Group's #2; my #7; 3 first; 2 second; 2 third; 0 last. Aromas and flavors of red fruits, cherries, minerals, and spices. Lighter-bodied, with good fruit concentration, high acidity, and a medium+ finish.
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Group's #8; my #8; 1 first; 1 second; 3 third; 8 last. Aromas and flavors of wet earth, cedar, leather, and red fruits. Medium-bodied, with low fruit concentration, and a shortish finish. Others thought that this was corked.
Group's #6; my #6; 4 first; 1 second; 3 third; 4 last. Aromas and flavors of red fruits, leather, and cedar. A smooth and silky medium-bodied wine that has good fruit concentration, high acidity, no tannins, and a medium+ finish.
Group's #5; my #3; 3 first; 3 second; 1 third; 1 last. The best and most complex nose of the night - cassis, leather, meat, and a hint of brett. Soft and smooth on the palate with flavors of cherries, red fruits, spice, and earth. Full-bodied, with good fruit concentration, balancing acidity, mild tannins, and a medium+ finish.
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Group's #1; my #2; 1 first; 6 second; 2 third; 1 last. Aromas and flavors of cassis, red fruits, earth, cedar, and tobacco. Not a hard edge to be found; full-bodied, with amazingly high fruit concentration, and a long finish.
Group's #2; my #1; 3 first; 4 second; 1 third; 2 last. Beautiful aromas of cassis, cherries, earth, cedar, and smoke. Lovely complex flavors of currants, leather, oak, tobacco, and spices. A full-bodied, smooth, silky, and round wine. Excellent fruit concentration, balancing acidity, almost no tannins, and a long long finish. The first wine to make me go "wow" and worthy of my first 95+ score.
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Group's #4; my #4; 2 first; 2 second; 5 third; 3 last. Aromas and flavors of cherries, currants, oak, spice, and minerals, and cedar. Medium-bodied, with good fruit concentration, medium acidity, mild tannins, and a long finish.
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Group's #7; my #5; 2 first; 0 second; 2 third; 0 last. Aromas and flavors of red fruits, cassis, cigar box, smoke, and spices. Medium-bodied, with good fruit concentration, high acidity, and a medium+ finish.
1982 Château Haut-Marbuzet 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
Group's #2; my #7; 3 first; 2 second; 2 third; 0 last. Aromas and flavors of red fruits, cherries, minerals, and spices. Lighter-bodied, with good fruit concentration, high acidity, and a medium+ finish.
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1982 Château Pavie 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Group's #8; my #8; 1 first; 1 second; 3 third; 8 last. Aromas and flavors of wet earth, cedar, leather, and red fruits. Medium-bodied, with low fruit concentration, and a shortish finish. Others thought that this was corked.
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1982 Château Meyney 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
Group's #6; my #6; 4 first; 1 second; 3 third; 4 last. Aromas and flavors of red fruits, leather, and cedar. A smooth and silky medium-bodied wine that has good fruit concentration, high acidity, no tannins, and a medium+ finish.
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1982 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Group's #5; my #3; 3 first; 3 second; 1 third; 1 last. The best and most complex nose of the night - cassis, leather, meat, and a hint of brett. Soft and smooth on the palate with flavors of cherries, red fruits, spice, and earth. Full-bodied, with good fruit concentration, balancing acidity, mild tannins, and a medium+ finish.
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1982 Château La Dominique 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Group's #1; my #2; 1 first; 6 second; 2 third; 1 last. Aromas and flavors of cassis, red fruits, earth, cedar, and tobacco. Not a hard edge to be found; full-bodied, with amazingly high fruit concentration, and a long finish.
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1982 Château Lynch-Bages 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Group's #2; my #1; 3 first; 4 second; 1 third; 2 last. Beautiful aromas of cassis, cherries, earth, cedar, and smoke. Lovely complex flavors of currants, leather, oak, tobacco, and spices. A full-bodied, smooth, silky, and round wine. Excellent fruit concentration, balancing acidity, almost no tannins, and a long long finish. The first wine to make me go "wow" and worthy of my first 95+ score.
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1982 Château Canon 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Group's #4; my #4; 2 first; 2 second; 5 third; 3 last. Aromas and flavors of cherries, currants, oak, spice, and minerals, and cedar. Medium-bodied, with good fruit concentration, medium acidity, mild tannins, and a long finish.
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1982 Château Magdelaine 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Group's #7; my #5; 2 first; 0 second; 2 third; 0 last. Aromas and flavors of red fruits, cassis, cigar box, smoke, and spices. Medium-bodied, with good fruit concentration, high acidity, and a medium+ finish.
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