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1999 Château Gruaud Larose
6/23/2023 - straight outta iowa Likes this wine: 93 Points
Admittedly a big fan of GL, I must dissent a bit from the generally "meh" reviews here. Last night, with a burger, my wife and I found this wine to be in a beautiful spot -- indeed, more advanced (in a good way) than I would have expected from a 24 yo GL, which in my experience is often still an adolescent in GL terms.
This bottle possessed the delightful combination of the freshness of a young wine and the secondary attributes of some maturity. From the first whiff, the nose announces "Gruaud". Not the funkiest Gruaud, but enough to make the taster take notice.
Perhaps this won't achieve the "immortal" status of 1982 or even 1986, but I suspect this will continue to give great pleasure (and probably continue to improve) for the next couple of decades.
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1989 Château Prieuré-Lichine
5/2/2022 - straight outta iowa Likes this wine: 93 Points
With a top shoulder fill and a dried out cork that broke even with an ah-so, my expectations were not high. But this was by far the best Prieure Lichine I've ever experienced. I think I caught it right in the evolutionary sweet spot. Very Margaux, very feminine. Tannins present but hiding silkily. Decent length. Not a "blockbuster" style at all, kinda old school. My one nit would be the nose remained fairly muted.
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1986 Château Canon
1/27/2020 - straight outta iowa Likes this wine: 93 Points
What a pleasant surprise this old magnum proved to be, with charcuterie, cavatelli and NY strip steak at a local Italian restaurant, a posto.
Very healthy fill at bottom neck and a quick decant. I believe this is 70 merlot/30 cab franc, which yielded a quite savory and earthy nose. My wife, whose nose is way better than mine, immediately announced "tobacco!" Also coffee, meat and blood. The fruit profile was a rather subdued compote, but the wine is not at all "stewed". At the age of 34 the tannins have obviously mellowed, but plenty of grip remains. Long finish. In mag form this wine has plenty of life left.
This wine is manly and decidedly unsexy. I found this to be a refreshing antithesis of what is frequently derided as the modern gloopy St E. 93
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