St Emilion Premier Grand Cru Tasting

With Andrea Venezia!

• 1989 Château Trotte Vieille

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Sweetish, metallic tannins. Roundly aged, good concentration. A bit cobwebby.
  B/B+
  
  Day 2:
  Sweet & punchy. some darker coffee/mocha. Metallic tannins a little too present. Good fruit, prune. some light upper end but not hugely complex.
  B+

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• 1989 Château Canon

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Round. Mint & herb.
  B+
  
  Day 2:
  Smooth, soft, round. Sweet cherry, some secondary flavors. Good fruit, juicy concentration. Very nice.
  B+/A-

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• 1989 Hugel Gewurztraminer Vendange Tardive

  France, Alsace

  Caramel. Too floral. Sweet, but almost not enough. Wide but not concentrated.
  C+/B-

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• 1990 Château Magdelaine

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Iron. Well concentrated. Metallic. Some herb behind. Meaty, concentrated, punchy.
  B+

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• 1990 Château La Gaffelière

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  A little off. A little tangy, as if over aged. Orange.

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• 1995 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Concentrated. Metallic herbal tannins.
  B

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• 1998 Château Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse)

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Concentrated, some metal. Decent layering. A little tight.
  B/B-
  
  Day 2:
  Concentrated, rounding with some dry herb. Some sweetness but not a lot. lead pencil. Drying long finish. Muscular with some nice secondary flavors.
  B++

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• 1995 Château Angélus

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Very concentrated, thick. Backwards and austere. Metal.

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• 2000 Château Pavie Decesse

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Concentrated, thicker & punchy. Layered. Young. Cocoa. Tannic finish.
  A--

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• 1999 Château Pavie

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  A little tannic. Concentrated, tight, somewhat green.
  B/B+

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• 1983 Château Doisy-Daëne

  France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Barsac

  Some mango. Good complexity, finish a little tacky. Some caramel.
  B++

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