sip or two. But after the '89 we could really appreciate the difference in the subtle elegance.
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3/12. Coravined half a bottle 28/5, finished 2/6. This bottle not the best, almost certainly not helped by the Coravin process stirring up sediment. It was medium/deep garnet with a pale garnet rim. The nose had some attractive dark, smoky, minerally fruit, with tobacco also coming through on the palate which, on this bottle at least, was a touch austere with some sandy tannins showing on the finish. There was also the odd slight whiff of sea water on the nose. Drinkable but, as I say, not the best example. NR
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After an off bottle last night this one was what we were expecting. Decanted 45 minutes and this showed well and kept improving. Dark fruits, nice earth and secondaries. Good, but short of great on the finish. Really good, and underrated as a food wine, in my view. A-
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Leoville Las Cases with Pierre Graffeuille (Ripple): Like the 1990, this was ready to go. Pierre thinks it will age longer, though. That may be -- it seems to have more stuffing. The aromatics are stronger and deeper here, although not as precisely defined. Here they're more funky, almost a gamy scent to it. It's smooth and rounded by bottle age on the palate, darker than the 1990 and black-fruited in complexion. Again it has an almost sticky grip -- there is a glossy sheen to this but it feels more like the fattiness in a steak than just the gloss of ripe fruit. That's also on account of the tannins being nicely melted away.
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Léoville Las Cases dinner with Pierre Graffeuille (Ripple Restaurant in DC): Harmonious nose displaying subtle cassis, blueberry, plum, more red fruit than the 96 and 90, a hint of mint and eucalyptus, coffee and mineral. Very good concentration, chewy and rich, also quite silky, nicely integrated tannins and a long finish. Not quite up to the 96 and 90 for my palate. Nevertheless, this is a classic wine that is drinking nicely.
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From double magnum. Limited notes, over dinner. Good colour, rather backward and dark, but unfortunately TCA affected on the nose. This blew off to some extent over the course of the evening, but what was left was still rather one-dimensional.
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Served from McKenzie (5L) over dinner. Deep purple in colour, blackberry and blackcurrant on the nose, well balanced on the palate with fine tannins and a long finish. Truly excellent.
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Tobacco, green pepper, iron, soil and tobacco on the nose. Palate has a rather short finish without much volume. This is a disappointing effort for las case in a great vintage. Dont see the wine improving from here.
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Underwhelming, at least in initial impression. Cork was saturated, label had a bit of stain, and there appeared to be light leakage (although fill was into the neck). Medium ruby, bricking at the rim. Nose was initially nondescript, even funky and dirty. With air, more fruit has emerged, along with iodine and a bit of iron. Fruit is all black, no sweetness, just black earth, at first, but now sweeter more complex aromas are coming on stronger. The palate remains a different story. Still very hard and rustic, with little charm. Does it need more time? Is it past its prime? Is this atypical, a bad bottle? I can only guess, and that's not good since it's my daughter's birth year and I still have two bottles remaining of the original 3 bottle purchase. Judgment reserved for the time being, see how it is tomorrow. Update after a full day of airing: A bit more fragrant, now with some red fruit. Bigger improvement in the mouth with sweeter, redder fruit, but still lacking complexity and lagging in excitement. Optimistically speaking, this might need quite a bit more aging to show well, but that's a guess. Here's hoping my hunch is correct. Now: 4-11-15-7: 87/100.
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Fully mature, medium bodied wine, blending classic character with elegance and austerity, the wine has a cassis, sweet and tart cherry, cedar, tobacco and hint of green in its character. The tannins are softened making the wine fun to drink, but the short finish and lack of depth stop the score from going higher.
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Great wine. Drank with a Montrose which I preferred. Leoville felt much younger. A lot more red fruit, less decadent of a finish. All in a wonderful wine but over shown by the Montrose. Could still age for decades.
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This is fully mature Bordeaux that is just so easy to enjoy. Colour shows some age but still quite bright; nose of dark cherries and cedar with some leather. Palate is balanced with almost no tannins but still carried by the fruit and acidity. Long. This is not getting any better but delicious now.
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Good but not great bottle. It just didn't really seem to want to come around after a slow-ox and then a decanting. Tasty, lots of mature characteristics, but didn't really wow anybody. It has wonderful grace and is nicely mature yet still youthful in some ways, good fruit and acid on the palate. It hints at being able to age for much, much longer. I am conflicted on whether this needs more time to truly open up or if it will ever get there. Maybe this will just be a mediocre LLC.
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3 bottles of Classified Growth Bordeaux from the 1989 vintage for the first of 6 events for my 70th Birthday, nose of sweet black cherry, tar, and iron, the same on the palate, big body, lots of brooding, inky fruit, probably in a dumb stage, touch of soft tannins, opened slowly and improved slightly during the 3 hour dinner, the nose was it's best feature, needs more time in the cellar and will probably score better, very tasty, medium/long finish. My #3 of 3.
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(chateau bottle) I've been patiently waiting for my cellared 89 LLC to come around, and am pretty disappointed with how it seems to show. This seems closer to 'lesser vintages' in LLC quality than I expected. Given a 5hr slow-ox it still needed more air and was very strict. Not a surprise, but less cedar and aromatics than a 89 Leoville Barton recently opened (I actually preferred that). Medium-weight. Some graphite coming through but nothing like the complexity I would expect and dry. Hold for another 10 years and hope for the best... less well stored bottles may actually show better at this point! Should be better than the 99 LLC but far less ready to drink now, but for similar money I'll continue instead buying the amazing 85 LLC!!! 91-93pts and hold (drink 2020-2035).
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Lacking precision with fuzziness on the nose but the palate is sweet and fantastic with stewed red pepper. This is more evolved than the 89 Margaux or Haut Brion, but the way the palate jumps at you from nowhere makes up for it. It's genuinely sweet with a long finish of dried fruit and aszu.
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Cork was ok. Left bottle to breathe for a bit but did not decant. The prior bottles did not take decanting very well I think. Color still freash, with modest bricking. Marvelous nose of mint, fruit, earth, tobacco all very harmonious. Beautiful mouth development with dryness and soft tannins sustaining excellent layered flavors. Long, structured, lots of energy and high yummy factor. Better than the bottle I had last year.
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Removed cork and was a little nervous seeing it was partially saturated but one whiff and knew it was fine. This was part of an after golf line-up of other great wines and this just help cap the day. Very little bricking around the edge and dark, you would never guess this to be an 89'. The nose was slightly reticent after decanting but opened up over the next couple of hours. Still dark fruited with cigar box and the wine got stronger as the night went on. No one was in a rush to drink this and enjoyed savoring it. Still plenty of life left to this and will look to pick a few more up. At the current price this is well worth seeking out.
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Wines of Good Hope: Summer 2016; 7/9/2016-8/31/2016 (River's Inlet, British Columbia): Okay, not amazing and somehow out of balance. A ton of tannin but perhaps without the fruit to ever balance out? Not a great deal of pleasure here, pretty tough and monolithic. Was completely (and consistently) outperformed by the '90 Gruaud Larose opened side-by-side (three bottles of each).
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Amazing depth of black cherry fruit inside a bottle that had all the external signs of disaster but was pristine inside. Good integration of the melted tannins with characteristic acidity dominating the finish. Lovely mature (but not tired) wine.
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Lot's of fruit, tannins and acidity. Nicely aged and of course there are some nice mature accents. But this is around € 100,- and I know better wines for less money.
Drinking great now. Impressive strength and length for the first hour before is slowly faded but remained complex and enjoyable. Corked and poor, no decant and did not regret given the initial length experienced.
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Decanted an hour. Similar to my last note, the wine of the night. Such an elegant, classic Bordeaux. Great with food. Maybe just a touch more body and length would make it perfect, but really there is nothing to complain about. A-/A
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Dinner at Patrick's place (Patrick and Tanya's place): Corked was soaked completely, but extracted in 1 piece. Medium bricking. Fine, complex and typical nose - pencil shavings, cedar, black fruits, perfume. The nose would change over the course of a couple of hours though, at times becoming a little subdued. Fine palate, with typical acidity and super balance. Long finish. Enjoyed.
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Beautiful wine that is ready to go. Decanted for 2.5 hours before consuming. Notes of earth, dirt, some pine. Very rounded, tanned leather with a deep, long finish. This wine is peaking so drink now.
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Decanted 4 hours. Garnet in color. Hints of tobacco, leather, blue berries on the nose. Silky smooth texture with lots blue berries and good complexity. Medium to long finish! Can keep for few more years.
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medium red with clear bricking, classic mature Bordeaux nose, dark for its age, still has bite, will last another 20 years at least, delicious and old school 93
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Tasted blind. Initial nose of pencil tip, sour veal stock, yeast, barnyard and old home made fruit juice. But then it opens up and shows it's charm. Still some barnyard, but in a pleasant way. Palate shows power and concentration. Good wine!
50+5+11+16+8 (90p)
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Beautiful wine. 1.5 hour decant. Nose of a classic Bordeaux (earth, mineral, dust). Notes of blackberry fruit, tobacco, and earth. Long finish. Had against a 2012 Marsten Cab and this just blew it away (as we all thought it would)
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Near perfect balance with nose of tar and light blackberry; elegant and suttle yet with good texture and depth; long finish with the right tannic aspect.
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Dyp mørk med svakt oransje noter. Klassisk duft med solbærtoner, lær, blyantspiss og et hint av eucalyptus. Munnen fylles av mørke, behagelige sødmefulle frukttoner. Stor konsentrasjon og fylde, markant tanninstruktur og lang, harmonisk ettersmak.
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Dark, deep and harmonious wine of ripe, dark fruit, earth, gravel, tobacco and herbal spiciness. Concentrated and firm but with delicacy of fine tannins, fresh acidity and a long finish. Probably still uplifting, but close to its perfection. Beautiful and, if in this perfect condition, as good as the 1990.
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Bordeaux WIMPS (La Tromplette, Chiswick): Deep, dark, gravelly fruit, some rich earth and tobacco, firm but fine tannins, fresh acidity, long if still quite firm finish. Serious, minerally claret, excellent, drinking but with more to come ****1/2 +.
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Deep red, not much of bricking. Decanted an hour to get the proper nose of cassis and cedar. Good balance of sweet fruit and wood spice in mouth, valvet tannin with good structure. Seems it needs more time but wonder if there is sufficient conc of fruit.
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Decanted 2 hours. This drinks well, with a classic profile, but it just a little thin in the middle right now. Tannins still frame the finish, but are reasonable at this stage. It is possible this will improve a bit as it softens with time and secondaries become more prominent. My only slight worry is it being a little thin in the middle. A-
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From the other cellartracker notes, it looks like some of these 89s are drinking. But this one kept poking its head up before retreating into its shell, offering something slightly different each time. A classy, aristocratic nose smelling faintly of blackcurrant and sandalwood - from time to time, it also showed floral notes, minerals, or smoke. Bottles from this case could be great with a few years.
Purchased on release for $31, decanted and poured out to my family. It blew away the 2005 St. Emilion we were also having. Good color and no browning, but also no tannins and a silky mouthfeel. Medium bodied. Dark fruit combined with earthy undertones. Seemingly at a plateau of eminent drinkability.
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The nose shows some maturity, some sweetness and earthy tones. Good palate, fruity, some green tones and a little too acidic. It's good, it's fresh and still very much alive. But is it worth € 135,-? Absolutely not. Some mediocre Bordeaux from a good vintage will live a same period of time and shows of better.
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1/12. Decanted 1/2 an hour. Appearance is still relatively youthful with a medium/deep ruby/garnet core and a pale garnet rim. Reticent on the nose at first, opening out to blackcurrant, smoke, mineral, rich earth. Touch of blood, complex and deep. Medium/full bodied on the palate, black fruits, quite tobaccoey, earth, mineral, touch of iron - again complex. Still a touch stern with some firm tannins but deep and extra-ordinarily long on the finish, with balanced acidity and lingering sweet fruit. Masculine, sturdy. Whilst this can be approached now this has many, many years in it still.
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10th of 12, perfect fill, hour decanted, previous notes fine to fine plus....this bottle in higher gear with much greater complexity and sheer class, 2nd WOTN behind outstanding Latour 96, though showing better than Latour 89. Very fine (18.5/20).
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Earthy, blackberry notes, nicely integrated tannins, sweet finish. Not as powerful as expected. Drinking very well but lacking complexity. Seems to be at peak.
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Double decanted, had as third red wine of night after a Nero d Avola and a 1999 Vin D'alceo with friends. The Leoville was excellent. Perfectly integrated, smooth, dominating, classic. With much evolution, it has many years left. But for sure, if you have this, drink a copy soon. It's ok to leave some wine to your kids, but we should drink most of the great ones
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dark colours, very slight signs of ageing on the rim. LLC has for me been difficult to agree to in style. this is my 2nd 1989 among other vintages. decanted for 5 hours and a longer decant seems to turn these harsh black currants on nose/palate into a more blackberry-dominated wine, in any case more accessible and tasty.
a very fine-grained depot.
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The 1989 Léoville Las Cases possesses a deep inner perfume of red currant, rose petals, balsam, graphite and sandalwood. Elegant and weightless, with fine tannins that spread evenly across the palate, like damask silk. There is a wonderful, regal and almost undefinable quality to this second growth. It exhibits both fantastic purity and balance, and is well within its drinking window. The finish is long and lingering, offering graceful notes of cedar, spice and traces of minerality.
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Big, muscular and inky body. Lots of earthy and mineral aroma such as graphite and stones. There're still many things hidden and couldn't taste carefully now. It's still not mature enough to reflect most of its potential. Can hold it for 10+ years. My score was rated on the potential.
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S FL WS Group Dinner (Market 17 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL): Subtle, nuanced, and feminine, with light earth and leather on the nose. Cherry and currant fruit with a bit of a sweet edge on the finish. Medium body and acidity. Lovely wine.
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Sitting right in it's prime drinking window right now. No need to decant unless you are trying to avoid sediment. Fully integrated with a great finish.
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Decanted, considerable sediment , cork completely wetted through but came out flawlessly in one piece Medium garnet color, slight touch of brick at the rim,On nose lovage, leather, camphor, truffles, dusty tannins; smell somewhat funky: reminds me more of a Barolo than a Bordeaux. Not a great wine to drink solo without food, became better when drank alongside some cheese and bread. All in all this bottle was not overly impressive. Would have expected better from a Leoville Las Cases… Probably on the way downhill.
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Upon opening a nice black fruity nose was perceived. Decanted it about 30 minutes before initial tasting. It had rich tannin, black cherry, tobacco, earthy with hints of wood. Over the night it evolved and mellowed. It paired beautifully with roasted bone marrow and rib-eye.
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Decanted an hour. Really nice. Dark fruit, graphite, earth, minerals, and some finishing tannin. A bit short of a complete winner with something missing in the mid-palate but very nice food wine and has a long way to go. A-
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What a sleeper. The 89 seduces with subtlety. Lightening at the edges, this pure and elegant beauty drinks like a classic-lead pencil, hints of sweet tobacco, vanilla, cassis, cedar and red and black fruit combine for pure drinking pleasure. Complex enough ( and more than enough) to provide a rich mouth feel, but the balance is what makes this wine impeccable.
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4 hour decant Nose of black fruits, wet earth, slight perfume
Delicious mouthfeel, dark fruits but more earthy than fruity. The structure was intact and the wine had the appropriate weight and body. Very nice bottle
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This is not unique tasting, side by side tasted with 2007 Galatrona Petrolo, it seems not right pair, but anyway, Las Cases was beaten by the lower priced red. I should say 89 Las Cases was actually very good. Outstanding St. Julien style with some tertiary notes of tea leaf mushroom, and very good balance of acidity and fine & rich tannins. The length is extremely long, like 1 mins.
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Bonham's and Butterfield Pre-auction tasting (San Francisco, CA): Appropriate color; very nice nose with good intensity, cherry and blackberry fruit, good complexity; palate has juicy fruit, perfectly mature, maybe even a bit too much tannin in the midpalate; medium finish. Very nice. 92-93
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Blind. Obviously a West Bank wine. Bretty, some forest floor, very fine fruit beneath, long and fresh. Becomes less ‘bretty’ with more air, gains in depth and sweetness and ends up as a perfect match to entrecote, haricot vertes and béarnaise.
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Light bouquet with some earth; rubber and tar with textured blackberry-cherry; slight mint but tannic; decent finish; I think more time is needed for integration.
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Thought initial tastes were musty, closed and a bit thin. Opened up through dinner. Smell was better than taste. Cork was saturated and slid right out of the bottle.
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Excellent balanced bordeaux. Medium purple color. Drinking nicely now or could still lay down. Liked the cherries and blackberries, earthy mushrooms on the nose, hint of mint and cinnamon on the finish.
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Showing almost no age, nose a bit shy at first, slowly evolving in glass. Chocolate, spices, quite herbal. Grippy, rustic (in a good way) on the palate, noticeable tannins, slightly green, pretty long. A bit angular and not seamless but pretty long, a bit bitter on the finish.
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Opens up during the first 1-2 hours, with an impressive complexity, in the beginning notes of licorice, turning more into coffee, leather, wood with a lot of fruit flavours. Medium to long taste. It seems to be 5-10 years too early to drink this wine, but it is doing well now.
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Deep dark ruby. Pencil lead and black currant with cedar on the nose. Light notes of herbaceous undergrowth and liquorice accompany mouth-filling dark berry fruit. Marvellous concentration and well-rounded, present tannins. Medium long finish.
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A nice wine-but not what it should be. Definitely has some green, herbaceous qualities, and lacks some fruit and density in the mid-palate. Still, it exhibits some classic cassis, tobacco, and iron/mineral notes. Not bad-but I remain unconvinced by any of the '89 Bordeaux I've had, so far. I do like it, however a lousy QPR.
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Fabulous and most surprising tasting of the evening. Beautiful nose, length and subtle finish. Changed in the glass from being very good to surprisingly excellent. Still seems to have plenty of life left. Very smooth with nice fruit on the palettee. SWOTN (surprising WOTN) consumed with '79 Palmer, '95 Palmer, '90 Chateau Margaux, '90 Pichon Baron and an '01 Poggio Alle Mura. Great evening!
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Bordeaux 1989 Horizontal Tasting (Zurich): Intensive red. Nose of red currant and coffee. Bitter notes but nicely integrated dark fruit flavors (Cassis). Tannins are still present. Drink now - 2030.
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Another Saturday night at The Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): Another solid performance from this ugly duckling. This is the fourth bottle we have had of this over the last 3 years and it continues to perform. We decanted for about 2 hours (1 hour really needed). Still very much alive, round and fleshy with good ripe fruit (surprising for an 89 but this is St Julien after all). The nose is more fruit driven light secondary. Another great bottle so maybe this is Swan after all. 93 again
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Base neck fill. Soft cork, but not soaked through. Tobacco, hard leather, cassis, black currant, cedar, graphite and modest Oak. Minimal sediment. The wine took less than an hour to open fully, but has a classic depth of character - just one one that is primarily fruit driven, which might turn some people off.
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Options 1/25/2013 - I LIKE THIS WINE: (Edit) 93 Points Still closed !! After 2 hrs in the glass ,begun to open !! Very young! plum,cassis,herbal,mineral,spices,good acidity,smoth tanins,the next bottle I will open in two years.Beatifull wine ,will evolve a lot.
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Still closed !! After 2 hrs in the glass ,begun to open !! Very young! plum,cassis,herbal,mineral,spices,good acidity,smoth tanins,the next bottle I will open in two years.Beatifull wine ,will evolve a lot.
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Léoville Las Cases Grand Tasting (At Kim Aa's place, Ulvøya, Norway): Deep ruby, thin watery rim. Youthful nose; blackcurrants, licorice, and initially slightly medicinal aromas, like gauze. Pronounced, fruity on the palate, great structure, high tannin level. Great wine. Will evolve further
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Deep crimson, slight tawny at rim, clear. The nose of classic mature claret. Cedary, woodsmoke, green pepper, ripe black fruits. On the palate, bright acidity, soft integrated tannins a slight initial sharpness. Ripe black fruits, earth, mushroom, leafmould. Long and glorious. A super bottle
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Vesentlig yngre enn 66 ;-) veldig tight og kaffepreget på åpning, men to timer i karaffel gjør underverker. Blir stadig bedre (4 timer nå). Nesten parodisk "text book" St Julien aromabilde hele veien. Tett frukt med flott lengde. En nokså moderne LLC med en touch av sødme og sjokolade. .
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Xmas Eve dinner 2012: clear rubin red color; fresh baked bread, red berries, cherry, hints of coffee; medium body; clear, wiry texture; smooth tannins within a long finish.
Classic claret. However, think this bottle wasn't stored fully properly before I bought it (in 2006) cause one could sense the first signs of tiredness. LLC 1989 under good storage conditions should be still in pristine shape.
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Bordeaux 1989 left bank (with a bonus VCC): Subtle nose, a little restrained perhaps. Powerful dried berry flavours, slightly dry, with a touch of tobacco, and quite big stuff, but feels again quite young and not ready. Also seems to miss out on that vital aspect - charm. Find it hard to get on with this wine, and for me this doesnt really hit the spot. Will probably improve, given time, but today this is not firing on all cyclinders. Keep patient.88+
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Wonderful wine. Drank at Prange memorial barbecue.. Light red fading at the rim. Smells like a combination of blackberries, rasperries, cedar a little bit of licorice. On the palate surprisingly strong not alcoholic, red berries and intense minerality. long finish with rasperries. We drank 5 bottles and all of them were superb. Will drink the remaining cases over the next 5 to 10 years.
