Bordeaux Dinner at Ronny's

Chez Ronny and Eric Gross, Westwood, California
Tasted Saturday, October 20, 2007 by rjonwine@gmail.com with 398 views

Introduction

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Flight 1 - Champagne starter (1 Note)

Joe, Martin and Bonnie
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Flight 2 - Leoville Las Cases duo (2 Notes)

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  • 1996 Château Léoville Las Cases 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien

    Beautiful dark red violet color; rich cassis, blackberry nose; a little tight, cassis palate, with leather edges; medium-plus finish 92+ pts.

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  • 1989 Château Léoville Las Cases 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien

    Deep red garnet color; cedar and leather nose; tasty, mature, cedar, leather, tart cassis palate, very balanced; medium-plus finish

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Flight 3 - 1985 Flight (2 Notes)

Carol and Traci
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place settings
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  • 1985 Château Cos d'Estournel 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe

    Red violet color with clear meniscus; cassis and earthy nose; tasty, tart cassis and red fruit palate, open, with a deep vein of fruit; medium finish 94+ pts.

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  • 1985 Château La Conseillante 93 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    Medium red color with a touch of orange; leather, tobacco and plum nose; mature, mushroom, leather, tobacco palate with good tertiary flavors; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.

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Flight 4 - 1982 Flight (3 Notes)

Richard, Ronny and Suzanne
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  • 1982 Château Cos d'Estournel 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe

    Deep red violet color; leather, mushroom nose; mature but lovely cassis, leather palate with sweet integrated tannins; medium-plus finish 92+ pts. (a little TCA bloomed after that note, but wasn't apparent when first tasted)

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  • 1982 Château Talbot 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien

    Medium red color with orange lights and clear meniscus; black fruit, charcoal, tobacco and smoke nose; mature, black fruit and smoke palate; medium finish 91+ pts.

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  • 1982 Château Montrose 93 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe

    Red, red-orange color with pale meniscus; leather and tobacco nose; tangy, leather, black fruit and balsamic palate; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.

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Flight 5 - '83 Margaux close (1 Note)

  • 1983 Château Margaux 97 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    Dark red violet all the way through; cassis, cherry and leather nose; elegant, youthful, cassis and red fruit palate; medium-plus finish

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