France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Delicious nose, modern, fragrant, ripe fruit, a bit slick perhaps; good evolution and intensity, warm, spicy, hint of the stables, spicy, seductive, some surmaturité in the fruit.
Lovely, rich nose of blackcurrants and cedar, deeper and more begetal than the Sociando 1997, sits happily in the glass but no real evolution, a bit tight.
1982 Beaumet Champagne Réserve Malakoff 90 Points
France, Champagne
Magnum. Has aged very well, lively, nutty, ripe acidity, drying out slightly.
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1997 Château Canon-la-Gaffelière 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Delicious nose, modern, fragrant, ripe fruit, a bit slick perhaps; good evolution and intensity, warm, spicy, hint of the stables, spicy, seductive, some surmaturité in the fruit.
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1997 Château Sociando-Mallet 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Cream and blackcurrants, light but not vegetal, rounded and juicy, pleasant, well-made, fully mature.
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1997 Château Angélus 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
More weight and concentration than you'd expect from a 1997, spicy, tobacco, good length, evolves well in the glass.
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1997 Château Clerc Milon 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Lovely, rich nose of blackcurrants and cedar, deeper and more begetal than the Sociando 1997, sits happily in the glass but no real evolution, a bit tight.
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1997 Château Malescot St. Exupéry 85 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
A bit scraggy, light and vegetal, old-fashioned, somehow atttractive anyway.
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1997 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Delicious, seductive, harmonious, satiny, cedar, juicy, sweet fruit, rounded yet elegant.
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1977 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage 92 Points
Portugal, Douro, Porto
Complete, mature but with potential, violet, elegant, crystallised fruit, slightly nutty, tannic backbone, fresh, delicately sweet. Now - 2020.
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1977 Fonseca Porto Vintage 95 Points
Portugal, Douro, Porto
Deep and rich, figs and spices, concentrated, delicious, quintessential Fonseca, a beauty. Now - 2015.
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