Prominent appearance, elegantly restrained at the same time. Quite flatteringly full-bodied, but rides an elegant wave for a very long time. Pretty impressive stuff.
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The wine opens up after slow aeration in the bottle for 1.5 to 2 hours. No decant. Medium to deep garnet. Nose offers prune, smoke, cigar box, leather, cedar, tart, and burning charcoal. Medium-full body with velvet tannin, still fresh. Balanced, refined, complex, and layered. Intense but elegant. Long and rich finish with cassis, vanilla, and roasted meat.
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Drank this in a blind drinking party, drank this the second after 99 Latour and before 99 Mouton, 99 Lafite, 99 Margaux and 98 La Mission Haut Brion. Stellar performer. 3 out of 9 people ranked this their favorite of the bunch.
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Brought a bottle out to a steakhouse last night. Only time for a relatively brief decant (30-45 min?), but I’d say it was drinking great, regardless. Good color, nose really came through. And very classy, and class-ic, in profile. Notch below the better vintages in terms of power, but pretty darn good.
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Spicy, earthy, white truffle, sous-bois, classic cab tobacco notes, nice balance. I liked this but 8th overall by the group. Guessed 1999. DD Blind 1982-2005 Bordeaux 1st Growth dinner at BOA steakhouse.
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(Haut-Brion) This had a classic nose right out of the gates. Fresh tobacco, weedy earth, raspberry, cassis, kirsch and cigar box. Sweeter on the palate than the previous wine with more weight but a wonderfully delicate balance. After a while the oak was going back and forth on the nose but it still had that wonderful balance and weightlessness in the mouth that is one of the trademarks of Haut-Brion. Young but great.
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3/31/2024 - calypse Likes this wine: 97 Points
Prominent appearance, elegantly restrained at the same time. Quite flatteringly full-bodied, but rides an elegant wave for a very long time.
Pretty impressive stuff.
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3/10/2024 - Ohlawuly Likes this wine: 96 Points
The wine opens up after slow aeration in the bottle for 1.5 to 2 hours. No decant.
Medium to deep garnet. Nose offers prune, smoke, cigar box, leather, cedar, tart, and burning charcoal. Medium-full body with velvet tannin, still fresh. Balanced, refined, complex, and layered. Intense but elegant. Long and rich finish with cassis, vanilla, and roasted meat.
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2/10/2024 - d.f.c Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drank this in a blind drinking party, drank this the second after 99 Latour and before 99 Mouton, 99 Lafite, 99 Margaux and 98 La Mission Haut Brion. Stellar performer. 3 out of 9 people ranked this their favorite of the bunch.
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1/26/2024 - rcg62 wrote: 95 Points
Brought a bottle out to a steakhouse last night. Only time for a relatively brief decant (30-45 min?), but I’d say it was drinking great, regardless. Good color, nose really came through. And very classy, and class-ic, in profile. Notch below the better vintages in terms of power, but pretty darn good.
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1/25/2024 - peternelson Likes this wine: 93 Points
Spicy, earthy, white truffle, sous-bois, classic cab tobacco notes, nice balance. I liked this but 8th overall by the group. Guessed 1999. DD Blind 1982-2005 Bordeaux 1st Growth dinner at BOA steakhouse.
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