Dark golden color. Oxidized tropical fruit nose. Taste of apple and limestone. Flat and lack fruit on the finish. This particular bottle has seen better days. Showed much better about four years ago. Respectfully left unrated. 13% alcohol.
Light golden color. Tropical fruit nose with some toasted oak. Tastes of apple, melon, and lemon fruit. Well balanced with bright acidity. Rich finish with nice depth and freshness. 12.5% alcohol.
Dark ruby color. Pretty nose of violets. Tastes of blackberry, currant, earth, and leather. Well balanced. Medium bodied. Earthy finish with nice freshness. For the first 30 minutes this wine had some complexity and depth to it but it quickly fell off a cliff despite the chewy tannins. Drink now.
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Deep ruby color. Floral nose of blackberries and currant. Flavors of blackberry, currant, cherry, and earth. Exceptionally well balanced. Medium bodied. Fine grained tannins. Expansive mid palate that has incredible depth. Deeply complex with amazing length and elegance. One of the best Bordeaux's I've had the pleasure to drink in recent memory. Life doesn't get much better than this.
Deep ruby color. Expressive black cherry nose. Tastes of black cherry, earth, pencil lead, charred oak, black pepper, and violets. A touch green when first opened but that blew off with 30 minutes in the glass. Great balanced. Great complexity and depth on the long finish. Quite nice.
Light garnet color. Looks almost like a Rose. Red fruit nose with some rose petal notes. Tastes of blackberry, brown sugar, anise, and charred oak. Quite light on it's feet and not altogether port like. Well balanced with restrained alcohol. Long elegant finish.
1990 Philipponnat Champagne Brut Clos des Goisses
France, Champagne
Dark golden color. Oxidized tropical fruit nose. Taste of apple and limestone. Flat and lack fruit on the finish. This particular bottle has seen better days. Showed much better about four years ago. Respectfully left unrated. 13% alcohol.
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2004 Domaine Laroche Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Light golden color. Tropical fruit nose with some toasted oak. Tastes of apple, melon, and lemon fruit. Well balanced with bright acidity. Rich finish with nice depth and freshness. 12.5% alcohol.
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1993 Château Palmer 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Dark ruby color. Pretty nose of violets. Tastes of blackberry, currant, earth, and leather. Well balanced. Medium bodied. Earthy finish with nice freshness. For the first 30 minutes this wine had some complexity and depth to it but it quickly fell off a cliff despite the chewy tannins. Drink now.
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1982 Château Cheval Blanc 97 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Deep ruby color. Floral nose of blackberries and currant. Flavors of blackberry, currant, cherry, and earth. Exceptionally well balanced. Medium bodied. Fine grained tannins. Expansive mid palate that has incredible depth. Deeply complex with amazing length and elegance. One of the best Bordeaux's I've had the pleasure to drink in recent memory. Life doesn't get much better than this.
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1982 Château L'Evangile 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Deep ruby color. Expressive black cherry nose. Tastes of black cherry, earth, pencil lead, charred oak, black pepper, and violets. A touch green when first opened but that blew off with 30 minutes in the glass. Great balanced. Great complexity and depth on the long finish. Quite nice.
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1963 Graham Porto Vintage 95 Points
Portugal, Douro, Porto
Light garnet color. Looks almost like a Rose. Red fruit nose with some rose petal notes. Tastes of blackberry, brown sugar, anise, and charred oak. Quite light on it's feet and not altogether port like. Well balanced with restrained alcohol. Long elegant finish.
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