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Opened cork, found red soaked cork all the way up to top, worried a bad cork, when pouring into decanter, nice bouquet came out. 2hr later, such an enjoyable wine, obvious acid, but subsided with more air, cassis, currant, blackberry, cedar box, a bit earthy tone underplaying, smooth tannins, well balanced with very pretty acidity, I couldn't put down my glass, very astute, superb!
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Beautiful clear ruby color. Really a great Bordeaux nose of black rasberry spice, wood-smoke and roasted nuts. Quite fresh with good acidity and lovely flavors of cassis, black cherry and cedar wood. Well-rounded and balanced with a good mid-palate. Finishes with a beautiful spice character and real lift. The tannins on this wine have always been a little green but I would say that they are finally giving way and no longer hinder the finish which is becoming complex and quite fine. I'm betting that this LLC is a sleeper and the slightly underripe tannins will support long-aging. 93+
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Rupert's 89 'Super Seconds' Offline (The Medlar, London): Single blind. A tad riper and a little more fragrant on the nose. Palmer possibly, but it does seem leaner than it should for that. No LLC. Again, seems a little underpowered compared to previous bottles of this. OK, but I'm underwhelmed. ***
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Rett fra flasken var denne tett, voldsom og maskulin. Etter to timer i karaffel kom elegansen. Fortsatt en kraftfull vin, men med masse eleganse. Fremstår som moden, men blir nok fortsatt bedre. Nesten en parodi på 25 år gammel bdx; sigar, blyant, creme de cassis. Deilig vin
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Very suttle and unimpressive out of the bottle; after one hour opened up with nice blackberry and light licorice; soft and well balanced with a moderate but sweet finish.
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From a bottle purchased upon release, this wine had a red/purple center and red/orange rims. The medium+ intensity nose showed classic Bordeaux black cherry, mocha, soil, coffee, and clove.
A bit rough at first, not surprisingly, this wine took 4 hours to round out out and to develop a creamy texture. It has plenty of potential but will probably take another 10 to 20 years to get there.
Drink if you must (with air) or save it for the future when it should pick up a couple points.
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A very tasty bottle with boys at the Cabin (82,85& 89 SbS) 85 corked, 82 was soft and velvety and I loved the texture so it was my favorite but the 89 seemed like a fresher bottle with nice dark notes that promised more good days ahead. A bit of the 89 left in bottle overnight (no gas) was even better the next day.
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Trio of 82, 85, and 89. The 85 was corked. Most of us liked the 89 best, it was gorgeous. The 82 drank well, but seemed less evolved than previous bottles.
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Dark fruit, black cherry, currents with that typical graphite Las Cases. Very smooth wine with no hard edges, love the finish as it explodes on the palet initially then coats it with FRUIT and finishes with a long kiss of pleasure.
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Absolutely wonderful. With BBQ bone-in chicken breast, bread, salad. Full mature bordeaux experience with a nice sweet and long finish. Drinking perfectly now.
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Tasted at WSDC event. Slightly more accessible than its 1982 sibling tasted alongside, much more resolved tannins, though a touch shorter on the palate. Lovely mouth of berries, wood and cedar spice if starting to fade.
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Nose is a touch stinky, but after a few minutes in the glass that wears off and there is a nice elegant classic claret character. Mouth is a bit sour, but still has some fruit and a medium long finish. This bottle seems a bit past its prime.
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CdBaH 81st (RDG): Delicious. This is a big wine. Deep, mouth-coating flavors. The 1989s have a "delicious" factor that is on full display with this wine.
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Had this yesterday (21/10-11) with my wife togethet with a nice veal fillet. A tremendous nose with cedar, lead pencil , blackberries all very balanced and integrated. Perfect in the mouth with maturity, balance and a very long finish. At it's plateau now but will keep for many years. An incredible wine with perfect balance
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Still the most purple of the three Leovilles. Deep and complex bouquet with cassis and other dark berry fruits, beautiful oak and minerals. Same on the palate with chocolate and some licorice. Juicy and beautiful acidity. The tannin is soft and round and still has potential for some more years. Everything is harmonious and beautifully integrated. Great wine!
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Still needs time, initially quite green on the nose, with prominent acidity, sweet fruit very much in the background. After some time in a decanter, it started to loosen up a bit, but still a firm muscular core. Probably needs a 2-3 hour decant to show its supple inner self.
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Ridge Montebello Tasting & subsequent drinks; 3/22/2011-3/24/2011 (Berry Brothers, London): And this is why we leave wine in the cellar for years on end. So that we can drink bottles like this - superb bottle, perfect condition. Crystal clear and singing from the off - classic St Julien notes with great depth but also light on the palate. Super long finish of precision and quality. Way up there with some of the best Bordeaux I have drank. Excellent.
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Farewell Chertsey (Home): Similar to the bottle at the Square offlinen a couple of weeks ago. Sweet, ripe fruit, a little more weight. No surprise to hear suggestions of southern rhone here - the vintage character cf the 85 is clear. Just starting to show what it's made of and a lovely drink, but plenty in reserve here. ****(1/2)
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Shama's LLC Offline (The Square, London): Slightly sweeter-fruited nose. Still quite tight, good acidity, a touch of mocha. Really nice acidity, needs a bit longer to really sing, but very promising. If the 90 is the mistress this is the long-term marriage prospect. ****(1/2)
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Consistently beautiful. Unfortunately we didnt have time to decant it properly ( maybe 10-15 mins max) . Consistent with previous note
(very dark in colour and although drinks very well it has lost none of its vibrancy or power. Very nice, elegant and open on the nose. A bordeaux nose to show off we might add. well rounded mouthfeel, classy elegant bordeaux which would easily rank premier. Nice fruit but all was in balance,)
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This wine was tasted in double-blind fashion at Vintage Wines, Ltd. The bottle was kindly provided by Josh Gelb. My impressions are very similar to those of my last tasting of this great wine 11/7/09. Opaque red robe with garnet rim. Clean and very intense nose of assorted black fruits, anise, violets, tobacco and minerals. Full-bodied on the palate, with low acidity, big ripe tannins and black fruit-dominated flavors. The solid middle leads to a very long, smooth finish. This remains an elegant wine which is likely entering plateau. It should continue to drink beautifully for many years to come. Drink now-12/30.
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opened 3 hours prior to drinking. With Thanksgiving dinner, this was WOTN (2000 Colgin Cariad, 1979 Petrus, 1992 Domaine Leroy Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts, 1961 D'Yquem). Wonderful terrior-driven cedar, pencil shavings, cherries. This should continue to drink well through 2015.
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This wine is beautifully balanced, fresh and energetic. On the nose there are notes of red currant and cassis with some tobacco leaf and cedar. In the mouth it has nice shape with dense, sweet fruits that are threaded with tobacco. It has good intensity and poise and as well as it’s drinking today I’d love to be reacquainted with it in another 10 years.
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Sleek nose a bit restrained. Dark fruits with a an aroma of black cherry with raspberry tocuh an hint of of charcoal. Nice concentiion dark edgy quality. Well balanced, good density. Just a slight bit hard. Still shows potential to improve further. l
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1989 Leoville Las Cases offers tobacco, truffle, spice, red and black fruits and forest floor notes. Full bodied, and filled with cassis, the wine does not fully come together. The traditional finish ends with cassis and a slight hint of tart cherry. This will not improve.
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For us Las Cases is a bit like Mika Hakkinen. Twice a world champion, capable of the best ever overtake manouvre but also a bit chamless Well back to this beautiful 1989 then. Decanted for 45 mins.Wine is still very dark in colour and although drinks very well it has lost none of its vibrancy or power. Very nice, elegant and open on the nose. A bordeaux nose to show off we might add. well rounded mouthfeel, classy elegant bordeaux which would easily rank premier. Nice fruit but all was in balance, very much the world champion and in the case of this 1989 we had the joy to enjoy it at its best, maybe down the outside in Les Combes like Mika vs Schumi in 2000.
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2nd Annual Best of Bordeaux vs Kings of Kalifornia (PRIMA, Walnut Creek): nose - dirt, celery, lurking dark berry. mouth - somewhat closed though opened with time. dark fruit, Jeff found it 'plumy and pruney'. A big wine with solid tannins and potential, I guessed it to be young needing time, jeff guessed it be old. In retrospect i think we were both right.
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Decanted for four hours, utilizing a funnel. Deep garnet, with a light violet rim. The fill was well into the neck and there were signs of past seepage, however, this was in fine form. An ambrosial wine. A mesmerizing nose of Black currant, baked raisin, black tea, rose petals, leather, tobacco leaf and black cherry. The aromatics are very complex, embodied with youth and age. A lot of micro-fiber tannins that really show an outstanding mouth feel. Quite layered and the mid-palate just sings. This '89 Bordeaux is just starting to peak and will last for many years. What a finish and is over a minute. On the same level as the '95, just a little different, without losing it's house style. Las Cases never lets me down. This was the wine of the night and loved by all. Drink now - 2025.
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Beautiful bouquet with a little pleasant barnyard, luxurious oak and black as well as red berry fruits. Same impressions in the mouth, but also a lot of tannin and acidity. This bottle seemed less impressive and harmonious than the one I drank in 2007, but there is enough power to wait a few more years.
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Pristine bottle and cork. Blackberry, cassis, leather and dust on decant pour; sat for 4 hours. Less nose on first pour than on decant. Palate showed berries, black cherry and cassis with soft tannis and little acidity, but no 'wow' factor. While pleasant enough to drink each of the 6 bottles of '89 I've tasted since June started falling apart after 30 mins in the glass; ironic considering it needed a minimum two hour decant to approach it. I will finish the '89, which is very nice, and hold '86, '88 and '90.
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The "Grand Cru" tasting with Bacchus Wine Society (Merton College, Oxford): A little different from what I was expecting - won't bore with the usual mature Bordeaux descriptors except to note that there was a *lot* of graphite on this one, plus some sweet roasted tomato and a balsamic edge, a nice touch. This bottle feels a little tired, but excellent, very dry, very "classic" style. Did not compare to the 89 Pichon Lalande so a "disappointment" but still lovely.
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Quite dark with some bricking at the rim. Fresh with roses, tobacco, currants and forest floor. Similar in the mouth. Medium bodied, medium+ intensity and medium+ long. Fine acidity and tannins. Some warmth and alcohol. A lovely wine with no big words. Most drinkable, but lacking in intensity and somewhat in complexity for a truly great wine.
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Rich, bold, and still young. The nose on this is still waiting to break out of its shell, but it nevertheless shows sweet cassis and some leather. The palate is very ripe but evenly proportioned. Black fruits, some herbs, and worn leather. The tannins are hiding behind the fruit, but this is still quite structured and should improve over the next 10-20 years. Nicely textured and quite drinkable. Nothing on this wine is profound, but everything about it is very good.
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Delicious. Showing signs that it is nearing maturity yet with plenty of structure and tannin to keep it at list level for many more years. Dark core with a touch of lighter red at the edge. Not much graphite on the nose - just tons of fruit and a little bit of tobacco. Great depth with darker fruits and maybe the slightest hint of caramel. The finish is a long one. A wonderful bottle.
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Chelsea's Third Annual Birthday Wine Tasting (Lancaster, PA): My #5, the group's #6. It could be that this wine was served last and our palates were getting a bit tired, but people still seemed to come away wanting more from this. Of course, it only placed where it placed because the other wines were so good. I still thought it was smooth and very drinkable, maturing nicely, but maybe a bit less complex than I would expect from this estate.
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French Wine Tasting in Lavandou Restaurant, Washington D.C. (Lavandou Restaurant, Washington D.C.): A more brambly nose, and the palate is nuanced if somewhat austere. Like the 1996, more on the closed side of the when-to-drink-your-wine fence, but already showing notes of leather and pencil shaving along with cassis - an intermediary stage if you will in its (slow) development. The Pichon Comtesse 1989, for example, is far more open and ready for business. So, in a sense, this wine resembles the Pichon Baron 1989 in that it is more foreboding.
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Medium garnet with brownish rim. Fully mature nose. Wonderful bouquet, coffee, cedar wood, tobacco, graphite, herbs, mint. Wonderful taste, very long with a slight but refreshing bitterness. The aromas of Las Cases '96 is more intense, but here the complexity is greater and the mouthfeel better, but of course this more fully mature than the '96.
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Decanted this one for an hour, and it could have used much longer. Very dark in the glass, showing hardly any age. Black fruits on the somewhat restrained nose, with a slight herbal quality (in a good way). The palate reveals this to be a very elegant claret. Ripe black currants and sweet cassis are the centerpieces of a rich, balanced, and classy wine that is in a good place--it has the richness of a young wine with a bit of the complexity and nuance that comes with age. Hints of leather and earth too. Nicely textured--no hard edges on this one, and its finish is long, delicious, and smooth. If the nose blossoms and the palate gains complexity, this could reach greater heights. This improved dramatically with air and I'd recommend at least two hours in the decanter if not more.
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Firmer, darker, and more grainy structure than the '90 enjoyed next to this. Still a big wine with a lot of development needed. Classic flavors. Very enjoyable.
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Bordeaux Verticals (Oslo): Strikingly deep color, even a hint of blue. Pronounced cabernet nose with some rubber. In the mouth: fresh, long, lovely balance, and with just a tiny hint of sweetness. The sweetness is combined with good acidity and some dusty tannins at the end. Moderate body.
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Marine Room Leoville Las Cases Vertical Dinner (Marine Room Restaurant, La Jolla, CA): Decanted and serially tasted after approximately two hours. Opaque red robe with garnet rim. Clean and quite intense nose of assorted black fruits, lavender, anise and minerals. Full-bodied on the palate, with low acidity, big ripe tannins and black fruit-dominated flavors. The solid middle leads to a very long, smooth finish. This is an elegant wine that is likely entering plateau. Absolutely gorgeous! Drink now-12/30.
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This offers a complex nose of tobacco, truffle, spicy cassis, and cedar. Full bodied and mouth filling, this well balanced wine ends with spice filled blackberry and black cherry fruit and hints of chocolate.
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really a wonderful wine. Nose- captivating, fruit, earth and a little heat that lessened after a half an hour. Solid structure, medium weight and a long soft finish. this still has plenty of time - but it is delicious. Not sure this will get any better - probably at peak.
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Auction bottle, about a year old, brought back to Bordeaux for sharing. Decanted about two hours. Beautiful condition, dark color, mild rim color change; lovely evolved nose, plenty of dark fruit, and now leather and a bit of pencil, and sweet cassis persisting. Full flavored, full bodied, and very long. Quite healthy, delicious and still miles to go before she sleeps. Went too fast for a more evolved view! Another young 1989 from Bordeaux.
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This wine has held up beautifully. Big, full nose. Not as earthy as a typical Bordeaux; largely missing the signature barnyard, but very impressive. Well-balanced on the palate; soft tannins; medium finish. Drinking well now, but should hold up for many more years.
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Commanderie de Bordeaux (Rittenhouse Hotel (Lacroix)): Ruby-red core, with a hint of amber at the rim. A somewhat restrained boquet, reluctantly offering up scents of herbs, tapenade, anise and ripe dark fruits. Medium bodied on the palate, with a classic structure, touch of tannin, good acidity and focused finish. I think this wine would have really benefited from food. A fine Las Cases, but did suffer a bit given the competition!
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Smooth and complete. Nose was of mineral and cherry, with hints of sherry. Mouthfeel was more medium than full bodied, with a complete and complex palate of cassis, crushed granite, graphite, and loam. Complex herbal notes on the finish, with silky smooth tannins and lots of berry fruit.
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cork started to leak so I took a look a sure enough the cork was falling apart, what a shame. Luckily my wine merchant credited me over $200. I had high hopes for this bottle but it was not to be.
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I can't locate it in my inventory, but I certainly brought this bottle to 32 East with Barry and the Gardiners. To me, easily the WOTN compared to '89 Montrose and '94 and '97 Dominus, but my opinion was not universal. This beauty had a classical St. Julien/Pauillac profile of cassis, smoke, cedar and a hint of tobacco. Right in the heart of its prime drinking window, at least as it seems after decanting it four hours. Medium to full body, excellent grip and length. Well integrated. Slightly soft for LLC but all the better for it.
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RED ORANGE ON THE EDGE. BLACK FRUITS, LICORICE AND EARTHINESS IN THE NOSE AND FLAVOR. NICE COMPLEXITY AND A MEDIUM TO LONG FINISH, THOUGH A BIT LIGHTER THAN EXPECTED.
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Certainly mature, IMHO, tired. Dark color with no fading. Moderate nose and mild dusty palate. I know provinance was partially to blame, but I believe this was a weak bottle.
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Bordeaux on the Hudson Part Deux (Peter Pratt's): Not without some charm, this wine is years away from being ready. A wine of similar weight to the '85 LLC, it lacks that wines calm presence. There is a quiet anger lurking underneath the placid exterior. Still, it is a wine of distinction with pure compact cassis at its core and a nice fleshy mouthfeel all of which is somewhat obscured at the moment by its own impressive architecture. The wine today has an unrelenting steeliness and I don't think it wants to be that wine. I'd expect that some time down the road those tannins will integrate and the fruity core will explode and we will have a truly compelling wine.
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A good las cases but not outstanding. This bottle seemed to be just entering maturity as there were some light unresolved tannins. Clear nose of meat, sour cherries and green elements. Did not have the big black fruit structure I would expect from a las cases however this was an enjoyable claret.
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Steak night with Scott Manlin (Sammamish, WA): This is not usually a vintage of Las Cases with which I am especially entranced, but this was a fine, fine bottle. Long and strong on the green elements with distinct Bay leaf and bell pepper on the nose and palate, this is fairly mature. It lacks the truly great black fruit personality of a killer Las Cases, but as a wine to move me over to Cabernet country on a long evening it did the job well.
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Lighter bodied than I expected but there is reasonable concentration of fruit and this is a nice, easygoing claret. Appears to be totally mature, though, so no reason to hold on to these.
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Nose: some nice cherry on the nose along with tobbacco and leather. Surprisingly, this nose is a bit new world
taste: pretty fruit forward with cherry and mixed berries. Also a bit of leather on the finish to let you know that you are drinking an old world bordeaux. Very interesting. The tannins are still there a bit too
overall: a real good and interesting finish. Nice complexities on the mouth and nose and it's interesting to see a bordeaux have these types of new world characteristics. I like this one a lot
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Very, very good but not the complexity for outstanding. Still the deep color, potent classic Medoc nose of cassis and very ripe blackcurrant is an obvious winner. Not as powerful or extracted or as long as the '82 or '86. Nice integration of oak which adds texture and backbone. Well balanced for sure, but not exciting. I see this note is very consistent with my previous experience.
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I popped this open following some recent positive reviews. Decanted for 2 hours and consumed over the next 3 hours. Vibrant brick-red color. Seductive nose of tobacco, white flowers, pepper and cloves. Unfortunately, it tasted rather differently. Medium body, some dark berries- overwhelmed by intense acids. Unrelenting mouth puckering stuff. Tannins were barely discernible. However, it mellowed with a grilled rack of lamb- as sweetish fruits came to the fore. No complexity or finish to speak of. Overall, good, simple food wine, but disappointing given the vintage.
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Had with braised short ribs and duck at Marche Moderne, a new French restaurant recently opened by Florent, the former chef at Pinot Provence. Just a beautiful bottle of wine. Still very dark in color, showing almost no signs of bricking. Definitely at its mature peak; lean, with all the secondary flavors one learns to love in Bdx... cedar, earth...but enough fruit too. Very smooth, with almost no perceptible tannins. A hint of acidity that made it easy to finish the bottle, even though we already had polished off a bottle of NV Moncuit Champagne between the two of us. Sharing a bottle like this on Lorena's birthday with the amazing food that Florent prepares is what wine...and in this case a special Bordeaux.... is all about.
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I don't recall tasting this vintage of LLC before. It's very good to be sure, but does not have the intensity or thickness of the most successful vintages such as 1982, 1985, 1986. Still, there's an impression of a bit of honey-like sweetess lurking on the finish after the more classic blackcurrent mid-palate which adds interest. I could not really understand this bottle, so I must try it again.
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Mark opened this bottle when Casey was in town. Stunning. Deep color, with notes of black currant, leather, cedar, cherries and violets. Wonderful weight to the palate, with integrated tannins. Good balance between the deep red and dark fruit flavors and tannin. A bit on the young side perhaps, with lots of life yet.
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eBob Angelus vs. Leoville Las Cases Vertical (Onesixtyblue): Full soft red color. Dusty graphite black frjuit nose with licorice hints (and perhaps just the slightest hint of tca?). Big acidic black fruit with good energy. Still quite tight.
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Loved this wine but I tend to prefer new world cabs over Bordeaux. Easy to enjoy considering I purchased this wine several years ago for $40 but probably not worth the current $150 price tag.
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Tasted at the home of Eddie Osterland ("quest for the best" dinner). The other attendees were Steve and Colleen Nemeth. A formal tasting note was not made, but it can be said that the nose was somewhat muted and the wine was outclassed by the '89 Lynch Bages (which was served alongside with the grilled and smoked quail course).
