Some 1990 1st growths etc

Chez Herb Wollowick
Tasted Sunday, June 16, 2019 by VDLT Wine with 254 views

Introduction

Herb and his wife organized this dinner around an offer from his friend Eric to bring a few special bottles. Lovely dinner party that included Amy and Warren, Irene and Herb’s daughter.

Flight 1 - Aperitifs (2 Notes)

Flight 2 - 1990 showcase (4 Notes)

All bottles were opened at noon, decanted at 3 and served at 6:30. Initially with pasta all’amitriciana that was too spicy for the wine. Later, and much better with, venison rib chops with currant stock reduction and hanger steak with Demi-glace

  • 1990 Château Léoville Barton

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

    About 12 years since I last tasted this and described it as big, brooding but with a bright future. This bottle confirmed, the future has arrived. In many respects, I consider this classic Médoc. Managed well in the lofty company it kept this night.

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  • 1990 Château Haut-Brion

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    The most stylish of the 1st growths tonight. For much of the time, it displayed too much oak for my taste - though I did relish the silky, lush texture it imparted. Later, it’s flavors became ashy as many maturing bottles can be. Others liked it more than me but very nice overall.

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  • 1990 Château Latour Grand Vin

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    I imagine if I doled out points for wines, I would have been tempted to issue something near perfection here. The structure, individual components all were immensely impressive...and the wine appears to be merely in early adolescence, seemingly capable of living forever. Yet, tonight, my quibble was a lack of enough distinct personality. The Lafite has more soul.

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  • 1990 Château Lafite Rothschild

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    At no point during the evening did this evoke a comment of “the best” or “my favorite”, but at the end a few folks agreed with me that this bottle had the most soul of the 3 first Growths we drank from this vintage.

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Flight 3 - After dinner (2 Notes)

Jasnières was great with fourme d’ambert.

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