1983 Bordeaux Right Bank Mini-Horizontal
The Hawksmoor Seven Dials, London
Tasted Monday, May 16, 2011 by cooberp with 420 views
Introduction
All 3 wines slow-oxidized for 45 minutes, then decanted and immediately poured. Served single blind with a reveal right before the last drop.
1983 Château Canon Flawed
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Tasted single blind with 1983 Cheval Blanc and 1983 Latour a Pomerol. Oxidized, porty. Cranberry/raspberry, occasionally vinegary--improved after two hours but never right. I did get the sense a good wine was hiding somewhere.
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1983 Château Cheval Blanc 97 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Tasted single blind with 1983 Canon and 1983 Latour a Pomerol--but there was no doubt in anyone's mind that the preposterously good Wine B was the Cheval Blanc. My first genuinely transporting wine experience and the best bottle I have ever tasted. Each whiff of this wine made me feel like I was snuggling up to a fireplace with a hot chocolate and a blanket in a cabin in the middle of winter, and the warm fuzzies put a silly grin on my face all night long. Started with a little pleasant funk on the nose. Tons of smoke and tobacco, a shapeshifting fruit profile, an incredibly silky texture, and a killer finish. Beautiful, elegant, refined. I was too emotionally overtaken by this wine to provide a more detailed description.
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1983 Château Latour à Pomerol 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Tasted single blind with 1983 Cheval Blanc and 1983 Canon. Purple and early adolescent; incredibly young-tasting for its age. Very impressive, laserlike pure dark fruit--mostly blueberry, some blackberry. Sweet, with strong chocolate and some vanilla on the finish, but not oaky. Persistent and rich. A bit monochromatic, but a wine with a sense of purpose.
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