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Tasted February 27, 2006 at an offline. Opened and served immediately in a Spiegelau Authentis Magnum glass. Garnet color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Muted nose that gave way to a little leather and some black fruit notes. Flavors black cherries, black berries and a bit of earth on the finish. Firm tannins and good acidity combined with the slightly muted nose tell me to hold this one for a while longer before trying again.
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Leve does 1989 Bordeaux at Mélisse (Los Angeles, CA): A classic, beautiful nose, spicy with some cedar, really started to pop. There are some green edges to the palate, but this improved a lot in the glass and especially with food. This has a short finish and falls away quickly. A nice wine but very disappointing in the context of a great vintage. Doesn't hold a candle to the 1982, 1986, and 1990.
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floral, evolved on the nose. Good balace on the palate, lacking a bit of depth and complexity. Tasted in flight with 89 Pichon Lalande, and the LLC was quite a bit farther along in maturity. I liked it, didnt love it
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50+5+12+17+7 = 91. Opened for about 6 hours before going to dinner and decanted for about 45 minutes before trying. Wonderful bouquet of dark fruits (cherris) and leather. Opened up more as the evening went on. Silky smooth wine with many different flavors of cherry, oak, chocolate, raspberry coming out as the wine breathed, but still had some tannins that kicked in. Just a wonderful bottle. Definitely has some more time to it, although the cork was almost to the top (about 1/4" to 1/8"). Really wonderful wine.
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Somewhat tighter than the Palmer but not much....the fruit in substantial with flavors of black fruits, cassis, spice and leather....the nose was not a showy as the Palmer but the solid core of fruit hung on the palate for quite a while.
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Opened at the last minute, because the Boillot Cherbuades seemed corked. This took a few minutes to get going, but when it did, it was claret at its best: fresh, cool, coal and cedar, quite ripe and friendly for a Las Cases. Superb. Upstaged the Tertre Roteboeuf '89.
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Best showing yet. Fill just into neck. Cork quite clean and wet 2/3 up. On opening, very CA-like with some ripe fruit, but very restrained. Decanted and consumed over 3 hours. Started to open and show warm red and black fruit with a little spice and earth. Outperformed the '89 Latour, but was overshadowed by a stellar line-up (89 Chave, 85 Cos and Lynch, 90 Beaucastel). I have felt previous bottles showed a wine that was only good, but I now believe that this wine just needs a lot more time and will be great (96-97 pts) in another 10 years or so.
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This, along with a 1989 Calon Segur last month, both showed some really roasted plums on both the nose and palate. This was more refined than the rustic Calon. It seemed even Right-Bank-like with some exotic spiciness and really warm plummy fruit. In the end, not especially compelling -- lacking depth and finish. Not bad, but not great either.
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Pre-Parker warmup dinner at Citronelle (Washington DC): This was a controversial wine with very clear chemical and green notes that had everyone thinking this was corked. However, I let a glass sit for 90 minutes, and there was NO sign of TCA. The palate showed classic Leoville Cassis, muscular and a bit dry with sweet, black fruit on the mid-palate.
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Special Bordeaux tasting for a group that wanted to taste mature wines (@ Klap by AS and me): Without any doubt this is the WOTN. Concentrated dark berry juice, beautiful oak, cedar and graphite. good acidity and also a pleasant touch of sweetness. Soft and powerful juice. Very harmonious and everything in its perfect place. Already a feast and definitely for the next 10 - 20 years. Really hope to drink this again.
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Dark red with a thick core. Sweet vanilla and spices on the nose. Also a rubber-like scent somewhere in the background. Quite seductive and pleasant in the mouth - medium bodied and fairly well sctructured. This seemed quite feminin and elegant, and the aftertaste was smooth, soft and balanced. I guessed Margaux.
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Tasted in single-blind fashion at an '89/'90 Bordeaux dinner at El Bizcocho. Bottle taken from my personal cellar. Bright disc. Deep ruby robe with red rim. Clean nose, showing very intense aromas of cassis, lead pencil, cardamom and leather. Full-bodied on the palate, with ample, slightly dry tannins. Medium acidity and similar flavors as for the nose. Long, fairly smooth finish. Excellent with the farm raised Virginia lamb saddle (with tarbais bean ragout in lamb basil juice).
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Tasted at vertical Leoville-Las Cases dinner at the University Club. Bright disc, with deep ruby robe and red rim. Clean nose, showing intense blackcurrants, cedar and sweet cherry. Low acidity and ample (but supple) tannins. Full-bodied and with similar flavors as nose. Long, cherry-laden and smooth finish. Beautiful. Will further improve.
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3/30/2024 - JT2023 wrote:
Decanted at restaurant - 1.5 hours. Needed all that time and got much better in my last glass - pencil shavings, dark fruit, leather, all the old Bordeaux magic. Maybe a touch past the it’s best. Fruit and acid still intact and in balance, but lacked a touch of freshness and length
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3/26/2024 - Odedis.Wine.reviews Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark ruby in color with a wide brick rim
Earthy nose with light oak, black fruits and tobacco.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with red and black fruits, wood, earth, vegetables, spices, tobacco leaf, dark coffee, licorice, dark chocolates, black tea and black pepper.
Medium plus on the finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.
This 35 year old is still drinking beautifully. This Second Growth Bordeaux is nicely balanced and complex.
Peaking now, and will continue to drink nicely in the next 10+ years.
Good right out of the bottle, and better after 4 hours. I did not decant it, but let it open up in the bottle.
Wine Spectator 96 points.
A good food wine that I paired with beef brisket. Gorgeous.
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc.
13.5% alcohol by volume.
93 points.
$275.
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3/26/2024 - djhammond wrote: 97 Points
As per previous note, this is such a dark horse, and remarkably forward for a Las Cases.
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3/18/2024 - Rob Hansult Likes this wine: 92 Points
(92+ Points) Lightest color. Dried roses, blackberry, cherry sauce & sumac tea. Med intensity.
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2/22/2024 - Paul D wrote: 94 Points
8/12. Double decanted about 1.5 hours before tasting.
Abother one with a classic claret nose, dark fruit, smoke, gravel. Medium bodied, dark, minerally fruit, firm but fine tannins, fresh/vibrant acidity - it has great structure and a long, minerally finish. Probably still on the ascent!
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2/22/2024 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 95 Points
1989 Bordeaux Horizontal - London (Piccolino, Exchange Square): Very LLC, so perfectly put together; graphite, oodles of cassis, layers of sandalwood, hints of Oolong tea. Palate is outstanding; cool fruits, filigree tannins, subtly peppery. So long. Love it. My second favourite and the table's third favourite wine of the night
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1/19/2024 - bon vivant wrote: 94 Points
SBS tonight with a 1998, just for fun. This bottle smelled great as soon as we pulled the cork and appeared ready to go so decanted sediment and into a clean bottle. Served a few hrs later with dinner and was a testament to how well these wines age (and should be aged). The aromatic profile was classic and broad with dry red fruits, exotic herbs and forest floor, tobacco and incense and that was unquestionably this bottle's forte. The flavors were light and delicate especially for a Las Cases and if anything I wish it had a bit more presence or stuffing. There was good acidity and a nice finish but as we approached the back end of the bottle it started to dry out and thin a bit more. At 35 years of age there is going to be a great deal of bottle variation so I am glad we followed this carefully and optimized the air treatment as I suspect this bottle was likely beyond peak but the aromatics were so beautiful that we were happy to consume every drop.
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12/31/2023 - Janstan wrote: 82 Points
Over the hill, by quite a ways
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12/9/2023 - johnh1001 wrote: 91 Points
Very charming but I prefer the 1990.
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12/8/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Birthday Celebration (State Street Manor & Racquet Club - Chicago IL): Alongside the 1990, both wonderful, I think this 1989 was an ever-so-slight step behind the 1990. Despite it being more powerful, it didn't have quite the same balance.
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12/3/2023 - 831900_ Likes this wine: 95 Points
Top wine of a flight of other "similar" class of 1989 Bordeaux wines. First thought was "cocoa" and the second was "clean" on the nose. Complex tertiary scents but leaning more toward edible/food. Perfect impression of acid for me – left it feeling beautiful in the mouth. Very drinkable, super accessible in comparison.
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12/2/2023 - Canon wrote: 95 Points
The second best of the evening (after Cheval Blanc 90).
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11/5/2023 - bankermd wrote: 96 Points
In a great place. Bordeaux doesn’t get much better than this.
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10/22/2023 - le_franc_de_pied Likes this wine: 93 Points
From magnum. Dark red but some bricking on edges. Strong cedar and leather aromas. Builds on palate with long finish. The last bottle for me but definitely speaks to the benefits of this format (my last 750 wasn't nearly as good) . This was one re-release back in 2019 from the domaine. Shows what older Bordeaux can be
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9/29/2023 - djhammond wrote: flawed
What a bummer! This was from a half case from Farr Vintners. In a restaurant or department store with a £300 + per bottle purchase, I would have a consumer right to refuse this wine or have a refund. Why do we tolerate this! This has happened too many times with various merchants.
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8/24/2023 - kronfeld wrote:
Magnum. Strangely empty. No tannins, limited fruit and no tertiary development. Almost as if it were a counterfeit but provenance was very good. Bad luck.
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6/8/2023 - englishman's claret wrote:
Shocking; in 2018 I thought this needed 5 years but now it seems to need much more having failed to integrate its oak. A quirky vintage at LLC.
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5/25/2023 - GuWin wrote: flawed
BYO Litteraturhuset "Best Wine": Etter en korket Lafite '88 kommer en ... korket Léoville-Las-Cases '89. Et svakt skjemmende preg på duft, frukten ikke på topp og kort smakskurve. Krysser av for "flawed".
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5/23/2023 - Sagan99 Likes this wine: 95 Points
In my top 20 all time favorites.
Addendum -
(The 2nd night, after 24 hours in open air decanter, 18°C temperature, was BETTER than the first day. I didn't think that was possible! )
Decanted into Riedel magnum, 2.5 hours prior
This bottle was flawless
This wine is awesome, and no signs of hitting the maturity wall just yet.
Medium deep Garnet (with no signs of tawny)
Dark fruits cassis black cherry and currents
Dried herbs, eucalyptus lead
Cedar old pipe tobacco
Black pepper earth meat
Dry
Medium High acid
High tongue wrapping viscosity- silky mouthfeel
Medium softened tannins, more as air opened it
High alcohol 13%
Medium full body
Long 60 sec+ finish
Will lope along effortlessly for at least another decade and likely more. But, if you have more than 1 bottle, drink one now to measure it's place on the maturity wave. I'll drink one every 3-5 years, just to ensure this awesome liquid doesn't become a vinaigrette!
Open, decant it, 2-3 hours early!!!
If you can find it, buy it.
( It's an amazing wine, and it seems I scribed from nose and palate, every freaking character if this wine... It's definitely overkill... But, I really enjoyed it! )
( Las Cases has mostly held back inventory for resale into the future).
Recorked at Chateau.
Porterhouse w salt pepper garlic, ground rosemary dust
PS- Drink The Rainbow!!
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3/28/2023 - Rani Does not like this wine: 87 Points
Tasted blind. Probably a flawed bottle. Lots of tertiary notes, quite disjointed.
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2/17/2023 - dream Likes this wine: 93 Points
A very fresh bottle that is fully mature with fading black cherry fruit and very complex notes of smoky gravel and cigar tobacco. Classic aged claret at this point.
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12/25/2022 - Tudz Drkl Likes this wine:
Dark ruby color clear. Nose of leather, green pepper, cigar box spices, pencil and herbs. On the palate, this was in perfect shape: smooth, silky tannins, integrated and balanced with savory dark fruits and a long finish. Superb!
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12/25/2022 - SeattlePaul Likes this wine: 91 Points
Certainly a mature bottle. Fruit is ietting pretty soft and subtle, but still there. Everything else is in balance, but I wouldn't hold onto this one much longer.
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12/1/2022 - hprphf wrote: 93 Points
Somewhat at peak, delicious purple fruit juice. 93
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11/13/2022 - spendergast Likes this wine: 97 Points
This wine continues to drink very well - my last tasting was over a year ago. Decanted 2 hrs. Notes of cassis, cigar box, leather, black raspberry and cherry. I can't say it is better than my last tasting but hoping up very well. Paired beautifully with grilled antelope.
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10/4/2022 - johnh1001 wrote: 94 Points
Outstanding balance concentration and dark fruit
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8/7/2022 - Two Winos Likes this wine: 94 Points
Great, as expected. Fairly feminine in style. Traditional Bordeaux nose and soft, enjoyable, easy to drink in the mouth.
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7/30/2022 - ASMB Likes this wine: 93 Points
Ordered at a restaurant. First bottle was corked. 2nd bottle was beautiful. A light smell upon opening that blew off after about 20 minutes in decanter.
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6/11/2022 - Amerique wrote: 94 Points
Rich, delicious black cherry fruit with cedar and cassis flavors, excellent structure, very focused and deep, ample finish, tasted like a younger wine, while excellent it was dominated by a 1982 Chateau Gruard Larose, drank at Camphor Restaurant
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6/1/2022 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - top 80s Bdx with Rhone ringers (Fix, St James, Sydney): {cork, 13.5%} [Gordon] Another example where I think this fell a little short of previous examples, although I think it was more popular at the table than the ’86, which I preferred. Makes me the outlier, I guess. I thought this a little pointed and even metallic after the ’86. Medium/full weight, medium dusty tannins. Classic old Bdx fruit, with sweet currants. I wrote piquant, which isn’t really what you look for or expect in LLC. Seemed to me to tail off a little from the mid-palate as well, despite the medium length finish overall. I know we were staggered how good a previous example of this wine was; perhaps I’m judging a little harshly. At any rate, probably should be drunk now. And, you know, this was really pretty good; it’s context that weighs it down.
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5/3/2022 - SpitzNV wrote: 95 Points
Used the Durand but the top half of the cork was actually in great condition. Decanted and waited a couple hours before tasting. Expansive, incredible nose. On the palate, it was quite closed. Next day, however, amazing! Would definitely drink it up though, should you be lucky to have any left.
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4/16/2022 - Winning_Wines Likes this wine: 96 Points
Incredible! This bottle was in near perfect condition and had obviously been very well stored in a cold cellar. Popped the cork, which was about 1/2 saturated but in perfect condition, poured off a quick taste, then recorked for another 2-hours. The color was dark ruby with just a hint of bricking at the edges. Dark red and black fruits, damp forest floor, tobacco, hints of truffles and an evolving cassis note were all well in perfect balance with soft velvety tannins. This was a truly special experience that will certainly be remembered.
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4/8/2022 - dbkitc wrote: 93 Points
Opened 4 hours before dinner. Nice, classic, mature Bordeaux. Ruby color with a light brick/pink rim. I enjoy the nose: cassis fruit, cedar, black tea, brown sugar, a bit stewy, a touch herbal. There is a lot going on and it makes an impact. Very nice. Nose is a solid A. The palate has a nice beginning yet things thin out a bit in the mid palate and on the finish. Tobacco. Interestingly, the wine lingers long after swallowing. Very nice just not special. Ready to go. (93)
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4/1/2022 - fcxj wrote: 88 Points
Not hugely exciting, but classic secondary/tertiary evolution with leather and cigar.
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3/24/2022 - djhammond Likes this wine: 97 Points
A vintage of Las Cases I've overlooked and more fool me. It is up there punching with the 1982,1986 and 1990 and significantly cheaper. I understand why James Suckling and Decanter gave scores of 99 and 98 respectively. It is very approachable and possesses a delightful freshness and shows an unusual delicacy. The nose is creamy with berry fruits and dried currants with floral wafts. The tannin is silky smooth and belies its Cabernet composition, but it still gives a good backbone on the palate. The balance on the palate and finish is faultless and multilayered. The finish is excellent, but does start to fade at the 30 seconds stage but keeps gently continuing. As with the 1990, this does not quite have the classic profile and the extra nuances of the 1982 and 1986, but it is probably more enjoyable and certainly more immediately decadent at present.
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2/26/2022 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Weekend at Bernie's; 2/25/2022-2/27/2022 (Vero Beach): One of the classic producers. We double-decanted this wine which I always appreciate since it seems to keep everything a bit fresher. Drinking well. Not quite like I remember my last time where the fruit was more prevalent. A bit more held back (the 85 Ducru was quite bright), but still a nice one.
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2/26/2022 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
medium red color with bricking rim, black plums on the nose, soft spice notes, hint of oak, on the palate a ripe attractive mature plum fruit, genteel spices, veins of minerals throughout the gently flowing fruit, good length, in a great place now and no signs of letting up.
****, ready to drink
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2/21/2022 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
This is quite expressive, evolved with secondary aromas. Acidity is good and starts to be a little dominant over fruit. Good to drink now.
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2/3/2022 - Paul D wrote: 95 Points
Jason's 1980s Bordeaux Dinner (La Trompette, Chiswick): 7/12 - another lovely bottle of this, all dark, smoky mineral fruit, sinewy with firm but fine tannins, lots of dark smoky fruit, vibrant acidity, long grippy finish. Outstanding.
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2/3/2022 - SimonG wrote: 94 Points
Jason’s 80’s Bordeaux @La T: Dense bright ruby. Damson and mulberry nose. Pinpoint precision after the Canon’s nod to loucheness. Cedar and classical elegance. Just getting there. ****1/2
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2/3/2022 - NickA Likes this wine: 93 Points
Greatest Hits of the 80s! (La Trompette): Excellent wine, although (as I always find with LLC) not especially lovable. Very Cabernet by comparison with the Canon, with much greener scents (not that I'm alleging any unripeness), cedary, dark and cool. Ample acidity, tannins nicely resolved, so entirely ready to enjoy even though there must be at least 10 years' time in hand. Classic Claret, and the group's WOTN (my #4).
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1/8/2022 - Nanda wrote: 93 Points
This has pretty aromas of fresh cut plum, cigar box, bell pepper, autumnal cedar and spice. Medium weight fruit is still sweet and fresh. Fine tannins are fully melded with the fruit. Plenty of fresh acidity. A very fine 1989 in the twilight of its peak window.
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1/5/2022 - Gregmonroe Likes this wine:
WWC - JD (FWC): Tasted blind - some bricking in the glass; nose of leather and spice/clove, with stewed fruit. On the palate, more stewed red fruit, perfectly integrated tannins and acidity, tasted more fruit than leather, but certainly into tertiary characteristics and quite complex. Guessed an Australian shiraz/cab blend.
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1/1/2022 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 95 Points
Quite perfumed and very lovely nose of dark fruit, tobacco, and cassis. Well balanced with slightly drying but integrated tannins and notes of red fruit and dark cherries. Long finish. Excellent wine and very classic Boredaux.
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12/12/2021 - jviz wrote: 94 Points
I really enjoyed this wine, even if it’s not particularly Las Cases or 89 in its presentation. By that, I mean that the wine is somewhat lean in body, lacking some of the depth and weight that I look for in this chateau. It also didn’t have quite the warmth of fruit you sometimes see in 89s. Having said that, the wine is nearly resolved. Very pretty, bright acidity, certainly the most elegant LLC I’ve tasted to date (most similarity to the 99). It was overwhelmed by some big hitters at the table but on its own would be fabulous
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11/6/2021 - memberberry wrote: flawed
Tasted blind. Perfect color. Sadly corked. But guys note: The substance was there, taste was sooo nice. But corked.
But I think that I would buy it, if storage and provenance is solid.
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10/29/2021 - the player Likes this wine: 91 Points
Cork fully soaked and managed to save it. Dense texture to the wine, starts a bit acidic but with time in the decanter finds more balance. However there is a tartness to this wine that I have experienced in some bottles. Deep ruby red, dense wine. Nose of dark berries, pepper, graphite and jammy cassis. Too jammy for my taste from this bottle. Tannins still powerful the wine still has room to evolve. Secondary aromas and same on the palate with strong backbone and structure. Finished with pepper notes, candied berries and graphite.
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10/12/2021 - julao wrote: 95 Points
This is finally ready to drink, give it a good 90 mins before tasting, very left bank, fresh, mature tannins with a nice long after taste of ripe grape pips, full body, theirtiary notes, tobacco, leather, spice. Still has long life ahead. Coravined form a 3L bottle.
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9/10/2021 - Nanda wrote: 94 Points
Acker Auction BYO (Craft NYC): Impressively aromatic with pure rich plum fruit, cigar box and smoke. Fruit is fresh with juicy acids and suave tannin. Still in a peak zone.
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9/10/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Acker's COVID-Vaccinated BYO Dinner and Auction Simulcast (Craft - New York NY): Small glass, brief note. Spice, black plum and cigarbox all nicely combined in a rich, complex package. Great nose, good flavors are slightly less enticing or complete, but still very good. Best I can ever recall for this wine.
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8/28/2021 - jgh123 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Another good bottle. Nothing to gain by waiting though, especially given the variation I seen in the case I bought.
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8/28/2021 - glou.sf wrote: flawed
Sadly, this was corked.
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7/31/2021 - UFGators Likes this wine: 96 Points
I love the acidity and overall freshness. While not the most full bodied and does not have the most length , this wine performs beautifully and with perfect balance. This wine is drinking at a peak of maturity. Wine benefited from a gentle decant and showed no signs of fading 2 hours in. I see no indication this wine will improve but I also don’t see it fading any time soon.
