1983 Château Magdelaine

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 87.8 points

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  6/19/2022 - rjpbath wrote: 88 Points

  Rather acid and not particularly attractive. Just a suggestion of how good the Chateau is (or used to be). Tasted against the 82, which really was good......

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  12/15/2021 - B Paul wrote:

  Berry fruit, cherries and leather notes. I don't have much experience with '83 Bordeaux, but thought this was quite nice. Ready to drink now. Along with the '86 Pichon Baron, my favorite of the reds.

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  12/14/2021 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:

  double decanted about 5 hours before dinner, opened an hour before serving
  
  medium red color with aging rim, cuddly berry and cassis fruit, subtle but slightly sharp bramble notes with a hint of olive, on the palate lovely aged fruit with spicy cherry, mulberry and hints of leather, harmonious, relaxed, good long finish, soft bramble and a pronounced moss note, every bit as attractive as the bottle recently tasted (from the same case) but this one seemed a bit more robust overall and with plenty of time in hand, I think the longer decant time made a bit of a difference- for the better.
  
  ****, ready to go and time in hand

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  10/21/2021 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:

  decanted two hours prior to tasting
  
  medium red color with some bricking, slightly meaty cassis and mulberry nose with soft bramble tones, on the palate fully mature- a very fruit driven Magdelaine, light pepper on the finish and the typical forest and bramble notes more in the background of a wine driven by sweet and slightly gamey fruit, after the genteel and pleasant mid-palate the snappy finish with soft acids kicks in to bring it all into balance, at first (2 hours after decanting) the wine was a bit austere and almost thinning on the tail end- but after another hour of air it fleshed out to better balance the midweight mid-palate, cuddly cherry notes with time, cloves, all-in-all a fully mature Magdelaine that is a bit more fruit driven than usual and with just a bit of rough and tumble at the tail end suggesting it should be consumed fairly soon.
  
  ***+, ready to drink and drink soon

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  12/31/2020 - Revenga Likes this wine: 86 Points

  Broken cork - careful. Vts. Very dark purple core with brown purple rim. Astonishing depth for the age, maybe with slight sediment due to decanting. Peppery dark red fruit medley with pu-er tea notes on the nose. Reduced and watery mouthfeel, dissolved tannins, quite watery. Notes of cooked dark fruit. Not unpleasant but limited excitement! Past peak or descending rapidly. Bought out of curiosity. Not worth vs other great tertiary estates in the 80s. Drink up fast!!

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