1986 vertical Bordeaux Grand cru Classé etc (19 wines) - Wine tasting dinner semi blind

The themes:
- Champagnes and White Burgundy 2002. No premox at all - unexpected
- Bordeaux 1986 and a little vertical on Pichon Baron
- Sauternes 1975

• 2012 Roger Pouillon et Fils Champagne Les Valnons 88 Points

  France, Champagne

  Lots of fallout apple

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• 2002 G. H. Mumm & Cie Champagne Cuvée R. Lalou Prestige 90 Points

  France, Champagne

  Late disgorged. fresh with lots of grapefruit (bitterness) and toast

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• 2002 Collard-Picard Champagne Cuvée des Archives 93 Points

  France, Champagne

  Extremely interesting tasting: Tasted 2 bottles 2002, one disgorged in 2012 and one disgorded in 2018. We were 9 experienced people, none of us believed it was the same producer and even the same cuvee from the same year. The btl. disgorged in 2012 was obviously a mature wine full of tertiary nutty notes and ripe apple - score 92.
  The btl. disgorged in 2018 had completely different flavours: A very characteristic very nice perfume aroma which I unfortunately can't put words on (some mentioned it as acacia - I don't think so). I have had this wine once before and experienced the same aromas. However the acidity was extremely high and not integrated. A very nice wine but unfortunately a little out of balance when it comes to acidity, but still excellent - score 93.

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• 2002 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières 89 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

  Coconut, butter, grapefruit, high acidity, very special

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• 2002 J.M. Boillot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes 92 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru

  Past it's best (no premox) but still an excellent wine.

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• 2002 Jean Boillot & Fils Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Mouchère 94 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru

  The classical P-M style with the beloved popcorn from the oak. I just love it. However, in this white Burgundy 2002 flight it was surpassed by the same producer's Pucelles also from P-M which i scored 95

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• 2002 J.M. Boillot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles 95 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru

  The classical P-M style, rich but not too rich with the beloved popcorn from the oak and from my favourite 1.cru vineyard in P-M when I'm too stingy for the grand cru. I just love it. The winner of this white Burgundy 2002 flight. Med acidity. No premox at all.

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• 1986 Château Gruaud Larose 91 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

  Lots of green bell pepper. Still very High astringent tannin. Not as good as last time I tasted it a couple of years ago

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• 1986 Château Cos d'Estournel Flawed

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

  corked

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• 1986 Château Léoville Barton 92 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

  Full of black currant and green bell pepper. Tannin still high and astringent

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• 1986 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 93 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Still very fruity, green bell pepper. Still high tannin. 93+

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• 1990 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 95 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  One of the evenings best wines. Very fruity, lots of green pepper, still high tannin but well balanced wine. Outstanding wine

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• 1989 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 93 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Less fruity than 1990, more savoury and more rustic, green pepper. 93+

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• 1986 Château Sociando-Mallet Flawed

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc

  Corked but still green pepper

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• 1986 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 85 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  A little corked still green pepper

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• 1986 Château Léoville Las Cases 93 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

  Extremely high tannin - after so many years! Savoury and Tertiary notes (among others nutty)

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• 1986 Château Mouton Rothschild 94 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Eucalyptus and mint on the nose, Very fruity compared to the others in the flight - proves high quality. Outstanding wine. 94+

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• 1982 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 93 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Mint and eucalyptus combined with green bell pepper in the aromas. 93+

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• 1975 Château d'Yquem 95 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

  The surprise of the evening. I really love Sauternes but usually I don't appreciate older Sauternes as I find them too deliberate oxidised. One example is 1990, which I have tasted several times and find too tertiary in the wrong way. My all time favourite is 2001, which I know many find too young. Not for me - it's perfect. However this bottle from 1975 was outstanding, not as good as 2001 - which might be an impossible target - but nevertheless outstanding with well balanced tertiary notes. 95+

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What an evening