France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Bottles open 10.00 tasted 13.00 In the nose, the wine shows red fruit, cherry notes, some sweet spice notes, earthy notes but overall rather low intensity. As it gets more air, you also get some griller pepper notes Palate is dusty, dissolved tannins, acidity feels elevated due to all other elements feeling lower, pure red fruit, red cherry, cranberry notes, med finish. 12.50% alc -/ 36 hours later /- Bigger, plums, juicy, beautiful, a bit earthier
Bottles open 10.00 tasted 13.00 The wine shows very typical Cos spicy/decadent profile, full on sweet spice, earthy, dark fruit, sour cherry and cranberry marmalade (not cooked more like overripe/savoury) Palate is very airy, light, nice and a bit elevated acidity, tannins are still there but again elegant, earthy, spicy, almost faint, med finish. 13.0% alc -/ 36 hours /- Again spicy, decadent, gorgeous
Bottles open 10.00 tasted 13.00 The wine feels very dusty, weird, low intensity, pyrazine notes, red fruit way in the back Palate is way worse, definitely corked and also oxidized. 12.50% alc
Bottles open 10.00 tasted 13.00 In the nose the wine shows dark fruit core, concentrated, layered, graphite, coffee, beautiful oak frame all around the fruit but letting it breathe too, some grilled pepper notes, Palate is very smooth, juicy red fruit, nice acidity, tannins still kicking, same flavour profile, more red than black fruit, persistent finish. It feels that it grow some more. Beautiful 13.0% alc -/ 36 hours /- Bold, depth, graphite, dark, spicy, so juicy.
Bottles open 10.00 tasted 13.00 In the nose the wine shows stone fruit jam, apricot and peach, orange concentrate, ginger notes, sweet spices, nice oak frame. The wine shows some coffee notes, burn sugar notes, a rather strong herbal notes like rhubarb In the palate, the wine shows sweetness, low nutty notes, sweetness, stone fruit, again marmalade notes, peach and apricot, some tin pear notes, med to full body, med acidity, nice texture, med finish flavoured with saffron. 14.0% alc -/ 36 hours /- Heavier floral notes, ginger, saffron, peach and apricot -//- There was a big debate on whether this had a whiff of cork and I certainly thought so at first, but after 36 hours it was not there so I’m calling it dusty/old cupboard rather than cork
Bottles open 10.00 tasted 13.00 In the nose, the wine shows beautiful oak, fragrant profile, balanced between floral and stone fruit character, the ginger/spice holds the 2nd role. With time and air, everything becomes more apparent Palate shows an intoxicating profile, lower than expected acidity, spicier than the nose, mouth coating, honey, syrup, stone fruit, peach and apricot notes. The oak is more obvious here too, offers an almond hint next to all the almonds. The wine shows full body and never-ending finish. Utterly decadent, a saffron-infused powerhouse -/ 36 hours /- So concentrated, rich, full oak profile -//- It was very interesting that a lot of people actually preferred Doisy-Daëne over Yquem because of its overpowering profile
1995 Château La Gaffelière
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Bottles open 10.00 tasted 13.00
In the nose, the wine shows red fruit, cherry notes, some sweet spice notes, earthy notes but overall rather low intensity. As it gets more air, you also get some griller pepper notes
Palate is dusty, dissolved tannins, acidity feels elevated due to all other elements feeling lower, pure red fruit, red cherry, cranberry notes, med finish. 12.50% alc
-/ 36 hours later /-
Bigger, plums, juicy, beautiful, a bit earthier
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1995 Château Cos d'Estournel
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
Bottles open 10.00 tasted 13.00
The wine shows very typical Cos spicy/decadent profile, full on sweet spice, earthy, dark fruit, sour cherry and cranberry marmalade (not cooked more like overripe/savoury)
Palate is very airy, light, nice and a bit elevated acidity, tannins are still there but again elegant, earthy, spicy, almost faint, med finish. 13.0% alc
-/ 36 hours /-
Again spicy, decadent, gorgeous
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1995 Château Léoville Barton Flawed
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
Bottles open 10.00 tasted 13.00
The wine feels very dusty, weird, low intensity, pyrazine notes, red fruit way in the back
Palate is way worse, definitely corked and also oxidized. 12.50% alc
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1995 Château Pontet-Canet
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Bottles open 10.00 tasted 13.00
In the nose the wine shows dark fruit core, concentrated, layered, graphite, coffee, beautiful oak frame all around the fruit but letting it breathe too, some grilled pepper notes,
Palate is very smooth, juicy red fruit, nice acidity, tannins still kicking, same flavour profile, more red than black fruit, persistent finish. It feels that it grow some more. Beautiful 13.0% alc
-/ 36 hours /-
Bold, depth, graphite, dark, spicy, so juicy.
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1995 Château Doisy-Daëne
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Barsac
Bottles open 10.00 tasted 13.00
In the nose the wine shows stone fruit jam, apricot and peach, orange concentrate, ginger notes, sweet spices, nice oak frame. The wine shows some coffee notes, burn sugar notes, a rather strong herbal notes like rhubarb
In the palate, the wine shows sweetness, low nutty notes, sweetness, stone fruit, again marmalade notes, peach and apricot, some tin pear notes, med to full body, med acidity, nice texture, med finish flavoured with saffron. 14.0% alc
-/ 36 hours /-
Heavier floral notes, ginger, saffron, peach and apricot
-//-
There was a big debate on whether this had a whiff of cork and I certainly thought so at first, but after 36 hours it was not there so I’m calling it dusty/old cupboard rather than cork
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1995 Château d'Yquem
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Bottles open 10.00 tasted 13.00
In the nose, the wine shows beautiful oak, fragrant profile, balanced between floral and stone fruit character, the ginger/spice holds the 2nd role. With time and air, everything becomes more apparent
Palate shows an intoxicating profile, lower than expected acidity, spicier than the nose, mouth coating, honey, syrup, stone fruit, peach and apricot notes. The oak is more obvious here too, offers an almond hint next to all the almonds. The wine shows full body and never-ending finish. Utterly decadent, a saffron-infused powerhouse
-/ 36 hours /-
So concentrated, rich, full oak profile
-//-
It was very interesting that a lot of people actually preferred Doisy-Daëne over Yquem because of its overpowering profile
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