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7/24/2021 - jgh123 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Another of the better bottles
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7/2/2021 - MC wrote:
From magnum. Decanted 30 minutes. This was great. I have had bottle variation, and surprisingly those that are ex-chateau from recent release are those not singing like the other bottles in my cellar (even after trying shorter and longer decants). But glad to have these magnums as they have all been great. A
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6/9/2021 - jgh123 Likes this wine: 90 Points
I've had several bottles of this lately from the same case. Some have been gone. This one was intact and actually maintained a little vibrance. Hope the next 5 bottles are as good...
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6/4/2021 - SimonG wrote: 94 Points
B’s official 50th (The Medlar, London): Classic Pauillac blackcurrant leaf nose. Restrained power. Fine boned, elegant, classical power with years ahead but lovely now in a slightly chiselled style. ****1/2
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5/19/2021 - Paul D wrote: 95 Points
Return to La Trompette (La Trompette, Chiswick): Deep garnet, pale garnet core. Blackcurrant fruit, cedar, gravel, just a touch of tobacco. Medium bodied, classic, linear, deep and long, still underpinned by a vein of firm tannin but all in balance, fresh acidity, long lightly grippy finish. Excellent, touching outstanding.
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5/16/2021 - spendergast Likes this wine: 98 Points
A great old style Bordeaux, dense dark fruit with notes of cassis, black cherry, damp earth, cedar with good acidity and very long finish. It amazes me how youthful this wine remains. Paired beautifully with grilled antelope with port wine reduction sauce.
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5/16/2021 - jgh123 wrote: flawed
This bottle was over the hill.
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5/9/2021 - Amerique wrote: 95 Points
Rich, delcious black cherry fruit with graphite and leather flavors, still relatively young, multilayered, excellent structure, long finish, wine is at its plateau which should last 10-20 years, approaches a Mouton in quality and style
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4/30/2021 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
this has just a little evolution now with some cigar box aromas starting to show. Good value wine for what it delivers. Stood on its own next to the First Growths.
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4/30/2021 - LB88 wrote: 93 Points
Well developed and quite tertiary this time. Much better than the last experience
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4/27/2021 - fcxj wrote: 86 Points
Savory old bookshelf. Some might enjoy this, but not me.
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4/21/2021 - plitton wrote:
Larry and Nancy's Bordeaux Dinner (University Club, Chicago): Barnyard nose. It's lacking some expressiveness. Body reminiscent of the 1995. Did not show as well as prior tasting.
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4/16/2021 - nywine68 wrote: 94 Points
Classic mature Bordeaux. Is putting on weight with air and time in the glass. Red currant, dried cranberries and a bit of chocolate and licorice. Superfine and well delineated tannins. Great fresh acidity keeps this vibrant. Lighter body and depth but good flavor intensity.
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4/1/2021 - Guido L. wrote: 92 Points
Still years to go ... and that conclusion driven from a half-bottle. So young wirth surprisingly still very present tannins. Very cabernet-driven. However, weakest competitor in a flight with 1989 Montrose and 1989 Margaux.
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3/30/2021 - asgerG wrote: 94 Points
Consumed over two days.
Day 1: Coravin, Dark red, yellow tinged, 5.5. Rather closed one dimensional bouquet, forest floor, dusty. Harmonious palate, m+T, intense, still quite stern, long elegant finish.
Day 2: D2h. Generous mature bouquet, forest floor, red berries, pencil, herbaceous, spicy sweet stuff, in fact complex. On the palate it is as day 1.
Incredible that a 31 year old wine has to be decanted to show it’s best. Still many years to go for this impressive wine. Although compared against Leoville Barton ‘89 I had yesterday this is more reserved and concentrated, a bigger wine I suppose. However, for now I prefer Barton for the sheer balance and generous style.
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2/28/2021 - Aesculapian Connoisseur Likes this wine: 96 Points
1989 Las Cases: wonderful!
Color: ruby red with orange, very clean
Nose : floral note, fragrant red and black fruit, mint, forest leave, spice, nut and almond, sweet spice and pepper.
Palate: smooth and very long finish. Black berries, red current, cherry, floral notes with hint of smokiness. Very well integrated tannin and acid. Smooth, very smooth, very smooth. Just love it!!!!!!
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1/24/2021 - MC wrote:
Pulled cork 6 hours prior. Decanted 30 minutes. Out of the bottle this was flat and metallic. With 30 minutes of air it was better, but even over the course of 3 hours this, like all the bottles in this case, never hit the heights of bottles from my first case. This case was released from the Chateau in 2015 and I purchased shortly after so likely not a provenance issue. B+/A-
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12/29/2020 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 94 Points
Just opened this. Showing promise already without any air. Quite dark ruby, no longer opaque, but no browning either. Nose is emerging with
red currant, lead pencil and nutmeg. In the mouth, there are hints of strawberry jam, mineral, forest floor and cedar. Light on its feet, silky, tannin mostly gone. This finishes with a nice a lift. Can't wait to see how it will be in a few hours. At present, 5-12-16-8: 91/100. This really added a weight after a couple hours, showing much more depth and richness. Palate now rates a 17, so score bumped to 92/100. Next evening: This has really blossomed into a beauty overnight. The nose is lusher, richer, with great cedar and especially cassis aromas at the fore. Wow! The fruit on the palate is absolutely lovely now, with more secondary notes coming on strong, and nice minerality in the finish. After having read others' experience with this wine (and my own three years ago), I was worried this wouldn't measure up, but luckily this bottle was incredibly solid. Very, very nice, scoring better today than yesterday: 5-13-17-9: 94/100.
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12/24/2020 - tbabes wrote: 94 Points
The fill was base neck and the cork was sound; slow ox for an hour before dinner. Deep garnet with a touch of bricking. Classic left bank bouquet, with notes of cedary cassis, forest floor, tobacco; hints of black truffle and roasted herbs. Medium bodied, classic LLC texture (my wife smiled at that and called it a bit stern) with good delineation, focus and grip on the long and satisfying finish. A wonderfully mature LLC, but doesn’t hold a candle to good bottles of the ‘90.
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12/20/2020 - dkentaustin Likes this wine: 95 Points
Bright barnyard notes on the nose. Sweet saddle leather, ripe blueberry, cloves and herbs. Silky smooth - Needs a bit to open, but just lovely once it does. Some plum and creme brûlée as it evolves on the palate
p.s. lamb chops, charred asparagus and homemade sauerkraut & farmers cheese pierogis
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11/22/2020 - dnicewicz Likes this wine: 98 Points
What an outstanding bottle. Dusty books, cassis and leather bouquet right from the start. Palate was lush and complex with cassis, leather and cloves with a long finish. Just a classic and beautiful older style Bordeaux. I don’t think you have to worry about this one fading anytime soon.
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11/8/2020 - jgh123 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Little to add. This bottle was somewhere in between the last 2. Enjoyable but needs to be drunk.
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11/6/2020 - the player Likes this wine: 95 Points
First time I get the cork out intact. Tremendous depth, lots of dense black and red fruits, spice, leather, plums, amazing structure and long finish. See previous notes.
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10/28/2020 - steinersing wrote: 93 Points
attractive nose and evolution, just lacking a little with a rather short finish, a little slim. Don't think this will improve much.
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10/27/2020 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
During a Commanderie LLC dinner with ex-Chateau bottles. This was lovely but could not match the 1985 and 1990 on the aromatic precision and depth. Ripe dark fruit on the palate also with a bit of torrefaction and some red fruit. Ripe palate, well structured, medium+ length. Nevertheless, a nice bottle of mature Medoc. Fully mature now.
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10/22/2020 - tmagsmaken Likes this wine: 94 Points
This is so gorgeous!
Dark fruit, graphite, leather, smoke, spice, so many layers!
I often find Las Cases austere, but this is open, warm and generous.
Don't get me wrong, it is still serious and has lots of power, but this is really delicious now.
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10/12/2020 - the player Likes this wine: 94 Points
This time did a proper decant and aerated for 90 minutes. Dark ruby red, slight bricking throughout the body of the wine. Noble cassis nose, leather, black currants, brambles, spice and some rocks. Powerful yet so elegantly crafted, amazing structure and complexity, delineation and precision although not as much as the 1990. Long sweet finish with tannins still present but very fine and fully coated by the fruit. Wow two more bottles left. One of the most hedonistic LLCs I’ve ever had the pleasure to drink.
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10/6/2020 - Ellenkf Likes this wine: 98 Points
As close to perfect as I would have imagined. Fresh, intact, in contrast with Bordeaux I’ve tasted with half the age. Decanted off sediment for about 1/2 hour. Beautiful ruby color and classic Bordeaux aromas- cassis, currant, cigar box, burnished leather. Also red raspberries, ripe and just picked in the sun, and black raspberry coulis. On the palate the wine gains power and dark fruit concentration. Mint and baked green pepper, firm tannins, layers being revealed as the wine opened up in the glass. 13.5% alcohol. A joy to drink.
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9/18/2020 - MPC61 wrote: 93 Points
Drank alongside an '89 Talbot. Incredibly similar - both wonderful although a bit austere. Both could use a few more yrs!
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9/2/2020 - the player Likes this wine: 96 Points
Wow best bottle so far! Ruby red with hardly any bricking. There is first growth nobility in the nose and density of this amazing wine. Lots of dark red and black fruits, candied raspberries, leather, graphite, olive tapenade, and menthol. Best to decant and aerate for an hour then drink over two hours or so. The most forward of any LLC I have tasted even more so than the 82 and 86. Extremely concentrated, finely structured wine, rich palate, starts a bit saline but then balances out beautifully, great acidity and dark red fruits mid palate, hints of cassis, and a lingering long finish with tannins emerging ever so late in the slightly sweet cassis finish. Truly a joy.
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8/21/2020 - herbaceous Likes this wine: 94 Points
Took an hour to open then was fantastic. Cardamom on the nose. Sour cherry, looong finish, still so much fruit and power for a wine this age.
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8/12/2020 - maranoli Likes this wine: 93 Points
Little evolution from the last bottle.
This wine is in a great place.
Fully evolved, still deep colour, wonderful fresh nose, good palate with some fruit and secondary flavours.
Plenty of life left. Very enjoyable
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8/6/2020 - Rogershkg Likes this wine: 92 Points
Really good, drinking perfectly, strong, still has tannin and the fruit comes through
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8/5/2020 - the player Likes this wine: 92 Points
Not as good as previous bottle but still a great wine. Cork fully soaked with slight mold under the cap. Ruby red color with hardly any bricking. The wine starts a tad saline and acidic and requires at least an hour or two in the decanter to find its balance. Nose of raspberries and cassis, some nutmeg and graphite. Medium bodied with sweet tannins and a decent finish lacking at the mid palate, but I believe from this bottle the wine is in a dumb phase and may need to be put to rest in cellars for 2 to 3 years before retrying.
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7/26/2020 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
Balanced and good now - would drink starting to dry out just a little with time
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7/15/2020 - lesz Likes this wine: 95 Points
decanted. took about 30-45 minutes to ppen up. great
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7/9/2020 - the player Likes this wine: 94 Points
After a disappointing spell whilst opening the bottle, with a slightly mouldy cork that slipped into the bottle despite my using a special device to uncorck old bottles, I was worried whether the bottle was off. At first the wine seemed disjointed despite a lovely creamy cassis and pencil lead nose. With two hours of aeration the wine found its stride. Slightly bricking body though with a texture more akin to a 1990s wine rather than a 30 year old, the wine reflected extremely precise cassis, graphite, pencil lead, very old leather, and some blackberries which is quite unusual for a LLC. Medium bodied with noble fruit mid palate, great balance, texture and acidity giving this wine amazing backbone and longevity, the wine finishes long and subtle, slight perfume and extreme roundness. One of the more evolved LLCs I have ever had the pleasure of drinking. I am stocking up on this one!
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6/27/2020 - nywine68 wrote: 96 Points
Bottle and cork in absolutely pristine condition. This is drinking gorgeously today. The fruit is incredibly pure and bright, yet showing beautiful mature notes of secondary development. It has the tell-tale 1989 tannic grip which gives it great structure and mouthfeel. Smoke and minerals, blackberries and menthol. Delicious!
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6/7/2020 - dkentaustin Likes this wine: 94 Points
Slight barnyard but quite muted on the nose. Soft integrated tannins with hints of rose, subtle orange peel, raspberry, oiled soft leather. Some minerality, drinking really smooth and pretty without being heavy. Elegant and aging well. Getting better as it sits on the glass.
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5/19/2020 - MattTM wrote:
DM Tuesday Night Zoom Tasting (Vancouver, BC): Drank blind next to the 1990 Leoville Las Cases. A fair bit tighter and leaner compared to the 1990. Focused black cherry, cedar, and leather. A bit of green shows on the nose but it's not distracting. Really well balanced and would surely be even better with food. Enjoyed over 3 hours and this just got better and better, gaining weight as it sat. Quite different than the 1990 and while I loved them both if I had to choose I'd take the '89. I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes in the coming years. Fantastic
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5/16/2020 - jgh123 Likes this wine: 92 Points
I wanted to try this again after a marginal bottle a month ago. This was much better; nevertheless, it's losing its freshness. I plan to drink the rest of this case over the next year. if you have this wine, you should try it soon.
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5/2/2020 - MC wrote:
Decanted 2 hours. Very nice, but maybe not up to the accolades of my other recent notes - but from same case, ex-Chateaux, as many of those bottles. just a touch thin tonight, but very enjoyable and good with food. A-
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4/18/2020 - Rupert wrote: 90 Points
This is very nice - it's rich, tangy, smooth, with a bit of cedar - just as it has been on the last few occasions I've had it, but I expect more of LLC.
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4/17/2020 - peterchoy wrote: 95 Points
Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of medium ruby with fading garnet rim and legs.
Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of black fruit of blackberry and bilberry, dried fruit of prune, floral notes of rose, pungent spice of licorice, oak notes of cigar box, herbal notes of eucalyptus, maturity notes of forest floor. The wine is developing.
Palate: Dry with medium acidity, medium tannin of ripe and velvety texture, the wine has medium alcohol and medium body, medium (+) intensity flavors of black fruit of blackberry and plum, oak notes of toast, herbal notes of black tea, floral notes of violet, maturity notes of savory. The wine has a long finish.
Conclusion: Very good quality St-Julien with an intense nose showing great complexity, with the fruit still going strong despite the age, supplemented with the oak and spicy notes, evolving into the maturity aromas of forest floor, with savory elements. The wine is elegant, well-balanced and of great finesse, showing good concentration in flavors and having a very long finish as well. It is ready to drink now and can maintain for another 3-5 years.
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4/12/2020 - jgh123 wrote: 89 Points
I bought a case of this in 1992 and have properly cellared it. This is the first bottle I've tried and I was disappointed. There's still a little structure but the fruit is falling behind and it's begun to fade. Hopefully it's just a bottle problem and not representative of the case. I'll try another bottle soon.
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4/6/2020 - dream Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is a very youthful bottle of the '89 with a classic older Bordeaux nose of gravel, roasted nuts and graphite minerals. Much more of a high-acid style than say the '90 with a hint of green but it's also very terroir-expressive with wonderfully pure flavors of warm gravel, graphite minerals, black raspberry fruit and sweet tar. It's lean in texture and is more strict than fat with a typical aged Bordeaux lifted and cleansing palate. The finish has excellent intensity with deeply satisfying notes of gravel, minerals and leathers. At a plateau but well-stored bottles will go on for a decade or two at least.
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4/5/2020 - spendergast Likes this wine: 97 Points
This wine continues to impress. Loads of dark fruit - cassis, raspberry, mocha with hints of cedar and earth. Great balance and well integrated soft tannins.
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4/5/2020 - Philip67 Likes this wine: 95 Points
This is a proper Wow! wine. Fruit still going strong, along with the structure, still there but wonderfully mellow now. This can go on for many years but is perfect now. Tertiary leathers, herbs and underbrush. Great length and complexity.
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3/22/2020 - dkentaustin Likes this wine: 96 Points
Perfect, subtle amber edge. Gorgeous notes of violet, raspberry. Very youthful and elegant. Beautiful leather and smoked meat on the palate with a little rosemary and thyme, but no real barnyard. Glides along the palate for 30+ seconds. Open and drank after pushing in a difficult cork. One of our favorite Bordeauxs in a long time!
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3/10/2020 - Ianjaig Does not like this wine: 89 Points
(GG Tasting, 1 Glass) - brown tinge reflecting its age. Not in a great drinking window IMO.
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2/27/2020 - peterchoy wrote: 93 Points
Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of medium ruby colour with wide garnet rim and legs.
Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of black fruit of cassis, blackberry and ripe dark cherries, floral notes of violet, oak notes of cedar, pungent spice of licorice, maturity notes of tobacco, animal notes of leather, mineral notes of pencil lead. The wine is developing.
Palate: Dry with medium acidity, the wine has medium (+) tannin of well-integrated and silky texture, medium alcohol, medium (+) body with medium (+) intensity flavors of black fruit of blackberry and plum, oak notes of cedar, animal notes of leather, pungent spice of cloves, maturity notes of tobacco. The wine has a medium (+) finish.
Conclusion: Very good quality Bordeaux Cabernet Sauvignon with very intense complex aromas, the black fruit first comes out with nice blackcurrant notes, then follows by the varietal characters, and a nice pencil lead and tobacco note in the finish. After time a nice perfume smell surfaces, along with other secondary and tertiary characters. The wine is well-balanced, elegant and with great finesse, still very lively after more than 30 years. Similar flavors can be found on the palate, with good concentration and a fairly long finish. It is ready to drink now and can maintain for another 4-6 years.
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1/28/2020 - mdefreitas wrote: 93 Points
Bordeaux from the 80s (Peppercorn's (Hartford, CT)): Nicely aged claret. Tobacco, celery seed and earth. Smooth tannins. Light bodied, but with great flavor and elegance. Got better with air.
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1/3/2020 - Paul D wrote: 92 Points
5/12. Deep ruby/garnet core, pale garnet rim. Nose shows dark, minerally fruit, touch of tobacco. Medium/full bodied, quite mouth-filling, dark gravelly fruit, deep, fresh acidity, touch of meat, plenty of firm tannin underneath still which really comes through on the very good length finish. Excellent, needs time!
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1/3/2020 - Valbonne Likes this wine: 96 Points
Drink now - will probably last for a while but good drinking window. Lovely aged Bordeaux. Well integrated at this point. Definitely decant - lots of sediment. No noticeable flaws. Dark fruit and light forest floor. Incredibly smooth mouthfeel.
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12/31/2019 - Janstan Likes this wine: 93 Points
Excellent aged Bourdeaux. Went well with herb/mustard crusted tenderloin
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12/27/2019 - LB88 wrote: 91 Points
Good but I expected more
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12/23/2019 - edge Likes this wine: 95 Points
In a perfect drinking window. A classic St. Julian. With a big porterhouse at Hy’s in Whistler. The 3rd out of an original purchase case.
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12/22/2019 - maranoli Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted 2 hours
Good mature Cabernet. Dark garnet core, lighter rim
Nose of dark fruit with some forest floor
Improved further with time
Drink up
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12/13/2019 - Myownscale wrote: 90 Points
Nose:
like nez du vin, and dark fruits
Palate:
very complex and smooth, cedar, cherry, cassis, hrbal. Not as big as a good year, but lots of complexity and still tannic, could have aged, but I am not sure it would have improved much.
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12/6/2019 - mmcdds Likes this wine: 92 Points
This is a very pretty, mature Bordeaux with soft, subtle, dark fruit and an earthy, mushroomy core with fairly chalky tannins on the longish finish. Tonight, it needed about 4 hours of air to hit its stride.
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12/3/2019 - dream wrote: 91 Points
I’ve liked this wine a lot in the past but sandwiched between ‘90 Leoville Barton and ‘86 Mouton, it tasted lean and less complex although still a very fine bottle of older Claret.
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12/2/2019 - Chimer Likes this wine: 97 Points
Majestic, lovely power and intensity with fabulous texture on the palate, completely integrated and rounded. Huge length - a wonderful complete wine.
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11/13/2019 - Lype Likes this wine:
Good open and seductive velvety nose, on the palate subtle velvety fruit, clearly less intense and powerful than the -82, -85, -90, -95 and -96 in the line-up but very good and elegantly attractive, perfectly in its drinking window now, I do not see this getting much better than this but will last.
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10/27/2019 - Funstogk wrote:
Daphne drank at her momchelor
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10/18/2019 - hprphf wrote: 91 Points
Acker 2019/10 (Bouley): Notable vintage weight, elegant, good florals with clear identity. 91
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9/29/2019 - kevin h wrote: 91 Points
Tasted rather mature on first sip but fruit blossomed in the decanter. Best at around 3 hours after decanting. Graphite, currants, redcurrant on the nose, subtle rather than showy. To taste mature red fruits, very polished, touch of earth. Long time since I had LLC back in the day when I used to drink it more often it was never my favourite claret. This is nice and shows real class but in a mellow, modest fruited way. Very elegant but glad I bought this 20+ years ago when prices were more reasonable.
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9/25/2019 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 95 Points
1989 Bordeaux (Yan's China Bistro, Walnut Creek, Ca.): Nose of black berry, roasted coffee, and black cherry, the same on the palate, big body, lots of brooding, inky fruit, very tasty after opening up, opened during the 2 hour luncheon and really came on at the end, needs 5 years to peak drinking, mouth filling fruit, brooding fruit, and a long finish. Photo uploaded. My #2 but Group #1.
