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Ian’s unfashionable 80’s Bordeaux
Piccolino, Liverpool Street Stn, London
Tasted March 12, 2020 by SimonG with 239 views
Flight 1 (2 notes)
White
1986 Château Carbonnieux Blanc
90 points
Very pale. Fresh, slightly herbal nose with a good whiff of oyster. Fresh, nicely mineral on the attack, and then a pleasing, slightly waxy mid palate. Still quite light but harmonious and certainly not mean. Nicely persistent. ***1/2
White
1983 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc
91 points
Similar very pale straw as the 86 Carb. A touch more weight here, texturally too, more lanolin alongside the wax. After a couple of hours lots of vanilla and custard apple. Overall, ****
Flight 2 (3 notes)
Red
1981 Vieux Château Certan
91 points
Nicely cedary, herbal and with a core of dark red fruit. Softly velvety. Pencil lead too. Savoury with a green streak adding freshness and some complexity. Very satisfying. ****
Red
1983 Château Petit Village
88 points
Mid garnet. Bright. Quite flat and mute on the nose,but nicely smooth on the palate. Sweetens up a little. Pleasant but unmemorable. Fading gentility. ***
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Flight 3 (4 notes)
Red
1981 Château Haut-Bailly
92 points
Gorgeous nose. Tobacco, warm cobbles and mellow autumnal loveliness. Similar on palate. Fresh, lovely line. Lighter bodies as one would expect for the vintage, but lovely. Balanced. ****
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Red
1988 Château Lascombes
90 points
Cigar, a touch of licorice.cool. Quite a lot here. Picks up and puts on weight with air. A bit of a dark horse in this flight. ***1/2
Red
1988 Château Cos d'Estournel
92 points
Consistent with previous bottles.bright mid ruby. Cedar and cigar. Smooth, fully resolved, nicely sweet fruit.good line. Lovely wine. ****
Flight 4 (4 notes)
Red
1983 Château Talbot
92 points
Savoury nose. Ruby to deep garnet. Dry smooth and attractive. Clean. Some cedar. Dark red fruit. Harmonious. ****
Red
1988 Château Talbot
88 points
A bit fuller and dustier and slightly flatter than the 83, or indeed a previous 88. Harder work. ***
Red
1983 Château Léoville Barton
86 points
Slightly sludgy. Relatively mute on the nose. Mid velvet. No great co 0.exity or verve, but harmonious and resolved. Down from a previous bottle.Bare ***
Red
1983 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
90 points
Mid ruby. Savoury nose. Just a little wordiness on the finish. Otherwise it’s all here and potentially a nice wine.Almost. ***1/2
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Flight 5 (2 notes)
White - Sweet/Dessert
1983 Château Coutet Barsac
90 points
Old gold to mid amber.nicely sweet. Lacks some energy to lift it above the slightly stolid, but it’s very nice old school Sauternes.***1/2
White - Sweet/Dessert
1988 Château Coutet Barsac
90 points
Lovely bright full straw to gold. A slightly medicinal edge. Foie gras rather than tart statin but none the worse for that. Finely crystalline. ***1/2
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