Medium gold colour with lots of fine bubbles still present.
Aromas of roasted nuts, candied lemon, minerals, mint and caramel dominate. The palate shows bright apple, pear, citrus, marzipan and burnt brûlée.
The finish is medium+ in length with candied citrus, ginger, minerals and mint. This is very pretty and in a great place right now

Medium amber colour…quite dark with subtle petillance
The nose is a bit maderized with notes of orange and roasted nuts augmenting the subtle sherried notes. The palate is quite complex but again definitely on the downward spiral with caramel, coffee, roasted nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts and a touch of rancho. The finish is medium in length but a touch singular. Drink up if you have this

Wow…this just jumped out of the glass with notes of lemongrass, mint, nutmeg, pineapple, quince, guava, mushroom, earth and gorgeous minerality. The palate is thick…huge texture on this wine with the viscosity of oil but with its balncing acid, it just glide over the palate. So balanced. Notes of honey, marzipan, mushrooms, earth, turpentine, lemon, pineapple and guava.
Immense length….3 minutes later I am still tasting this wine. Waves of flavour. Intense, Long, Complex. Reference point sauternes. WOW.

Beguiling nose…..
Cherry, truffle, bitter chocolate, spice, with a subtle touch of pyrazene. The palate is so elegant…the fruit so fresh with great balancing acid. Flavours of leather, earth, cherry, spice, cedar and asian 5 star spice. The finish is very long and so focused with no edges. This is almost burgundian in its weight, complexity and agility. Amazing wine.

The nose showed tomato leaf, cherry, and truffle and transitioned to flavours of chocolate, baking spice, cherry, leather, cedar and earth. The finish is medium+ in length….this is very nice, but seems ordinary against the 89 La Conseillante and 89 Tertre Roteboeuf.

Wow….stunning nose
Raspberry, soy, beef carpaccio, black tea, salty beef jus dominate the nose with cherry, raspberry, beef blood, flowers, and chocolate on the palate. This is so lush, yet so focused. The finish is monumental….so long with waves of pure cherry, earth, chocolate, beef, flowers and soy coming in and out in waves. Profound wine.

I have to admit…I love this producer. Their 1970 was one of first really profound bottles of aged bordeaux. I guess context really is everything as this just seems kind of average in the lineup tonight….pretty but a bit out of its element.
The nose shows cranberry, crunchy tart red fruit, minerals, smoke and herbs and transitions to similar flavours on the palate that give it an almost burgundian feel. There is great balancing acid which make this quite nice to drink. The finish is medium+ in length with good complexity.

This is the second time I have had this bottle…the last time, I also had it up against the 1989 Haut Brion and I actually give the win to La Mission by a hair (100pts to 99pts). Not so today..
Such a pretty nose……minerals, campfire, cherry, spice…such Graves typicity. The palate is so explosive, yet refined and compact with flavours of leather, cedar, cherry, smoke, earth, pencil lead. This is so svelte and right in its drinking window..it will hold obviously but why wait.
Finish is so long with great balance and such complexity. This is unreal….such pedigree.

This is the second time I have had this bottle…the last time, I also had it up against the 1989 La Mission Haut Brion and I actually give the win to La Mission by a hair (100pts to 99pts). Not so this time….this wine was surreal.
Nose is utterly perfect….smoke, creosote, black currants, minerals, flint, and more minerals….Stunning 100pt nose. The palate has such purity, so complex with layers of flavours. Way too many to even note…dominated by black currants, minerals, spice, smoke, brown sugar, creosote, and dark cherry…I'm speechless. The finish is never ending. So much going on yet such purity and focus. Reference point wine.

Adding in the 1990s to this tasting was a really interesting exercise…not only were the wines spectacular..but it really helped give the participant and view of the key differences between 89 and 90. The 90s were more lush, riper and more fruit forward.
The nose showed lush blackcurrants, smoke, flowers, minerals and a subtle medicinal note. The palate was a touch tight but showed pure fruit and oozed class…..blackfruit, spice, earth, leather and cedar all transitioned to a very long and complex finish.

Very pretty nose of leather, minerals cedar and currants. It is immediately evident that this is from a different vintage as the fruit seems riper. The palate shows smoke, minerals, cherry, black currants, and cedar. This is lacking just a touch of definition in comparison to the 1989 Haut Brion as well. But as my friend says. "now you are picking peanuts from poop" Agreed….this wine is awesome….the finish never ending.

Full disclosure….I love palmer…
This nose is stunning….violets, star anise, graphite, pyrazene…such pure fruit and so floral. The palate is so svelte…..pure, powerful and feminine with violets, dark fruit, minerals, cedar, leather….wow. Such insane length on the finish. Up there with the 1983 Palmer.

This wine was a touch muted and really suffered being tasted in the company of Haut Brion, La Mission and Palmer etc. This wine seemed average.
It was a touch muted on the nose with pyrazene and graphite and some dark fruit. The palate showed a bit more with currants and cherry but it was still simple and transitioned to a medium finish at best.

This wine is gorgeous….spice, pure dark fruit, leather earth and saddle….palate is so pure, integrated and complex with great primary fruit mixed with great secondary nuance and character. Finish is unending…..so long and flavourful.

This wine was really difficult to assess……it was very closed. If I was having this blind, I would have that it was maybe a 2005 or 2001? It just seemed closed and very primary. EIther this was stored in a very cold cellar or it is just going through a closed phase as it did not give anything really.