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9/15/2019 - DugyDog wrote: flawed
Slightly corked bottle and was direct ex-chateau in 2017 and recorded then. Very disappointing
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9/7/2019 - stjl Likes this wine: 89 Points
A boire rapidement, il a dépassé son optimum et à besoin d'une très longue aération (au moins 24h).
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9/7/2019 - MC wrote:
Decanted an hour. This was great, as always. Dark fruit, great concentration and complexity. Wonderful balance and finish of both fruit and minerals. A
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7/28/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: 91 Points
Jordan's 1989 Bordeaux Dinner (Feast & Imbibe - Evanston IL): Lots of Black cherry with a slightly lighter character than typical for 1989 Bordeaux. Good weight and length with intriguing charm. Certainly good, but I expected slightly more.
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7/14/2019 - AllRed wrote: 91 Points
Second Sunday Group: 1989 Bordeaux (MiY's): Double blind. Aromas of red and dark fruit; perfumed. Pretty. Dark fruit dominates that palate, though it's a bit lighter than the others in the flight. Doesn't change much in terms of the bouquet, but has a nice lush quality before turning tannic on the palate. Good, slightly tannic, but just doesn't separate itself or stand out in the flight. 90-92 pts.
My #5, Domino's #7
Group #6, 61 pts
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7/12/2019 - mmcdds Likes this wine: 93 Points
This was delightful tonight, but it needed about 2 hours of air before it began to shine. Immediately after opening, it was very tight with earthy, mushroom compost flavors dominating. After about an hour, pretty floral notes made an appearance. Two hours later the soft, darkish red fruit joined the party and they all combined to make an elegant, mature Bordeaux that was drinking beautifully! There’s still the tiniest bit of chalk on the finish, but to my tastes, this is in a really good place right now. I think I’ll drink my last two bottles in the next year or two.
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6/27/2019 - howaicheng wrote:
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6/22/2019 - BostonSteve Likes this wine: 95 Points
Popped and left in bottle about an hour. Mushrooms and fallen leaves on the nose. This is smooth. Tannins fully integrated. Notes of blackberries and leather on the palate with a nice long finish. I don’t see any more improvement from here but still a little staying power. Really liked this. I have two more 750’s in the cellar. I’ll drink them in the next year or so. Better a little soon than a little late?
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6/9/2019 - AllRed wrote: 93 Points
Second Sunday Group: Geja's Cafe format (Marty's): Courtesy of our host. Nice dark fruit and earth elements, with touches of cedar and forest floor in the background. Nicely integrated tannins. Black currant, plum and leather on the palate.
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6/1/2019 - vinhonotte Likes this wine: 94 Points
Vintage Club - Bordeaux 2018 En-Primeur and Gala Dinner (Andaz Hotel): Big nose of mushrooms and undergrowth. While a bit of blackberry, and some acidity, this one is full-force driven with mushrooms, lichen and green moss. Still quite warm. The cassis shows up in the finish, and it’s long and persistent. Great!
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6/1/2019 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drank from magnum: Red fruits, cassis, spice, earth, soil aromas. Tasted cassis, gravel, earth, herbs, soil and white pepper. Structured, balanced and rounded. Classic LLC. It’s age shows but in a good way. Tannins fully resolved. Marginally ahead of the Lalande 1996 tonight. Slightly past it’s prime - open now.
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5/29/2019 - SimonG wrote: 94 Points
Po’s 89 Bordeaux @ Trompette (La Trompette, London): Slightly leafy nose. Fresher and quite lithe on the palate. Really opens in the glass. Still quite tight and dense mid palate but it’s starting to show. Lots here. The right mix of classical styling and mid palate padding. ****1/2
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5/24/2019 - Marc C Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nez superbe, complexe : bois précieux, tabac, cuir frais, fruits rouges cuits, sous-bois, des notes florales et sanguines. Il évolue sans cesse en gagnant en intensité.
Bouche droite, en retenue, volumineuse avec beaucoup de présence. L'équilibre est parfait, toute rigidité excessive étant évitée. Quelle distinction !
Très bonne persistance sur un festival aromatique.
Superbe vin !
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4/21/2019 - dream Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautiful mature Bordeaux nose of Asian spices, eucalyptus and roasted nuts. Deep and delicious and its now surpassed its green phase and is showing wonderful flavors of black fruits and graphite minerals. Quite fresh with plenty of acidity and a superb building complexity on the finish with notes of dark spices, licorice and minerals. Interestingly, this bottle from my cellar is drinking quite a bit younger than the bottle I drank at the Chateau 2 weeks ago. My bottles have plenty of upside. 94+
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4/18/2019 - jmoore431 wrote: 93 Points
Another great bottle, pencil lead, hints of leather and tobacco. 93+
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4/6/2019 - dream Likes this wine: 93 Points
A perfect bottle of this wine showing faded dark red fruits with good acidity and a fresh green note that was not too obtrusive. It builds to a nutty complex finish with notes of lead pencil, dark spices and fresh pine. This wine has reached maturity but still has a ways to go. Drunk with dinner at the Chateau.
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3/8/2019 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:
Rare varietal wine which LLC make every year but don't often sell.
Roasty nose, tobacco
Stronger tannins than the standard cuvee, as you'd expect, firm initially and then they melt. Lovely texture and mouthfeel. Still plenty of fruit. Long and fascinating.
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3/2/2019 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 94 Points
Bardot Brasserie Léoville Las Cases Vertical Dinner (Las Vegas, NV): The '89 Léoville Las Cases is an opaque red/garnet blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. Still very rich and intense, it delivers a package of black fruits, anise, violets, tobacco, cocoa and cedar. Full-bodied, low in acidity, seamlessly alcoholic and with medium-weight, silky-textured tannins, it has excellent mid-palate presence and finishes with good length. This elegant Bordeaux is drinking beautifully at this point. Well-cellared bottles should remain on plateau for another 15+ years. Drink now-2035.
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2/18/2019 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
1989 Bordeaux - 30 years on. (Famous Treasure, Capitol Piazza, Singapore): This was very, very good indeed. It had a lush, lovely nose, yet with a typical masculine reserve, wafting out of the glass with notes of earth and leather, cassis and blackberries, cedar and spice, and just that bit of tea leaf aromas too. The palate was lovely. Clear and transparent and impeccably balanced, yet wonderfully structured in pure Las Cases style. It had sinewy tannins coiled around a brilliant core of cassis and black cherries, this laced with a lovely tobacco spice. Just depths of power here, yet so elegantly noble and so light on its feet. There was a quietly long finish too, with juicy notes of sweet cassis patted down with a bit of earth. Top drawer, and drinking beautifully now. Absolutely delcious stuff.
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2/17/2019 - englishman's claret wrote:
Much more buttoned-up than a recent example; tough to get a great bead on this but nice cassis and pencil at least. But it also didn't have much air and the label had fallen off so lots of potential factors for how this showed.
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2/16/2019 - BigTarheel Likes this wine: 91 Points
Complex, medium-bodied, silken & mature. + nose
Decanted and drank well over several hours. Ready to drink but could hold
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2/7/2019 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:
orange/ red colour - showing some age
Great nose - leather and tobacco
Still so refreshing on the palate, has a great bite to it, and some delicate strawberry fruit. Then it's all about tobacco, some seriously fancy cigars and leather.
This is excellent. Everything I like in a mature Bordeaux. Melty tannin.
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1/30/2019 - BHRH Likes this wine: 94 Points
After a two hour decant the nose was bursting with rich, ripe fruit and dried
earth with a bit of minerals. The flavors were classic St Julien with deep, rich but balanced cassis, dark fruits, and just enough earth to add multiple layers of complexity. long finish with silky tannins. this appears near peak, but could easily plateau for another 5+ years.
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1/28/2019 - DaleW wrote:
Young but surprisingly approachable for LLC sweet fruit, good finish. A-/B+
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1/12/2019 - jrh82 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Wow, tonight's second great Bordeaux experience. This wine had everything. Beautiful nose of red berries, a little leather, integrated oak. Dense, but not heavy. Smooth tannins. Large and elegant. Long aftertaste and lovely acidity. Had '88 a few years ago and remember that it had a clear eucalyptus element which I personally am not so fond of while '89 had no trace of this. The air for 4 hours in carafe as it was tight straight out of the bottle. Wine of the evening for me, with Ducru 96 just behind.
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12/21/2018 - MC wrote:
From magnum. Double decanted 5 hours in advance. I am always partial to this wine but for me it was the wine of the night against some great wines. Just classic Bordeaux and still has plenty of life to it. I love the dark blue fruits, great mix of secondary elements, and a really nice finish at this point in its life. So good with dinner. A
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12/17/2018 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points
Classic and beautiful but surprisingly sweet for claret.
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12/6/2018 - MNig Likes this wine: 94 Points
Notes of weathered leather, pencil shavings, dried tobacco leaves, dark fruit, dried plums, sous bois and a peppery note, reminding me of Pimientos de Padrón, all came to mind and lent the wine a rather sophisticated touch. Charming and rather feminine on the palate, with already resolved tannin, a medium-plus body, remarkably fresh acidity and a long-lasting finish. This bottle was in a really good spot and was drinking quite nicely.
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12/3/2018 - SlimShaney Likes this wine: 92 Points
A point lower than the 1998 I just had due to the brass finish. But beautifully held together, if just a little shy of its former glory (aren't we all)
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11/28/2018 - LWI wrote: 92 Points
Black berries, old cellar, dark fruit; fresh and structured, some brett that distracts.
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11/17/2018 - MC wrote:
Recent Chateau Release, which matters from my experience. This wine is awesome, in a great spot with about an hour of air, showing dark ripe fruits, secondaries, and great balance on the finish. Great with food, and just top notch Bordeaux if stored well. A
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11/10/2018 - Bobhelge wrote: 95 Points
Prime bottle of Las Cases. Kept in the Cheateau cellar and recorked in 2016. Youthful mark with intense primary cassis. Complex age aromas and light roasted coffee, lead pencil and delicate oaky scents. Full body, concentrated with blackberry and dark raspberry. Fresh made liquorice, cloves and cinnamon. Lovely finish. First growth quality!
95-96 points.
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11/5/2018 - SonnyChiba wrote: 97 Points
About as good as it gets! Amazing wine.
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10/26/2018 - RockinCabs wrote: 96 Points
Leoville Las Cases Dinner; 10/26/2018-10/27/2018 (Troquet on South): Nose: Precise, focused blackberry, plum, coffee, cedar, graphite and floral notes that gave so much dimension to the nose of this wine. Palate: Enters with a deeply layered palate that still has a lot of youth. Cassis, blackberry, cuban cigar, cedar, turkish coffee, baking spices and anise notes. Really a "wow" palate once fully opened up. Finish: Very long and well focused, leaving a trail of fine dry tannin on the tongue.
The lesson on the 1989 was to wait, wait, wait. This ended up a close second on the night for me to the ex-chateau 1986. Tremendous, but required time in the decanter to blossom. Showed younger than the 86 by much more than 3-years.
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10/26/2018 - englishman's claret wrote: 94 Points
Still young, another 5 years should really be in this wine's favor. Funny enough, it's almost most appealing just after it's poured - though it's the cedar and pencil that are most dominant, glimpses of very pure, focused, linear cassis can be seen quite clearly. With air, the wine opens but that pure, deep fruit recedes as the wine picks up dry raspberry, oxblood, leather notes. Clean lines.
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9/6/2018 - Paul D Likes this wine: 93 Points
1989 Bordeaux at Piccolino (Piccolino, Exchange Square, London): Slightly reticent, black fruit, smoke, gravel, firm but fine tannins, fresh acidity, long dark-fruited finish.
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9/6/2018 - SimonG wrote: 93 Points
1989 Bordeaux @ Piccolino (Piccolino, Liverpool Street Stn, London): Relatively subdued. Some red fruit. Quite reticent. With air, a nicely red fruited core with some tannin and acidity. This bottle needs another decade, but it’s all there. **(**)
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8/22/2018 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted for 2 hours, classic old Bordeaux of tea leaves, gun flint, still alive and kicking! So silky, delicious
93
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8/8/2018 - Aleks Che Likes this wine: 98 Points
98
At the Brunello degustation the winner is Saint Julien :) old good Bordeaux... How much it means! Elegant, good matured, soft stream of dry berries, leather, forest and tobacco leaves, graphite and cedar. Great wine!
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8/6/2018 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - top 80s Bordeaux (360 Bar & Dining, Sydney): {cork, 13.5%} [Gordon] Aging currants, leather, cedar; wonderful nose. Perfect structure on the palate; mature blend of red/black cabernet fruit with classic cedar/oak twist; maturing but fresh and alive. About medium/full-bodied, maybe the impression is heightened by the impeccable balance along the even palate, and the long finish. Acid is unobtrusive, medium dusty tannins provide a structural frame. The archetypal great Bordeaux red; this wasn’t outclassed by anything else on the table tonight (ie. the four first growths). It really doesn’t get any better than this. Double-decanted a few hours prior.
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7/14/2018 - Papies wrote: 90 Points
BBQ at The Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): The wine felt fragile (not sure if this was a bottle issue but a few questions in our mind given the other notes below) and chose not to decant and we debated long if this on the way down. We have tried this a few times with the last time being 5 years ago ( Papies 93) and definitely this was a shadow of the wine we remember. Soft, light, lacked the energy and depth of flavor . Earthy, well secondary and tertiary evolution here. Nice wine still just not the great wine it used to be. 90 this time round and drink sooner than later .
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7/1/2018 - Aglenardi wrote: 93 Points
Need to decant for 3 hours.. Then BAAM!!! Awesomeness!!!
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6/19/2018 - MC wrote:
Ex-Chat. Perfect fill and cork. Decanted an hour, and it needed 2+. At 2 hours it starts to open up (much less fruit before that). At 3 hours, drinking very well, with cool blue fruit and a good match with food. This did not hit the heights of some previous bottles, as the best have had more substance in the middle, where this was a little light, but better than the past couple from a previous case. My guess is this case is a little less evolved than my other cases and needs more air. A-?
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6/16/2018 - Zweder wrote: 96 Points
Bordeaux 1989 (@ Monarh): Extremely beautiful and complex bouquet with dark berries and very pleasant horse stable impressions. On the palate sweet and ripe black berries, beautiful acidity and round tannin. Pleasant bitterness. Well dosed oak. Luxurious wine. Ready now and the next few years.
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5/24/2018 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine:
A bright ruby red with little signs of its age. The cork was fully soaked through and had a lot of fine sediment, so I definitely decanting. 15 minutes after pouring the wine smells of truffles, mushrooms and forest floor.
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4/7/2018 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Acker Auction - April 2018 (Marea in NYC): Very bright and open for business. A wine that stands out. Lots of red fruits. Very tasty. Interesting since came on the heels of the '82 Mouton and this was much more impressive (I think Mouton a bad bottle).
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3/28/2018 - KenK wrote: 91 Points
Good, but relative to the 1986 and 1990 served along side this came across somewhat simpler, more monolithic with a less interesting flavor profile. Others remarked on its own quite good, but just pales in comparison to the best LLC vintages. I agree.
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3/17/2018 - MC wrote:
Cork soaked up to the top. Decanted an hour and tried over the next two. Same case, but this is another off bottle. B+/?
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1/23/2018 - ricknat1 wrote:
This was a vertical tasting over dinner. I love Las Cases and fell its a tremendous value that in the best years approaches Grand Crus but is generally excellent and enjoyable. all of these wines fit the bill from the the sublime 82 and 90 downward. My ranking was as follows
82
90
86
89
83
96
85
95
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1/18/2018 - englishmen’s claret Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted for about 2 hours. Subtle cassis, tobacco, redfruit, blackberry and a hint of pepper. Long finish. Drank along side a 1982 Pavie. Classic St Julien. This has a lot more life left in it.
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12/31/2017 - Mchiarot Likes this wine:
Holding its own, but drink up if you have some
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12/21/2017 - Amerique wrote: 90 Points
Big disappointment. Bottle was probably corked. Bland. Only hint of leather. Lacked distinctive fruit and flavors.
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12/5/2017 - rossi.wine wrote: 95 Points
Tasted after 1996 La Mission Haut Brion. Wonderful bottle - generous, open, complex and layered. On the palate still good grip but the tannins are rather in the background. Spicy, elegant, cool and very persistent. My WOTN. Drink or keep. 94-96
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11/3/2017 - chatters wrote:
Domaine Delon Masterclass (Vaucluse Cellars, New South Head Road): Spice, earthy, almost a lanolin note, quite fresh. A little primary fruit, cream even. Shows less age than the 1990 but that might be because it's recently been recorked and topped up from 1989 jeroboam. In the mouth it's juicy, fruity, leathery as well. Travels preposterously long the palate. Fine but persistent tannins. Surprisingly fresh.
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11/3/2017 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 93 Points
Domaine Delon Masterclass (Vaucluse Cellars): ripe red berries, relatively youthful but has opened up nicely
chalky tannins
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10/30/2017 - dkentaustin wrote: 90 Points
Drank fairly well but expected better
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10/20/2017 - redknife Likes this wine: 94 Points
Short 30 min decant before going to Christi’s with the group.
The best of my previous 3 bottles, nice nose with a hint of green peppers nicely integrated with the fruit. Very balanced on the palate. Full body with incredibly fresh fruit and nice acidity, long finish.
Wouldn’t hold much longer Wine is very nice now; not sure if it’ll get better
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10/18/2017 - danckie Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pretty damn nice. Elegance is the key word here.
Responds wel to a bit of air. Dark fruit, Forestfloor. Mild acidity. Beautiful balance.
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8/26/2017 - DrZett Likes this wine: 94 Points
This one drinks beautiful in the moment. Nicely aged with a warm and round body, soft tannins, lots of blackberry and blackcurrant notes, a little leather and forest soil, some greenish notes too. Medium long finish - great!
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7/7/2017 - julao Likes this wine:
Coravined from double magnum, I'd had a glass 2 years ago and it was still hard & closed. I poured me another glass today and after 2 hrs it was really good. Color barely shows some traces of age, still purpule with light brownish rim. Lots of black currant & pine forest on the nose, with great attack, powerfull mid palate and a long minty 3 minute finish with chewy fine grained tannins.
I say after 28 years, this has barely reached the drinking window and has a long, long life ahead & will keep improving as tannins continue to melow.
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6/25/2017 - BSA Likes this wine: 94 Points
We had opened four bottles, they were all amazingly consistent and fabulous drinking. Still lots of life ahead for sure. Textbook Saint Julien. 94-95p now with quite a bit of upside left.
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6/11/2017 - daveyleis1 wrote: 95 Points
Decanted my last bottle last night. It was perfect with grilled lamb and veggies. Dry in the finish and silk on the tongue. Always like to have the best wine first. Later we opened one of our favorite Pinots that we usually go "ah" after a sip or two. But after the '89 we could really appreciate the difference in the subtle elegance.
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6/2/2017 - Paul D wrote:
3/12. Coravined half a bottle 28/5, finished 2/6. This bottle not the best, almost certainly not helped by the Coravin process stirring up sediment. It was medium/deep garnet with a pale garnet rim. The nose had some attractive dark, smoky, minerally fruit, with tobacco also coming through on the palate which, on this bottle at least, was a touch austere with some sandy tannins showing on the finish. There was also the odd slight whiff of sea water on the nose. Drinkable but, as I say, not the best example. NR
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5/9/2017 - MC wrote:
After an off bottle last night this one was what we were expecting. Decanted 45 minutes and this showed well and kept improving. Dark fruits, nice earth and secondaries. Good, but short of great on the finish. Really good, and underrated as a food wine, in my view. A-
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4/27/2017 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 97 Points
Leoville Las Cases with Pierre Graffeuille (Ripple): Like the 1990, this was ready to go. Pierre thinks it will age longer, though. That may be -- it seems to have more stuffing. The aromatics are stronger and deeper here, although not as precisely defined. Here they're more funky, almost a gamy scent to it. It's smooth and rounded by bottle age on the palate, darker than the 1990 and black-fruited in complexion. Again it has an almost sticky grip -- there is a glossy sheen to this but it feels more like the fattiness in a steak than just the gloss of ripe fruit. That's also on account of the tannins being nicely melted away.
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4/26/2017 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points
Léoville Las Cases dinner with Pierre Graffeuille (Ripple Restaurant in DC): Harmonious nose displaying subtle cassis, blueberry, plum, more red fruit than the 96 and 90, a hint of mint and eucalyptus, coffee and mineral. Very good concentration, chewy and rich, also quite silky, nicely integrated tannins and a long finish. Not quite up to the 96 and 90 for my palate. Nevertheless, this is a classic wine that is drinking nicely.
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4/22/2017 - rossi.wine wrote: flawed
From double magnum. Limited notes, over dinner. Good colour, rather backward and dark, but unfortunately TCA affected on the nose. This blew off to some extent over the course of the evening, but what was left was still rather one-dimensional.
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4/9/2017 - MC wrote:
Needed a good two hours to fully shine but this continues to be a great '89 to drink now and should hold for a bit. Underrated wine in my view. A-
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4/3/2017 - mtarrant003 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Served from McKenzie (5L) over dinner. Deep purple in colour, blackberry and blackcurrant on the nose, well balanced on the palate with fine tannins and a long finish. Truly excellent.
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2/3/2017 - tinybubbles wrote: 91 Points
A darker complexion than the '90. Spice notes, reasonable acid streak and a light tackiness remaining. 91-
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1/25/2017 - Burgnick wrote: 88 Points
Tobacco, green pepper, iron, soil and tobacco on the nose. Palate has a rather short finish without much volume. This is a disappointing effort for las case in a great vintage. Dont see the wine improving from here.
