The bouquet is not really refined, but there is some (red) fruit, oak and alcohol. There is a lot of acidity, but the wine is quite thin and cannot handle it. Altogether very mediocre and too acidic. I have tasted much better wines of this vintage.
Dark garnet red. Beautiful bouquet which is even still a bit locked. There are still some red and dark berries, licorice and well integrated oak. On the palate red currants and a firm amount of acidity and tannin. Also licorice. Overall a beautiful and still powerful wine, especially considering the vintage. Great effort!
Fairly dark garnet red. Beautiful and luxurious, refined bouquet with vanilla. On the palate finesse with well integrated oak, creamy and round, soft tannin with still a pleasant bite. Beautiful and complex, refined wine with a good length. Lacks a bit in concentration.
Purple red. Creamy and fruity bouquet. Beautifully round with friendly and soft tannin. Full bodied. A very commercial wine. (Nothing wrong with that.) It is all very smooth and does not have challenging acidity or complexity.
Dark purple red. Expressive bouquet with cassis and oak; creamy and complex. In the taste cassis, soft as well as sticky tannin and some liquorice. Very good wine.
Creamy bouquet; probably from the oak. The tannin is not impressive; too acidic. On the other hand it is sticky. A pleasant but strange wine. A lot of nuances but on the other hand the acidity is too dominating. Don’t know what to think. (This was a blind note. I always score the wines on each separate component, but in the 80’s and part of the 90’s I summarised these notes and threw away the original forms. This score is probably based on the complexity/refinement on one hand and the overdose of acidity on the other.)
1974 Château Montrose 85 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
The bouquet is not really refined, but there is some (red) fruit, oak and alcohol. There is a lot of acidity, but the wine is quite thin and cannot handle it. Altogether very mediocre and too acidic. I have tasted much better wines of this vintage.
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1974 Château Gazin Pomerol 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Dark garnet red. Beautiful bouquet which is even still a bit locked. There are still some red and dark berries, licorice and well integrated oak. On the palate red currants and a firm amount of acidity and tannin. Also licorice. Overall a beautiful and still powerful wine, especially considering the vintage. Great effort!
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1974 Château Cos d'Estournel Flawed
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Heavily corked. Nothing to taste. Pity!!
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1974 Château Haut-Brion 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Fairly dark garnet red. Beautiful and luxurious, refined bouquet with vanilla. On the palate finesse with well integrated oak, creamy and round, soft tannin with still a pleasant bite. Beautiful and complex, refined wine with a good length. Lacks a bit in concentration.
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1982 Château Bel-Air (Domaines Martin) 77 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Purple red. Creamy and fruity bouquet. Beautifully round with friendly and soft tannin. Full bodied. A very commercial wine. (Nothing wrong with that.) It is all very smooth and does not have challenging acidity or complexity.
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1979 Château Grand-Puy Ducasse 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Dark purple red. Expressive bouquet with cassis and oak; creamy and complex. In the taste cassis, soft as well as sticky tannin and some liquorice. Very good wine.
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1977 Château Palmer 86 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Creamy bouquet; probably from the oak. The tannin is not impressive; too acidic. On the other hand it is sticky. A pleasant but strange wine. A lot of nuances but on the other hand the acidity is too dominating. Don’t know what to think. (This was a blind note. I always score the wines on each separate component, but in the 80’s and part of the 90’s I summarised these notes and threw away the original forms. This score is probably based on the complexity/refinement on one hand and the overdose of acidity on the other.)
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