Well crafted and well-delineated in nose and on the palate. Apricot, honeysuckle, herbs and minerals. On the palate rich and sweet but also citrus fruits and high acidity. Probably the right components for a long life. 94 for now but will get better.
Two bottles (blind tasting) on the same evening. One showed signs of brett and quite coarse on the palate. The other bottle was singing; complex, powerful, dark fruits, kirsch liquor and well-integrated tannin in the finish. Iron, dust, licorice and fruit-basket in the nose. Lucky we brought the same bottle! GPL 1996 is only just starting to open up I would think based on this bottle.
Aristocratic Lynch Bages and classic Pauillac. With pencil shaving, cherries, some sandalwood, tobacco and leather notes in the nose. And "cold" iron, iodine, and tobacco on the palate.
Distinguished and classic claret. Intense nose with sweet ripe dark-red fruits, minerals, licorice and iron notes. Lots of fruits, earth, dust on the robust palate. Great wine with still a long life ahead.
2005 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Well crafted and well-delineated in nose and on the palate. Apricot, honeysuckle, herbs and minerals. On the palate rich and sweet but also citrus fruits and high acidity. Probably the right components for a long life. 94 for now but will get better.
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1996 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Two bottles (blind tasting) on the same evening. One showed signs of brett and quite coarse on the palate. The other bottle was singing; complex, powerful, dark fruits, kirsch liquor and well-integrated tannin in the finish. Iron, dust, licorice and fruit-basket in the nose. Lucky we brought the same bottle! GPL 1996 is only just starting to open up I would think based on this bottle.
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1996 Château Lynch-Bages 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Aristocratic Lynch Bages and classic Pauillac. With pencil shaving, cherries, some sandalwood, tobacco and leather notes in the nose. And "cold" iron, iodine, and tobacco on the palate.
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1996 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Distinguished and classic claret. Intense nose with sweet ripe dark-red fruits, minerals, licorice and iron notes. Lots of fruits, earth, dust on the robust palate. Great wine with still a long life ahead.
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