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1/22/2017 - MicklethePickle wrote: 87 Points
Underwhelming, at least in initial impression. Cork was saturated, label had a bit of stain, and there appeared to be light leakage (although fill was into the neck). Medium ruby, bricking at the rim. Nose was initially nondescript, even funky and dirty. With air, more fruit has emerged, along with iodine and a bit of iron. Fruit is all black, no sweetness, just black earth, at first, but now sweeter more complex aromas are coming on stronger. The palate remains a different story. Still very hard and rustic, with little charm. Does it need more time? Is it past its prime? Is this atypical, a bad bottle? I can only guess, and that's not good since it's my daughter's birth year and I still have two bottles remaining of the original 3 bottle purchase. Judgment reserved for the time being, see how it is tomorrow. Update after a full day of airing: A bit more fragrant, now with some red fruit. Bigger improvement in the mouth with sweeter, redder fruit, but still lacking complexity and lagging in excitement. Optimistically speaking, this might need quite a bit more aging to show well, but that's a guess. Here's hoping my hunch is correct. Now: 4-11-15-7: 87/100.
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1/17/2017 - GA Old World Guy Likes this wine: 95 Points
Powerful wine! Tannin fully integrated and wine is in a wonderful spot. Had with friends at Aria in Atlanta for a 70th B-Day.
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1/5/2017 - Rupert wrote:
Like a lot of my 89s, just a bit soft - there's plenty of cedar and ripe fruit there, but it could do with a bit more oomph.
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12/31/2016 - Jeff Leve wrote: 91 Points
Fully mature, medium bodied wine, blending classic character with elegance and austerity, the wine has a cassis, sweet and tart cherry, cedar, tobacco and hint of green in its character. The tannins are softened making the wine fun to drink, but the short finish and lack of depth stop the score from going higher.
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12/18/2016 - JCSV Likes this wine: 98 Points
Great wine. Drank with a Montrose which I preferred. Leoville felt much younger. A lot more red fruit, less decadent of a finish. All in a wonderful wine but over shown by the Montrose. Could still age for decades.
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12/17/2016 - Milos Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is fully mature Bordeaux that is just so easy to enjoy. Colour shows some age but still quite bright; nose of dark cherries and cedar with some leather. Palate is balanced with almost no tannins but still carried by the fruit and acidity. Long. This is not getting any better but delicious now.
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10/30/2016 - Rupert wrote: 93 Points
Somehow LLC comes over grand, even when like here, it's warm, ripe and smooth
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10/22/2016 - jonanator wrote: 91 Points
Good but not great bottle. It just didn't really seem to want to come around after a slow-ox and then a decanting. Tasty, lots of mature characteristics, but didn't really wow anybody. It has wonderful grace and is nicely mature yet still youthful in some ways, good fruit and acid on the palate. It hints at being able to age for much, much longer. I am conflicted on whether this needs more time to truly open up or if it will ever get there. Maybe this will just be a mediocre LLC.
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10/13/2016 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 91 Points
3 bottles of Classified Growth Bordeaux from the 1989 vintage for the first of 6 events for my 70th Birthday, nose of sweet black cherry, tar, and iron, the same on the palate, big body, lots of brooding, inky fruit, probably in a dumb stage, touch of soft tannins, opened slowly and improved slightly during the 3 hour dinner, the nose was it's best feature, needs more time in the cellar and will probably score better, very tasty, medium/long finish. My #3 of 3.
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9/18/2016 - AudunG wrote: 93 Points
Aromas dominated by mushroom, hay and something medical. Intense, focused and elegant in the mouth.
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9/16/2016 - JulianSkeels wrote: 92 Points
(chateau bottle) I've been patiently waiting for my cellared 89 LLC to come around, and am pretty disappointed with how it seems to show. This seems closer to 'lesser vintages' in LLC quality than I expected. Given a 5hr slow-ox it still needed more air and was very strict. Not a surprise, but less cedar and aromatics than a 89 Leoville Barton recently opened (I actually preferred that). Medium-weight. Some graphite coming through but nothing like the complexity I would expect and dry. Hold for another 10 years and hope for the best... less well stored bottles may actually show better at this point! Should be better than the 99 LLC but far less ready to drink now, but for similar money I'll continue instead buying the amazing 85 LLC!!! 91-93pts and hold (drink 2020-2035).
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9/14/2016 - therussianalias wrote: 92 Points
Lacking precision with fuzziness on the nose but the palate is sweet and fantastic with stewed red pepper. This is more evolved than the 89 Margaux or Haut Brion, but the way the palate jumps at you from nowhere makes up for it. It's genuinely sweet with a long finish of dried fruit and aszu.
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9/9/2016 - CMallard Likes this wine: 94 Points
Cork was ok. Left bottle to breathe for a bit but did not decant. The prior bottles did not take decanting very well I think. Color still freash, with modest bricking. Marvelous nose of mint, fruit, earth, tobacco all very harmonious. Beautiful mouth development with dryness and soft tannins sustaining excellent layered flavors. Long, structured, lots of energy and high yummy factor. Better than the bottle I had last year.
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8/6/2016 - g-man Likes this wine: 94 Points
Removed cork and was a little nervous seeing it was partially saturated but one whiff and knew it was fine. This was part of an after golf line-up of other great wines and this just help cap the day. Very little bricking around the edge and dark, you would never guess this to be an 89'. The nose was slightly reticent after decanting but opened up over the next couple of hours. Still dark fruited with cigar box and the wine got stronger as the night went on. No one was in a rush to drink this and enjoyed savoring it. Still plenty of life left to this and will look to pick a few more up. At the current price this is well worth seeking out.
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7/31/2016 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 89 Points
Wines of Good Hope: Summer 2016; 7/9/2016-8/31/2016 (River's Inlet, British Columbia): Okay, not amazing and somehow out of balance. A ton of tannin but perhaps without the fruit to ever balance out? Not a great deal of pleasure here, pretty tough and monolithic. Was completely (and consistently) outperformed by the '90 Gruaud Larose opened side-by-side (three bottles of each).
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7/2/2016 - iamandyc Likes this wine: 94 Points
Amazing depth of black cherry fruit inside a bottle that had all the external signs of disaster but was pristine inside. Good integration of the melted tannins with characteristic acidity dominating the finish. Lovely mature (but not tired) wine.
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6/4/2016 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine: 92 Points
Mature nose, bit green, medium bodied, fully mature, offering pleasure, good but straight laced, just doesn't have that peacock tail
92
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5/26/2016 - Vmaster007 wrote: 86 Points
Le bouchon était relativement fragile, ce qui n'est pas tout à fait normal. Le vin était agréable, mais n'avait pas énormément de structure.
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5/10/2016 - Kriz wrote: 90 Points
Lot's of fruit, tannins and acidity. Nicely aged and of course there are some nice mature accents. But this is around € 100,- and I know better wines for less money.
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5/4/2016 - maxlemieux wrote: 94 Points
Drinking great now. Impressive strength and length for the first hour before is slowly faded but remained complex and enjoyable. Corked and poor, no decant and did not regret given the initial length experienced.
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4/29/2016 - godx wrote: flawed
Strong notes of VA and roasted/muted fruits. After 4+ hours of air this never improved.
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4/29/2016 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine: 93 Points
A lovely mature claret, a las cases to be enjoyed slowly while contemplating about its subtleties, drinking at a pointe, liked it a lot
93
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4/8/2016 - chitownmb wrote: 93 Points
Decanted for 1 hour. Nice balance with mild tannins, pleasant fruit, and minerality. Drinking very well right now.
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4/8/2016 - MC wrote:
Decanted an hour. Similar to my last note, the wine of the night. Such an elegant, classic Bordeaux. Great with food. Maybe just a touch more body and length would make it perfect, but really there is nothing to complain about. A-/A
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3/19/2016 - fizz wrote: 92 Points
Dinner at Patrick's place (Patrick and Tanya's place): Corked was soaked completely, but extracted in 1 piece. Medium bricking. Fine, complex and typical nose - pencil shavings, cedar, black fruits, perfume. The nose would change over the course of a couple of hours though, at times becoming a little subdued. Fine palate, with typical acidity and super balance. Long finish. Enjoyed.
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3/8/2016 - dream wrote:
This bottle seems rather strict and green and not necessarily representative
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2/16/2016 - napasoutherner Likes this wine: 93 Points
Beautiful wine that is ready to go. Decanted for 2.5 hours before consuming. Notes of earth, dirt, some pine. Very rounded, tanned leather with a deep, long finish. This wine is peaking so drink now.
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2/15/2016 - R. Hung Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted 4 hours. Garnet in color. Hints of tobacco, leather, blue berries on the nose. Silky smooth texture with lots blue berries and good complexity. Medium to long finish! Can keep for few more years.
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2/11/2016 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine: 93 Points
medium red with clear bricking, classic mature Bordeaux nose, dark for its age, still has bite, will last another 20 years at least, delicious and old school
93
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2/8/2016 - Shiaxonna wrote: 90 Points
Tasted blind. Initial nose of pencil tip, sour veal stock, yeast, barnyard and old home made fruit juice. But then it opens up and shows it's charm. Still some barnyard, but in a pleasant way. Palate shows power and concentration. Good wine!
50+5+11+16+8 (90p)
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1/24/2016 - MC wrote:
Decanted 90 minutes, this was just wonderful. Wine of the night. A-/A
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1/6/2016 - jusuf Likes this wine: 92 Points
Good, but not stunning. Feels almost above horizon. Cherry with cinnamon. Comparatively small body on the palate.
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11/28/2015 - mjdixon Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nice wine which needs a few hours to open.
Luscious fruit typical of 89 - could drink all day!
Tannins have disappeared now - smooth as silk
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11/20/2015 - napasoutherner Likes this wine: 96 Points
Beautiful wine. 1.5 hour decant. Nose of a classic Bordeaux (earth, mineral, dust). Notes of blackberry fruit, tobacco, and earth. Long finish. Had against a 2012 Marsten Cab and this just blew it away (as we all thought it would)
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11/19/2015 - paulst Likes this wine: 95 Points
Near perfect balance with nose of tar and light blackberry; elegant and suttle yet with good texture and depth; long finish with the right tannic aspect.
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11/7/2015 - GuWin wrote: 94 Points
Dyp mørk med svakt oransje noter. Klassisk duft med solbærtoner, lær, blyantspiss og et hint av eucalyptus. Munnen fylles av mørke, behagelige sødmefulle frukttoner. Stor konsentrasjon og fylde, markant tanninstruktur og lang, harmonisk ettersmak.
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9/26/2015 - Rupert wrote: 92 Points
Ripe, rich, fine balanced claret - I'm finding the 89s smooth and rich, but miss the edge the 85s have
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9/16/2015 - WineCellarTV Likes this wine: 95 Points
Dark, deep and harmonious wine of ripe, dark fruit, earth, gravel, tobacco and herbal spiciness.
Concentrated and firm but with delicacy of fine tannins, fresh acidity and a long finish.
Probably still uplifting, but close to its perfection.
Beautiful and, if in this perfect condition, as good as the 1990.
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8/4/2015 - jmoore431 wrote: 96 Points
Great bottle; Burgundian, rich, funky; nice cassis, rich and still good acid/tannin balance working; hint of BRETT, excellent wine
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7/3/2015 - redknife Likes this wine: 90 Points
At Christy's
2 1/2 hr decant
Solid ready to drink showing its age; consistent with my previous note.
Paired well with prime rib
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6/25/2015 - Paul D wrote:
Bordeaux WIMPS (La Tromplette, Chiswick): Deep, dark, gravelly fruit, some rich earth and tobacco, firm but fine tannins, fresh acidity, long if still quite firm finish. Serious, minerally claret, excellent, drinking but with more to come ****1/2 +.
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6/24/2015 - conviction buy Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deep red, not much of bricking. Decanted an hour to get the proper nose of cassis and cedar. Good balance of sweet fruit and wood spice in mouth, valvet tannin with good structure. Seems it needs more time but wonder if there is sufficient conc of fruit.
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6/22/2015 - MC wrote:
Decanted 2 hours. This drinks well, with a classic profile, but it just a little thin in the middle right now. Tannins still frame the finish, but are reasonable at this stage. It is possible this will improve a bit as it softens with time and secondaries become more prominent. My only slight worry is it being a little thin in the middle. A-
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6/9/2015 - englishman's claret wrote:
From the other cellartracker notes, it looks like some of these 89s are drinking. But this one kept poking its head up before retreating into its shell, offering something slightly different each time. A classy, aristocratic nose smelling faintly of blackcurrant and sandalwood - from time to time, it also showed floral notes, minerals, or smoke. Bottles from this case could be great with a few years.
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5/25/2015 - Rupert wrote: 94 Points
Very classic claret, just a perfect balance of acid, cedar, fruit, the flavours mingling in endless combinations.
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4/18/2015 - Rupert wrote:
Dark and youthful, fresh blackcurrant fruit and a touch of cedar, pure and deep. Super
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4/16/2015 - paulst Likes this wine: 94 Points
Leather and smooth blackberry; balanced with nice texture and length; harmony; compares favorably with 82 Beychevelle.
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4/16/2015 - WinoRick Likes this wine: 94 Points
Purchased on release for $31, decanted and poured out to my family. It blew away the 2005 St. Emilion we were also having. Good color and no browning, but also no tannins and a silky mouthfeel. Medium bodied. Dark fruit combined with earthy undertones. Seemingly at a plateau of eminent drinkability.
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4/16/2015 - Kriz wrote: 90 Points
The nose shows some maturity, some sweetness and earthy tones. Good palate, fruity, some green tones and a little too acidic. It's good, it's fresh and still very much alive. But is it worth € 135,-? Absolutely not. Some mediocre Bordeaux from a good vintage will live a same period of time and shows of better.
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3/22/2015 - Paul D wrote: 95 Points
1/12. Decanted 1/2 an hour. Appearance is still relatively youthful with a medium/deep ruby/garnet core and a pale garnet rim. Reticent on the nose at first, opening out to blackcurrant, smoke, mineral, rich earth. Touch of blood, complex and deep. Medium/full bodied on the palate, black fruits, quite tobaccoey, earth, mineral, touch of iron - again complex. Still a touch stern with some firm tannins but deep and extra-ordinarily long on the finish, with balanced acidity and lingering sweet fruit. Masculine, sturdy. Whilst this can be approached now this has many, many years in it still.
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3/16/2015 - paulst Likes this wine: 94 Points
Another great 89; textured and earthy with supple blackberry and nice integration; lingering sweet finish.
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2/21/2015 - liber Likes this wine: 95 Points
10th of 12, perfect fill, hour decanted, previous notes fine to fine plus....this bottle in higher gear with much greater complexity and sheer class, 2nd WOTN behind outstanding Latour 96, though showing better than Latour 89. Very fine (18.5/20).
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1/17/2015 - mpdonnel Likes this wine: 92 Points
Earthy, blackberry notes, nicely integrated tannins, sweet finish. Not as powerful as expected. Drinking very well but lacking complexity. Seems to be at peak.
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1/3/2015 - capacious Likes this wine: 95 Points
Double decanted, had as third red wine of night after a Nero d Avola and a 1999 Vin D'alceo with friends. The Leoville was excellent. Perfectly integrated, smooth, dominating, classic. With much evolution, it has many years left. But for sure, if you have this, drink a copy soon. It's ok to leave some wine to your kids, but we should drink most of the great ones
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1/1/2015 - paulst Likes this wine: 94 Points
Earthy with blackberry; silky tannins; smooth long sweet finish.
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12/20/2014 - redknife Likes this wine: 90 Points
decanted for 90 min; signs of age. A little underwhelmed but drinking nicely and I think at its peak.
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12/19/2014 - Paui wrote: 92 Points
dark colours, very slight signs of ageing on the rim. LLC has for me been difficult to agree to in style. this is my 2nd 1989 among other vintages. decanted for 5 hours and a longer decant seems to turn these harsh black currants on nose/palate into a more blackberry-dominated wine, in any case more accessible and tasty.
a very fine-grained depot.
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12/11/2014 - paulst Likes this wine: 92 Points
Light earthy austere cherry with smooth tannins and nice length.
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11/9/2014 - Christine Havens Likes this wine: 94 Points
The 1989 Léoville Las Cases possesses a deep inner perfume of red currant, rose petals, balsam, graphite and sandalwood. Elegant and weightless, with fine tannins that spread evenly across the palate, like damask silk. There is a wonderful, regal and almost undefinable quality to this second growth. It exhibits both fantastic purity and balance, and is well within its drinking window. The finish is long and lingering, offering graceful notes of cedar, spice and traces of minerality.
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11/5/2014 - dimdic wrote: 95 Points
Big, muscular and inky body. Lots of earthy and mineral aroma such as graphite and stones. There're still many things hidden and couldn't taste carefully now. It's still not mature enough to reflect most of its potential. Can hold it for 10+ years. My score was rated on the potential.
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10/25/2014 - vinole wrote: 94 Points
S FL WS Group Dinner (Market 17 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL): Subtle, nuanced, and feminine, with light earth and leather on the nose. Cherry and currant fruit with a bit of a sweet edge on the finish. Medium body and acidity. Lovely wine.
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10/10/2014 - dkentaustin Likes this wine: 96 Points
outstanding and wine of the night in a line up of 12 great wines
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10/9/2014 - Rob MacKay wrote: 93 Points
Sitting right in it's prime drinking window right now. No need to decant unless you are trying to avoid sediment. Fully integrated with a great finish.
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9/27/2014 - Bandreas wrote: 88 Points
Decanted, considerable sediment , cork completely wetted through but came out flawlessly in one piece
Medium garnet color, slight touch of brick at the rim,On nose lovage, leather, camphor, truffles, dusty tannins; smell somewhat funky: reminds me more of a Barolo than a Bordeaux.
Not a great wine to drink solo without food, became better when drank alongside some cheese and bread. All in all this bottle was not overly impressive.
Would have expected better from a Leoville Las Cases… Probably on the way downhill.
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9/1/2014 - brianakrin wrote: 92 Points
Big , rich , youthful. Not real complex, but very nice. D/H
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8/8/2014 - Leukeran Likes this wine: 94 Points
Upon opening a nice black fruity nose was perceived. Decanted it about 30 minutes before initial tasting. It had rich tannin, black cherry, tobacco, earthy with hints of wood. Over the night it evolved and mellowed. It paired beautifully with roasted bone marrow and rib-eye.
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7/17/2014 - MC wrote:
Decanted an hour. Really nice. Dark fruit, graphite, earth, minerals, and some finishing tannin. A bit short of a complete winner with something missing in the mid-palate but very nice food wine and has a long way to go. A-
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6/15/2014 - gsquireh Likes this wine: 95 Points
What a sleeper. The 89 seduces with subtlety. Lightening at the edges, this pure and elegant beauty drinks like a classic-lead pencil, hints of sweet tobacco, vanilla, cassis, cedar and red and black fruit combine for pure drinking pleasure. Complex enough ( and more than enough) to provide a rich mouth feel, but the balance is what makes this wine impeccable.
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6/11/2014 - Marquis du Vin Likes this wine: 93 Points
Strong Las Cases... Opened up beautifully... Cedar, cherry and a bit of spice... Lovely wine..
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5/25/2014 - Javatrader wrote: 94 Points
4 hour decant
Nose of black fruits, wet earth, slight perfume
Delicious mouthfeel, dark fruits but more earthy than fruity. The structure was intact and the wine had the appropriate weight and body.
Very nice bottle
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4/25/2014 - paulst Likes this wine: 94 Points
Sweet blackberry with smoothly integrated tannins that gave some bitterness that balanced the sweet rather light fruit.
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4/4/2014 - yiuwing_hk Likes this wine: 94 Points
This is not unique tasting, side by side tasted with 2007 Galatrona Petrolo, it seems not right pair, but anyway, Las Cases was beaten by the lower priced red.
I should say 89 Las Cases was actually very good. Outstanding St. Julien style with some tertiary notes of tea leaf mushroom, and very good balance of acidity and fine & rich tannins. The length is extremely long, like 1 mins.
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3/20/2014 - aagrawal wrote: 92 Points
Bonham's and Butterfield Pre-auction tasting (San Francisco, CA): Appropriate color; very nice nose with good intensity, cherry and blackberry fruit, good complexity; palate has juicy fruit, perfectly mature, maybe even a bit too much tannin in the midpalate; medium finish. Very nice. 92-93
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3/1/2014 - LWI wrote: 92 Points
Blind. Obviously a West Bank wine. Bretty, some forest floor, very fine fruit beneath, long and fresh. Becomes less ‘bretty’ with more air, gains in depth and sweetness and ends up as a perfect match to entrecote, haricot vertes and béarnaise.
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2/26/2014 - paulst Likes this wine: 93 Points
Light bouquet with some earth; rubber and tar with textured blackberry-cherry; slight mint but tannic; decent finish; I think more time is needed for integration.
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1/5/2014 - bhof2121 wrote: flawed
Thought initial tastes were musty, closed and a bit thin. Opened up through dinner. Smell was better than taste. Cork was saturated and slid right out of the bottle.
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12/31/2013 - ToddR911 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Excellent balanced bordeaux. Medium purple color. Drinking nicely now or could still lay down. Liked the cherries and blackberries, earthy mushrooms on the nose, hint of mint and cinnamon on the finish.
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11/30/2013 - paulst Likes this wine: 94 Points
Leather and blackberry; smooth and textured; long finish.
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11/2/2013 - Spl232 Likes this wine: 94 Points
2013 Atlanta Commanderie Parlement (Four Season Midtown (Atlanta, Ga)): Favorite wine of the flight. Didn't do as well as with the food, but really well balanced wine with some tobacco, mushrooms, drak fruit and hint of mint on the nose.
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10/25/2013 - rossi.wine wrote: 92 Points
Showing almost no age, nose a bit shy at first, slowly evolving in glass. Chocolate, spices, quite herbal. Grippy, rustic (in a good way) on the palate, noticeable tannins, slightly green, pretty long. A bit angular and not seamless but pretty long, a bit bitter on the finish.
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10/24/2013 - myeugine wrote: 94 Points
clear ruby / wet earth, cider, mushroom, smoke, caramel, espresso, licorice, ripe red berries / silky tannin and mouth-watering acidity
way more impressive than Barton 1989 or Poyferre 1989
always thank god it's a second growth (for price being reasonable)
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10/19/2013 - Amerique wrote: 94 Points
Previous notes apply
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9/8/2013 - TOTOM wrote: 92 Points
11 sec finish
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9/1/2013 - Prinsen wrote: 93 Points
Opens up during the first 1-2 hours, with an impressive complexity, in the beginning notes of licorice, turning more into coffee, leather, wood with a lot of fruit flavours. Medium to long taste. It seems to be 5-10 years too early to drink this wine, but it is doing well now.
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7/4/2013 - Julia7ich wrote: 90 Points
Deep dark ruby. Pencil lead and black currant with cedar on the nose. Light notes of herbaceous undergrowth and liquorice accompany mouth-filling dark berry fruit. Marvellous concentration and well-rounded, present tannins. Medium long finish.
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6/15/2013 - essconsults Likes this wine: 91 Points
A nice wine-but not what it should be. Definitely has some green, herbaceous qualities, and lacks some fruit and density in the mid-palate. Still, it exhibits some classic cassis, tobacco, and iron/mineral notes. Not bad-but I remain unconvinced by any of the '89 Bordeaux I've had, so far. I do like it, however a lousy QPR.
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6/8/2013 - BBG London Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drunk with Fergus. I thought this was amazing, black fruit with soft tannins. More please!
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5/24/2013 - King JR wrote: 94 Points
Fabulous and most surprising tasting of the evening. Beautiful nose, length and subtle finish. Changed in the glass from being very good to surprisingly excellent. Still seems to have plenty of life left. Very smooth with nice fruit on the palettee. SWOTN (surprising WOTN) consumed with '79 Palmer, '95 Palmer, '90 Chateau Margaux, '90 Pichon Baron and an '01 Poggio Alle Mura. Great evening!
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4/19/2013 - Wine_lvr wrote: 93 Points
Bordeaux 1989 Horizontal Tasting (Zurich): Intensive red. Nose of red currant and coffee. Bitter notes but nicely integrated dark fruit flavors (Cassis). Tannins are still present. Drink now - 2030.
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3/31/2013 - JS199 wrote: 91 Points
Tried at an Easter get together. Was pleasantly surprised this still has lots of life left.
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3/23/2013 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
Another Saturday night at The Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): Another solid performance from this ugly duckling. This is the fourth bottle we have had of this over the last 3 years and it continues to perform. We decanted for about 2 hours (1 hour really needed). Still very much alive, round and fleshy with good ripe fruit (surprising for an 89 but this is St Julien after all). The nose is more fruit driven light secondary. Another great bottle so maybe this is Swan after all. 93 again
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3/21/2013 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 93 Points
Base neck fill. Soft cork, but not soaked through. Tobacco, hard leather, cassis, black currant, cedar, graphite and modest Oak. Minimal sediment. The wine took less than an hour to open fully, but has a classic depth of character - just one one that is primarily fruit driven, which might turn some people off.
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1/25/2013 - Ganso wrote: 93 Points
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Still closed !! After 2 hrs in the glass ,begun to open !! Very young! plum,cassis,herbal,mineral,spices,good acidity,smoth tanins,the next bottle I will open in two years.Beatifull wine ,will evolve a lot.
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1/25/2013 - Ganso Likes this wine: 93 Points
Still closed !! After 2 hrs in the glass ,begun to open !! Very young! plum,cassis,herbal,mineral,spices,good acidity,smoth tanins,the next bottle I will open in two years.Beatifull wine ,will evolve a lot.
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1/11/2013 - LWI wrote: 94 Points
20 Vintages of Château Léoville Las Cases: Mineral-driven with a fine fruit core, some complexity, a bit closed?
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1/11/2013 - GuWin wrote: 93 Points
Léoville Las Cases Grand Tasting (At Kim Aa's place, Ulvøya, Norway): Deep ruby, thin watery rim. Youthful nose; blackcurrants, licorice, and initially slightly medicinal aromas, like gauze. Pronounced, fruity on the palate, great structure, high tannin level. Great wine. Will evolve further
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1/2/2013 - Leigh Johnson Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep crimson, slight tawny at rim, clear. The nose of classic mature claret. Cedary, woodsmoke, green pepper, ripe black fruits. On the palate, bright acidity, soft integrated tannins a slight initial sharpness. Ripe black fruits, earth, mushroom, leafmould. Long and glorious. A super bottle
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12/25/2012 - stiang Likes this wine: 94 Points
Vesentlig yngre enn 66 ;-) veldig tight og kaffepreget på åpning, men to timer i karaffel gjør underverker. Blir stadig bedre (4 timer nå). Nesten parodisk "text book" St Julien aromabilde hele veien. Tett frukt med flott lengde. En nokså moderne LLC med en touch av sødme og sjokolade. .
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12/24/2012 - Fatty Cat wrote: 92 Points
Xmas Eve dinner 2012: clear rubin red color; fresh baked bread, red berries, cherry, hints of coffee; medium body; clear, wiry texture; smooth tannins within a long finish.
Classic claret. However, think this bottle wasn't stored fully properly before I bought it (in 2006) cause one could sense the first signs of tiredness. LLC 1989 under good storage conditions should be still in pristine shape.
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11/18/2012 - thewineoceros wrote: 88 Points
Bordeaux 1989 left bank (with a bonus VCC): Subtle nose, a little restrained perhaps. Powerful dried berry flavours, slightly dry, with a touch of tobacco, and quite big stuff, but feels again quite young and not ready. Also seems to miss out on that vital aspect - charm. Find it hard to get on with this wine, and for me this doesnt really hit the spot. Will probably improve, given time, but today this is not firing on all cyclinders. Keep patient.88+
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10/27/2012 - jbroich wrote: 95 Points
Wonderful wine. Drank at Prange memorial barbecue.. Light red fading at the rim. Smells like a combination of blackberries, rasperries, cedar a little bit of licorice. On the palate surprisingly strong not alcoholic, red berries and intense minerality. long finish with rasperries. We drank 5 bottles and all of them were superb. Will drink the remaining cases over the next 5 to 10 years.
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10/23/2012 - Hawk94 wrote: 92 Points
Opened cork, found red soaked cork all the way up to top, worried a bad cork, when pouring into decanter, nice bouquet came out. 2hr later, such an enjoyable wine, obvious acid, but subsided with more air, cassis, currant, blackberry, cedar box, a bit earthy tone underplaying, smooth tannins, well balanced with very pretty acidity, I couldn't put down my glass, very astute, superb!
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10/3/2012 - Lord Rayas wrote: 93 Points
casual MNSC (Julian's place): solid showing with nice notes of tobacco and spice. not as strong as the 82 side by side.
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9/24/2012 - dream wrote: 93 Points
Beautiful clear ruby color. Really a great Bordeaux nose of black rasberry spice, wood-smoke and roasted nuts. Quite fresh with good acidity and lovely flavors of cassis, black cherry and cedar wood. Well-rounded and balanced with a good mid-palate. Finishes with a beautiful spice character and real lift. The tannins on this wine have always been a little green but I would say that they are finally giving way and no longer hinder the finish which is becoming complex and quite fine. I'm betting that this LLC is a sleeper and the slightly underripe tannins will support long-aging. 93+
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9/18/2012 - SimonG wrote: 89 Points
Rupert's 89 'Super Seconds' Offline (The Medlar, London): Single blind. A tad riper and a little more fragrant on the nose. Palmer possibly, but it does seem leaner than it should for that. No LLC. Again, seems a little underpowered compared to previous bottles of this. OK, but I'm underwhelmed. ***
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9/2/2012 - Amerique wrote: 93 Points
rich, full-bodied black cherry fruit with leathery, cedar, and cassis flavors, excellent structure, tannins softening, fruit dissipating, nice finish
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8/19/2012 - stiang wrote: 93 Points
Rett fra flasken var denne tett, voldsom og maskulin. Etter to timer i karaffel kom elegansen. Fortsatt en kraftfull vin, men med masse eleganse. Fremstår som moden, men blir nok fortsatt bedre. Nesten en parodi på 25 år gammel bdx; sigar, blyant, creme de cassis. Deilig vin
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8/4/2012 - paulst wrote: 91 Points
Very suttle and unimpressive out of the bottle; after one hour opened up with nice blackberry and light licorice; soft and well balanced with a moderate but sweet finish.
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7/28/2012 - Chrisw97 wrote: 91 Points
Restrained nose, pepper, kirsch, medium palate. Faded significantly after an hour. Good finish
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7/20/2012 - fclarity wrote: 92 Points
From a bottle purchased upon release, this wine had a red/purple center and red/orange rims. The medium+ intensity nose showed classic Bordeaux black cherry, mocha, soil, coffee, and clove.
A bit rough at first, not surprisingly, this wine took 4 hours to round out out and to develop a creamy texture. It has plenty of potential but will probably take another 10 to 20 years to get there.
Drink if you must (with air) or save it for the future when it should pick up a couple points.
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6/17/2012 - AllRed wrote: 93 Points
35th Anniversary Party Cellar Tasting; 6/16/2012-6/17/2012 (Rich & Dana's): Notes of black fruit, plum and roasted herbs. Red currants, plum and dark fruit; roasted herbs and tobacco.
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6/16/2012 - AllRed wrote: 94 Points
35th Anniversary Party Cellar Tasting; 6/16/2012-6/17/2012 (Rich & Dana's): Lovely prefumed bouquet dominated by pretty floral notes as well as red fruit and cigar box. Terrific balance and integration with red fruit, cigar box, roasted herbs and a hint of underbrush. Long finish.
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6/9/2012 - CellarBord wrote: 91 Points
Needed more time to open up. Very good potential. Decant 1-2 hours before serving.
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6/3/2012 - bon vivant wrote:
A very tasty bottle with boys at the Cabin (82,85& 89 SbS) 85 corked, 82 was soft and velvety and I loved the texture so it was my favorite but the 89 seemed like a fresher bottle with nice dark notes that promised more good days ahead. A bit of the 89 left in bottle overnight (no gas) was even better the next day.
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6/3/2012 - BradE wrote:
Trio of 82, 85, and 89. The 85 was corked. Most of us liked the 89 best, it was gorgeous. The 82 drank well, but seemed less evolved than previous bottles.
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5/2/2012 - Chains1966 wrote: 94 Points
Dark fruit, black cherry, currents with that typical graphite Las Cases. Very smooth wine with no hard edges, love the finish as it explodes on the palet initially then coats it with FRUIT and finishes with a long kiss of pleasure.
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4/6/2012 - Vine wrote:
Absolutely wonderful. With BBQ bone-in chicken breast, bread, salad. Full mature bordeaux experience with a nice sweet and long finish. Drinking perfectly now.
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3/24/2012 - Lord of the Bottles wrote: 92 Points
Tasted at WSDC event. Slightly more accessible than its 1982 sibling tasted alongside, much more resolved tannins, though a touch shorter on the palate. Lovely mouth of berries, wood and cedar spice if starting to fade.
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2/6/2012 - DRob wrote:
Touch of earth in the nose, with mocha and blackberry
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12/31/2011 - AlexHop wrote: 90 Points
Nose is a touch stinky, but after a few minutes in the glass that wears off and there is a nice elegant classic claret character. Mouth is a bit sour, but still has some fruit and a medium long finish. This bottle seems a bit past its prime.
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11/22/2011 - THA wrote: 93 Points
CdBaH 81st (RDG): Delicious. This is a big wine. Deep, mouth-coating flavors. The 1989s have a "delicious" factor that is on full display with this wine.
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10/22/2011 - NikAlbert wrote: 95 Points
Had this yesterday (21/10-11) with my wife togethet with a nice veal fillet. A tremendous nose with cedar, lead pencil , blackberries all very balanced and integrated. Perfect in the mouth with maturity, balance and a very long finish. At it's plateau now but will keep for many years. An incredible wine with perfect balance
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9/18/2011 - Zweder wrote: 95 Points
Still the most purple of the three Leovilles. Deep and complex bouquet with cassis and other dark berry fruits, beautiful oak and minerals. Same on the palate with chocolate and some licorice. Juicy and beautiful acidity. The tannin is soft and round and still has potential for some more years. Everything is harmonious and beautifully integrated. Great wine!
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6/10/2011 - Marco357 wrote: 85 Points
A bit disappointing- took time to opr
En still lack of length- veriy inferior to bottles idrunk 3years ago which were outstanding
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5/13/2011 - bristol411 wrote: 91 Points
Still needs time, initially quite green on the nose, with prominent acidity, sweet fruit very much in the background. After some time in a decanter, it started to loosen up a bit, but still a firm muscular core. Probably needs a 2-3 hour decant to show its supple inner self.
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4/24/2011 - beezer6 wrote: 93 Points
Acid city! Medium body. Green and "brown"' olive. Root vegetables, celery and light balsamic and caramel.
Long finish.
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3/22/2011 - pjaines wrote:
Ridge Montebello Tasting & subsequent drinks; 3/22/2011-3/24/2011 (Berry Brothers, London): And this is why we leave wine in the cellar for years on end. So that we can drink bottles like this - superb bottle, perfect condition. Crystal clear and singing from the off - classic St Julien notes with great depth but also light on the palate. Super long finish of precision and quality. Way up there with some of the best Bordeaux I have drank. Excellent.
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3/11/2011 - SimonG wrote:
Farewell Chertsey (Home): Similar to the bottle at the Square offlinen a couple of weeks ago. Sweet, ripe fruit, a little more weight. No surprise to hear suggestions of southern rhone here - the vintage character cf the 85 is clear. Just starting to show what it's made of and a lovely drink, but plenty in reserve here. ****(1/2)
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2/25/2011 - SimonG wrote:
Shama's LLC Offline (The Square, London): Slightly sweeter-fruited nose. Still quite tight, good acidity, a touch of mocha. Really nice acidity, needs a bit longer to really sing, but very promising. If the 90 is the mistress this is the long-term marriage prospect. ****(1/2)
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2/23/2011 - AlexHop wrote: 91 Points
Another solid Leoville although not as great as some. Didn't seem old yet.
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2/19/2011 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
Consistently beautiful. Unfortunately we didnt have time to decant it properly ( maybe 10-15 mins max) . Consistent with previous note
(very dark in colour and although drinks very well it has lost none of its vibrancy or power. Very nice, elegant and open on the nose. A bordeaux nose to show off we might add. well rounded mouthfeel, classy elegant bordeaux which would easily rank premier. Nice fruit but all was in balance,)
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2/15/2011 - dream wrote: flawed
Really good color with no fading. Funky nose of road tar, cigar box and black licorice. This seems ever so slightly corked so witholding judgement.
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12/10/2010 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 96 Points
This wine was tasted in double-blind fashion at Vintage Wines, Ltd. The bottle was kindly provided by Josh Gelb. My impressions are very similar to those of my last tasting of this great wine 11/7/09. Opaque red robe with garnet rim. Clean and very intense nose of assorted black fruits, anise, violets, tobacco and minerals. Full-bodied on the palate, with low acidity, big ripe tannins and black fruit-dominated flavors. The solid middle leads to a very long, smooth finish. This remains an elegant wine which is likely entering plateau. It should continue to drink beautifully for many years to come. Drink now-12/30.
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11/25/2010 - plitton wrote: 96 Points
opened 3 hours prior to drinking. With Thanksgiving dinner, this was WOTN (2000 Colgin Cariad, 1979 Petrus, 1992 Domaine Leroy Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts, 1961 D'Yquem). Wonderful terrior-driven cedar, pencil shavings, cherries. This should continue to drink well through 2015.
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11/16/2010 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
This wine is beautifully balanced, fresh and energetic. On the nose there are notes of red currant and cassis with some tobacco leaf and cedar. In the mouth it has nice shape with dense, sweet fruits that are threaded with tobacco. It has good intensity and poise and as well as it’s drinking today I’d love to be reacquainted with it in another 10 years.
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11/6/2010 - KenK wrote: 95 Points
Sleek nose a bit restrained. Dark fruits with a an aroma of black cherry with raspberry tocuh an hint of of charcoal.
Nice concentiion dark edgy quality. Well balanced, good density. Just a slight bit hard. Still shows potential to improve further.
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11/3/2010 - Jeff Leve wrote: 91 Points
1989 Leoville Las Cases offers tobacco, truffle, spice, red and black fruits and forest floor notes. Full bodied, and filled with cassis, the wine does not fully come together. The traditional finish ends with cassis and a slight hint of tart cherry. This will not improve.
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10/31/2010 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
For us Las Cases is a bit like Mika Hakkinen. Twice a world champion, capable of the best ever overtake manouvre but also a bit chamless Well back to this beautiful 1989 then.
Decanted for 45 mins.Wine is still very dark in colour and although drinks very well it has lost none of its vibrancy or power. Very nice, elegant and open on the nose. A bordeaux nose to show off we might add. well rounded mouthfeel, classy elegant bordeaux which would easily rank premier. Nice fruit but all was in balance, very much the world champion and in the case of this 1989 we had the joy to enjoy it at its best, maybe down the outside in Les Combes like Mika vs Schumi in 2000.
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9/30/2010 - soyhead wrote: 92 Points
2nd Annual Best of Bordeaux vs Kings of Kalifornia (PRIMA, Walnut Creek): nose - dirt, celery, lurking dark berry.
mouth - somewhat closed though opened with time. dark fruit, Jeff found it 'plumy and pruney'. A big wine with solid tannins and potential, I guessed it to be young needing time, jeff guessed it be old. In retrospect i think we were both right.
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9/19/2010 - Matt Scott wrote: 96 Points
(John Larue's Birthday Night)
Decanted for four hours, utilizing a funnel. Deep garnet, with a light violet rim. The fill was well into the neck and there were signs of past seepage, however, this was in fine form. An ambrosial wine. A mesmerizing nose of Black currant, baked raisin, black tea, rose petals, leather, tobacco leaf and black cherry. The aromatics are very complex, embodied with youth and age. A lot of micro-fiber tannins that really show an outstanding mouth feel. Quite layered and the mid-palate just sings. This '89 Bordeaux is just starting to peak and will last for many years. What a finish and is over a minute. On the same level as the '95, just a little different, without losing it's house style. Las Cases never lets me down. This was the wine of the night and loved by all. Drink now - 2025.
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9/12/2010 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
Beautiful bouquet with a little pleasant barnyard, luxurious oak and black as well as red berry fruits. Same impressions in the mouth, but also a lot of tannin and acidity. This bottle seemed less impressive and harmonious than the one I drank in 2007, but there is enough power to wait a few more years.
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9/3/2010 - punter wrote: 89 Points
Pristine bottle and cork. Blackberry, cassis, leather and dust on decant pour; sat for 4 hours. Less nose on first pour than on decant. Palate showed berries, black cherry and cassis with soft tannis and little acidity, but no 'wow' factor. While pleasant enough to drink each of the 6 bottles of '89 I've tasted since June started falling apart after 30 mins in the glass; ironic considering it needed a minimum two hour decant to approach it. I will finish the '89, which is very nice, and hold '86, '88 and '90.
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8/20/2010 - LWI wrote: 93 Points
Bordeaux North to South (My house): Lovely, long and intense mouth, a lot of old drawer and still some dark fruit. All in all a very good claret.
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6/26/2010 - toontune wrote: 97 Points
Spectacular
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6/16/2010 - Benj wrote: 90 Points
The "Grand Cru" tasting with Bacchus Wine Society (Merton College, Oxford): A little different from what I was expecting - won't bore with the usual mature Bordeaux descriptors except to note that there was a *lot* of graphite on this one, plus some sweet roasted tomato and a balsamic edge, a nice touch. This bottle feels a little tired, but excellent, very dry, very "classic" style. Did not compare to the 89 Pichon Lalande so a "disappointment" but still lovely.
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5/20/2010 - WildeMeeuw wrote: 90 Points
1989 Château Léoville Las Cases (Frankrijk, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien) Kleur: Rood met oranje rand. Aroma / bouquet: Rijp bouquet, hout, donker fruit, caramel en butterscotch, Smaak / Afdronk: Zoetige eerste indruk, voldoende zuur, enorme bak kracht en concentratie, krachtige tannines maar absoluut sappig, Zondoorstoofd. Algemeen / potentieel: 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 11 + Smaak / Afdronk: 16 + Algemeen / potentieel: 8 = 90/100
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5/15/2010 - LWI wrote: 91 Points
Quite dark with some bricking at the rim. Fresh with roses, tobacco, currants and forest floor. Similar in the mouth. Medium bodied, medium+ intensity and medium+ long. Fine acidity and tannins. Some warmth and alcohol. A lovely wine with no big words. Most drinkable, but lacking in intensity and somewhat in complexity for a truly great wine.
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5/12/2010 - rc@ughey wrote: 91 Points
Rich, bold, and still young. The nose on this is still waiting to break out of its shell, but it nevertheless shows sweet cassis and some leather. The palate is very ripe but evenly proportioned. Black fruits, some herbs, and worn leather. The tannins are hiding behind the fruit, but this is still quite structured and should improve over the next 10-20 years. Nicely textured and quite drinkable. Nothing on this wine is profound, but everything about it is very good.
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5/3/2010 - ken-yyz Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delicious. Showing signs that it is nearing maturity yet with plenty of structure and tannin to keep it at list level for many more years. Dark core with a touch of lighter red at the edge. Not much graphite on the nose - just tons of fruit and a little bit of tobacco. Great depth with darker fruits and maybe the slightest hint of caramel. The finish is a long one. A wonderful bottle.
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3/18/2010 - jdlee1232 wrote: 92 Points
Still quite youthful -- decanting helped. A smooth, long finish; not a blockbuster but well balanced.
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3/13/2010 - TheBusiness724 wrote:
Chelsea's Third Annual Birthday Wine Tasting (Lancaster, PA): My #5, the group's #6. It could be that this wine was served last and our palates were getting a bit tired, but people still seemed to come away wanting more from this. Of course, it only placed where it placed because the other wines were so good. I still thought it was smooth and very drinkable, maturing nicely, but maybe a bit less complex than I would expect from this estate.
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2/2/2010 - PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine:
French Wine Tasting in Lavandou Restaurant, Washington D.C. (Lavandou Restaurant, Washington D.C.): A more brambly nose, and the palate is nuanced if somewhat austere. Like the 1996, more on the closed side of the when-to-drink-your-wine fence, but already showing notes of leather and pencil shaving along with cassis - an intermediary stage if you will in its (slow) development. The Pichon Comtesse 1989, for example, is far more open and ready for business. So, in a sense, this wine resembles the Pichon Baron 1989 in that it is more foreboding.
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1/27/2010 - Stefanos T. wrote: 95 Points
Medium garnet with brownish rim. Fully mature nose. Wonderful bouquet, coffee, cedar wood, tobacco, graphite, herbs, mint. Wonderful taste, very long with a slight but refreshing bitterness. The aromas of Las Cases '96 is more intense, but here the complexity is greater and the mouthfeel better, but of course this more fully mature than the '96.
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1/2/2010 - Pearls_b4Swine wrote: 90 Points
Couldnt hold a candle to the '89 Lalande, and fared poorly by virtue of the comparison.
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1/1/2010 - rc@ughey wrote: 93 Points
Decanted this one for an hour, and it could have used much longer. Very dark in the glass, showing hardly any age. Black fruits on the somewhat restrained nose, with a slight herbal quality (in a good way). The palate reveals this to be a very elegant claret. Ripe black currants and sweet cassis are the centerpieces of a rich, balanced, and classy wine that is in a good place--it has the richness of a young wine with a bit of the complexity and nuance that comes with age. Hints of leather and earth too. Nicely textured--no hard edges on this one, and its finish is long, delicious, and smooth. If the nose blossoms and the palate gains complexity, this could reach greater heights. This improved dramatically with air and I'd recommend at least two hours in the decanter if not more.
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12/26/2009 - mnh wrote: 92 Points
Good ruby color, and early mustiness that blew off. Good dark fruit, and nice finish. Really improved after an hour or two.
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12/19/2009 - psmith wrote:
Firmer, darker, and more grainy structure than the '90 enjoyed next to this. Still a big wine with a lot of development needed. Classic flavors. Very enjoyable.
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11/19/2009 - LWI wrote: 92 Points
Bordeaux Verticals (Oslo): Strikingly deep color, even a hint of blue. Pronounced cabernet nose with some rubber. In the mouth: fresh, long, lovely balance, and with just a tiny hint of sweetness. The sweetness is combined with good acidity and some dusty tannins at the end. Moderate body.
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11/7/2009 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 96 Points
Marine Room Leoville Las Cases Vertical Dinner (Marine Room Restaurant, La Jolla, CA): Decanted and serially tasted after approximately two hours. Opaque red robe with garnet rim. Clean and quite intense nose of assorted black fruits, lavender, anise and minerals. Full-bodied on the palate, with low acidity, big ripe tannins and black fruit-dominated flavors. The solid middle leads to a very long, smooth finish. This is an elegant wine that is likely entering plateau. Absolutely gorgeous! Drink now-12/30.
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10/20/2009 - Pearls_b4Swine wrote: 91 Points
Restrained and pleasant; decent, but not as impressive as I had hoped.
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8/3/2009 - mmyette wrote: 95 Points
see previous notes.
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6/28/2009 - sbeeks wrote: 93 Points
Served at Pam's 45th. Great, elegant, subtle bottle of wne.
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6/19/2009 - Jeff Leve wrote: 92 Points
This offers a complex nose of tobacco, truffle, spicy cassis, and cedar. Full bodied and mouth filling, this well balanced wine ends with spice filled blackberry and black cherry fruit and hints of chocolate.
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6/9/2009 - thirstyman wrote: 93 Points
really a wonderful wine. Nose- captivating, fruit, earth and a little heat that lessened after a half an hour. Solid structure, medium weight and a long soft finish. this still has plenty of time - but it is delicious. Not sure this will get any better - probably at peak.
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3/23/2009 - City Wine Journal wrote: 94 Points
Auction bottle, about a year old, brought back to Bordeaux for sharing. Decanted about two hours. Beautiful condition, dark color, mild rim color change; lovely evolved nose, plenty of dark fruit, and now leather and a bit of pencil, and sweet cassis persisting. Full flavored, full bodied, and very long. Quite healthy, delicious and still miles to go before she sleeps. Went too fast for a more evolved view! Another young 1989 from Bordeaux.
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2/14/2009 - James B wrote: 93 Points
This wine has held up beautifully. Big, full nose. Not as earthy as a typical Bordeaux; largely missing the signature barnyard, but very impressive. Well-balanced on the palate; soft tannins; medium finish. Drinking well now, but should hold up for many more years.
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12/25/2008 - sbeeks wrote: 91 Points
A bit muddled to the eye and to the palate. Decent bottle, but not superior.
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12/14/2008 - tbabes wrote: 93 Points
Commanderie de Bordeaux (Rittenhouse Hotel (Lacroix)): Ruby-red core, with a hint of amber at the rim. A somewhat restrained boquet, reluctantly offering up scents of herbs, tapenade, anise and ripe dark fruits. Medium bodied on the palate, with a classic structure, touch of tannin, good acidity and focused finish. I think this wine would have really benefited from food. A fine Las Cases, but did suffer a bit given the competition!
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11/25/2008 - mmyette wrote: 94 Points
Smooth and complete. Nose was of mineral and cherry, with hints of sherry. Mouthfeel was more medium than full bodied, with a complete and complex palate of cassis, crushed granite, graphite, and loam. Complex herbal notes on the finish, with silky smooth tannins and lots of berry fruit.
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9/17/2008 - Champagneinhand wrote: flawed
cork started to leak so I took a look a sure enough the cork was falling apart, what a shame. Luckily my wine merchant credited me over $200. I had high hopes for this bottle but it was not to be.
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8/21/2008 - sdr wrote: 93 Points
I can't locate it in my inventory, but I certainly brought this bottle to 32 East with Barry and the Gardiners. To me, easily the WOTN compared to '89 Montrose and '94 and '97 Dominus, but my opinion was not universal. This beauty had a classical St. Julien/Pauillac profile of cassis, smoke, cedar and a hint of tobacco. Right in the heart of its prime drinking window, at least as it seems after decanting it four hours. Medium to full body, excellent grip and length. Well integrated. Slightly soft for LLC but all the better for it.
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7/10/2008 - paulst wrote: 89 Points
Moderate nose; initially light blackberry; some earth; some cassis; moderate finish.
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6/15/2008 - Lucky96 wrote: 92 Points
Tannins have matured nicely. Velvety smooth. Balanced wine with subtle flavors of fruit.
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5/4/2008 - buckeye76 wrote: 92 Points
RED ORANGE ON THE EDGE. BLACK FRUITS, LICORICE AND EARTHINESS IN THE NOSE AND FLAVOR. NICE COMPLEXITY AND A MEDIUM TO LONG FINISH, THOUGH A BIT LIGHTER THAN EXPECTED.
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2/17/2008 - vintage61 wrote: 88 Points
Certainly mature, IMHO, tired. Dark color with no fading. Moderate nose and mild dusty palate. I know provinance was partially to blame, but I believe this was a weak bottle.
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1/27/2008 - bsherwin wrote:
Bordeaux on the Hudson Part Deux (Peter Pratt's): Not without some charm, this wine is years away from being ready. A wine of similar weight to the '85 LLC, it lacks that wines calm presence. There is a quiet anger lurking underneath the placid exterior. Still, it is a wine of distinction with pure compact cassis at its core and a nice fleshy mouthfeel all of which is somewhat obscured at the moment by its own impressive architecture. The wine today has an unrelenting steeliness and I don't think it wants to be that wine. I'd expect that some time down the road those tannins will integrate and the fruity core will explode and we will have a truly compelling wine.
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12/31/2007 - G Kapoor wrote: 91 Points
A good las cases but not outstanding. This bottle seemed to be just entering maturity as there were some light unresolved tannins. Clear nose of meat, sour cherries and green elements. Did not have the big black fruit structure I would expect from a las cases however this was an enjoyable claret.
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10/26/2007 - Eric wrote:
Steak night with Scott Manlin (Sammamish, WA): This is not usually a vintage of Las Cases with which I am especially entranced, but this was a fine, fine bottle. Long and strong on the green elements with distinct Bay leaf and bell pepper on the nose and palate, this is fairly mature. It lacks the truly great black fruit personality of a killer Las Cases, but as a wine to move me over to Cabernet country on a long evening it did the job well.
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10/26/2007 - 60ouvrees wrote:
Lighter bodied than I expected but there is reasonable concentration of fruit and this is a nice, easygoing claret. Appears to be totally mature, though, so no reason to hold on to these.
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10/19/2007 - KeithAkers wrote: 93 Points
WL Chicago Blind Bordeaux night (my house): real light ruby color. A bit see through
Nose: some nice cherry on the nose along with tobbacco and leather. Surprisingly, this nose is a bit new world
taste: pretty fruit forward with cherry and mixed berries. Also a bit of leather on the finish to let you know that you are drinking an old world bordeaux. Very interesting. The tannins are still there a bit too
overall: a real good and interesting finish. Nice complexities on the mouth and nose and it's interesting to see a bordeaux have these types of new world characteristics. I like this one a lot
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9/14/2007 - sdr wrote: 89 Points
Very, very good but not the complexity for outstanding. Still the deep color, potent classic Medoc nose of cassis and very ripe blackcurrant is an obvious winner. Not as powerful or extracted or as long as the '82 or '86. Nice integration of oak which adds texture and backbone. Well balanced for sure, but not exciting. I see this note is very consistent with my previous experience.
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8/18/2007 - aof wrote: 88 Points
I popped this open following some recent positive reviews. Decanted for 2 hours and consumed over the next 3 hours. Vibrant brick-red color. Seductive nose of tobacco, white flowers, pepper and cloves. Unfortunately, it tasted rather differently. Medium body, some dark berries- overwhelmed by intense acids. Unrelenting mouth puckering stuff. Tannins were barely discernible. However, it mellowed with a grilled rack of lamb- as sweetish fruits came to the fore. No complexity or finish to speak of. Overall, good, simple food wine, but disappointing given the vintage.
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7/29/2007 - Colima74 wrote: 93 Points
Had with braised short ribs and duck at Marche Moderne, a new French restaurant recently opened by Florent, the former chef at Pinot Provence. Just a beautiful bottle of wine. Still very dark in color, showing almost no signs of bricking. Definitely at its mature peak; lean, with all the secondary flavors one learns to love in Bdx... cedar, earth...but enough fruit too. Very smooth, with almost no perceptible tannins. A hint of acidity that made it easy to finish the bottle, even though we already had polished off a bottle of NV Moncuit Champagne between the two of us. Sharing a bottle like this on Lorena's birthday with the amazing food that Florent prepares is what wine...and in this case a special Bordeaux.... is all about.
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5/6/2007 - staglin wrote: 90 Points
Excellent "old world" flavors or tobacco, spice. Mature but still had fruit and medium concentration.
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5/3/2007 - sdr wrote: 88 Points
I don't recall tasting this vintage of LLC before. It's very good to be sure, but does not have the intensity or thickness of the most successful vintages such as 1982, 1985, 1986. Still, there's an impression of a bit of honey-like sweetess lurking on the finish after the more classic blackcurrent mid-palate which adds interest. I could not really understand this bottle, so I must try it again.
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4/19/2007 - AllRed wrote: 96 Points
Mark opened this bottle when Casey was in town. Stunning. Deep color, with notes of black currant, leather, cedar, cherries and violets. Wonderful weight to the palate, with integrated tannins. Good balance between the deep red and dark fruit flavors and tannin. A bit on the young side perhaps, with lots of life yet.
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4/12/2007 - winefool wrote: 91 Points
eBob Angelus vs. Leoville Las Cases Vertical (Onesixtyblue): Full soft red color. Dusty graphite black frjuit nose with licorice hints (and perhaps just the slightest hint of tca?). Big acidic black fruit with good energy. Still quite tight.
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4/1/2007 - Zweder wrote: 95 Points
Barnyard, spicy, full bodied, black currant and blackberry juice. Already beautiful, but enough tannin to ripen many more years.
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3/3/2007 - roelof.ligtmans@gmail.com wrote: 90 Points
Stern wine, fuller than Cantemerle '89, but very similar. The difference is: more of everything, but not more refined.
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2/1/2007 - winefool wrote: 94 Points
HDH Comparative Bordeaux Tasting 1989 & 1990 (Casino Club): Full red color. Medium tight spicy red fruit. Nice rich round tight candied black fruit on the palate. Surprisingly good.
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1/24/2007 - bigjy989 wrote: 93 Points
Loved this wine but I tend to prefer new world cabs over Bordeaux. Easy to enjoy considering I purchased this wine several years ago for $40 but probably not worth the current $150 price tag.
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1/13/2007 - Wine Bill wrote: 92 Points
Horse stable/leather in the bouquet. Soft, ripe black currents, soft, grafite. Beautiful.
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1/6/2007 - jkoenen wrote: 92 Points
Bordeaux 1989 (and the rest...) @ Peter V. (Netherlands): Superfresh and elegant. Good focus, well delineated. Red fruit, classical bordeaux nuances of maturity. Great. 18/20
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12/28/2006 - roelof.ligtmans@gmail.com wrote: 89 Points
Enjoyable, but at this price level only just. Good colour, slighty one-dimensional flavour profile. Tannins almost fully resolved. Should do better.
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3/30/2006 - roelof.ligtmans@gmail.com wrote: 86 Points
Not impressed. Should do better . Less tight then previous bottles, but funny (green pepper?) aroma's are not that enjoyable.
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3/12/2006 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 92 Points
Tasted at the home of Eddie Osterland ("quest for the best" dinner). The other attendees were Steve and Colleen Nemeth. A formal tasting note was not made, but it can be said that the nose was somewhat muted and the wine was outclassed by the '89 Lynch Bages (which was served alongside with the grilled and smoked quail course).
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2/27/2006 - wineismylife wrote: 93 Points
WIML93,~WA91-95,~WS90-96
Tasted February 27, 2006 at an offline. Opened and served immediately in a Spiegelau Authentis Magnum glass. Garnet color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Muted nose that gave way to a little leather and some black fruit notes. Flavors black cherries, black berries and a bit of earth on the finish. Firm tannins and good acidity combined with the slightly muted nose tell me to hold this one for a while longer before trying again.
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2/16/2006 - Eric wrote:
Leve does 1989 Bordeaux at Mélisse (Los Angeles, CA): A classic, beautiful nose, spicy with some cedar, really started to pop. There are some green edges to the palate, but this improved a lot in the glass and especially with food. This has a short finish and falls away quickly. A nice wine but very disappointing in the context of a great vintage. Doesn't hold a candle to the 1982, 1986, and 1990.
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2/16/2006 - mdlazar wrote:
floral, evolved on the nose. Good balace on the palate, lacking a bit of depth and complexity. Tasted in flight with 89 Pichon Lalande, and the LLC was quite a bit farther along in maturity. I liked it, didnt love it
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2/15/2006 - BordeauxNut wrote:
Badly corked.
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2/11/2006 - fhmesq wrote: 91 Points
50+5+12+17+7 = 91. Opened for about 6 hours before going to dinner and decanted for about 45 minutes before trying. Wonderful bouquet of dark fruits (cherris) and leather. Opened up more as the evening went on. Silky smooth wine with many different flavors of cherry, oak, chocolate, raspberry coming out as the wine breathed, but still had some tannins that kicked in. Just a wonderful bottle. Definitely has some more time to it, although the cork was almost to the top (about 1/4" to 1/8"). Really wonderful wine.
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1/4/2006 - Alpine wrote: 93 Points
Somewhat tighter than the Palmer but not much....the fruit in substantial with flavors of black fruits, cassis, spice and leather....the nose was not a showy as the Palmer but the solid core of fruit hung on the palate for quite a while.
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9/25/2005 - Rupert wrote: 94 Points
Opened at the last minute, because the Boillot Cherbuades seemed corked. This took a few minutes to get going, but when it did, it was claret at its best: fresh, cool, coal and cedar, quite ripe and friendly for a Las Cases. Superb. Upstaged the Tertre Roteboeuf '89.
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8/7/2005 - Wineosseur wrote: 94 Points
Best showing yet. Fill just into neck. Cork quite clean and wet 2/3 up. On opening, very CA-like with some ripe fruit, but very restrained. Decanted and consumed over 3 hours. Started to open and show warm red and black fruit with a little spice and earth. Outperformed the '89 Latour, but was overshadowed by a stellar line-up (89 Chave, 85 Cos and Lynch, 90 Beaucastel). I have felt previous bottles showed a wine that was only good, but I now believe that this wine just needs a lot more time and will be great (96-97 pts) in another 10 years or so.
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8/3/2005 - MRichman wrote:
Leoville Las Cases in NYC (AOC Bedford): Wonderful, sweet, rich. Some acidic tannins. Could use a bit more age, but ok to drink now.
A-
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6/14/2005 - BordeauxNut wrote: 90 Points
This, along with a 1989 Calon Segur last month, both showed some really roasted plums on both the nose and palate. This was more refined than the rustic Calon. It seemed even Right-Bank-like with some exotic spiciness and really warm plummy fruit. In the end, not especially compelling -- lacking depth and finish. Not bad, but not great either.
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5/5/2005 - slmral wrote: 92 Points
Medium color. Definite cigar box nose. My 4th the group 6th
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2/11/2005 - Eric wrote: 87 Points
Pre-Parker warmup dinner at Citronelle (Washington DC): This was a controversial wine with very clear chemical and green notes that had everyone thinking this was corked. However, I let a glass sit for 90 minutes, and there was NO sign of TCA. The palate showed classic Leoville Cassis, muscular and a bit dry with sweet, black fruit on the mid-palate.
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3/7/2004 - Zweder wrote: 96 Points
Special Bordeaux tasting for a group that wanted to taste mature wines (@ Klap by AS and me): Without any doubt this is the WOTN. Concentrated dark berry juice, beautiful oak, cedar and graphite. good acidity and also a pleasant touch of sweetness. Soft and powerful juice. Very harmonious and everything in its perfect place. Already a feast and definitely for the next 10 - 20 years. Really hope to drink this again.
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12/26/2003 - Joe Belmaati wrote: 92 Points
Dark red with a thick core. Sweet vanilla and spices on the nose. Also a rubber-like scent somewhere in the background. Quite seductive and pleasant in the mouth - medium bodied and fairly well sctructured. This seemed quite feminin and elegant, and the aftertaste was smooth, soft and balanced. I guessed Margaux.
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11/11/2003 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 94 Points
Tasted in single-blind fashion at an '89/'90 Bordeaux dinner at El Bizcocho. Bottle taken from my personal cellar. Bright disc. Deep ruby robe with red rim. Clean nose, showing very intense aromas of cassis, lead pencil, cardamom and leather. Full-bodied on the palate, with ample, slightly dry tannins. Medium acidity and similar flavors as for the nose. Long, fairly smooth finish. Excellent with the farm raised Virginia lamb saddle (with tarbais bean ragout in lamb basil juice).
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6/20/2002 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 94 Points
Tasted at vertical Leoville-Las Cases dinner at the University Club. Bright disc, with deep ruby robe and red rim. Clean nose, showing intense blackcurrants, cedar and sweet cherry. Low acidity and ample (but supple) tannins. Full-bodied and with similar flavors as nose. Long, cherry-laden and smooth finish. Beautiful. Will further improve.
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5/26/2002 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: flawed
Severely corked.
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1/20/2002 - Henman wrote:
Plums,fruits,pencil shavings on nose.Pretty vibrant and pleasant on the palate.Not as dense as ´86 or ´88.
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12/1/1997 - mnh wrote:
Deep color, balanced and classic. Outstanding
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