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1994 Bordeaux horizontal
Union Square Cafe, NYC
Tasted June 23, 2009 by MRichman with 772 views
Flight 1 (1 note)
White
1994 Château Laville Haut-Brion Blanc
Pretty, light nose. Acidic, clean, sharp, touch of honeysuckle. Very pretty. Broad, long finish. I don't love white Bordeaux, but this was nice.
B/B+
B/B+
Flight 2 (2 notes)
Red
1994 Château Clinet
Rich, dense with good herbs. Woody high toned acidic blocky tannins. Drying finish. Black olive, black licorice. Dry
B/B+
B/B+
Red
1994 Château L'Evangile
Smooth, brawny fruit. Rich, dense. Acidic tannins. Iron & blood. Herbal with good complexity with a long finish. Nice.
B+
B+
Flight 3 (3 notes)
Red
1994 Château Angélus
Fabulous nose. Thick, brawny, smooth, rich with black notes. Beautiful. Very complete, balanced, drinking well.
A-
A-
Red
1994 Château Lafleur
Some sweet notes, high toned, bright. Some tar. Very pretty with a dark streak. Good long finish Very nice. Tannic and dry with tar on the finish.
B++
B++
Red
1994 Château Trotanoy
Smooth, mature with herbal notes and a long fairly acidic finish. Sweet notes with dark dense black core. Licorice, olive. Bit of a hole in the middle.
B+/A-
B+/A-
Flight 4 (3 notes)
Red
1994 Château Cos d'Estournel
Very nice but light. Dark streak with coffee, tar, some herbs, and an acidic tannic finish.
B+
B+
Red
1994 Château Haut-Brion
Packed, full flavored, dense, round. Some dark notes with tar, black licorice, espresso. Excellent. WOTN.
A-
A-
Red
1994 Château Mouton Rothschild
Acidic, not up to the Haut Brion. Dense, hard, tannic. Not showing much.
B
B
Flight 5 (3 notes)
Red
1994 Château Léoville Poyferré
Dense with acidic notes. High toned fruit with black core. Not a lot of complexity.
B/B-
B/B-
Red
1994 Château Sociando-Mallet
Dense, tannic, young. Brick wall. Hard, angular tannins with some herb. Chunky.
B-
B-
Red
1994 Réserve de la Comtesse
High toned, bright with searing acidic tannins. Harsh with a long acidic finish. Don't like much.
C/C+
C/C+
Flight 6 (1 note)
White - Sweet/Dessert
1994 Foreau Domaine du Clos Naudin Vouvray Moelleux
Burnt nut, caramel, sweet honey. Nutty, complex, dry, appley. Nice with a long finish. Serve with nut/apple tart.
Closing
A vintage of hard, black wines with better nose than palate. This vintage really showed itself through all the wines.
WOTN voting
Haut Brion (24--unanimous)
Angelus (12)
Lafleur (6)
Mouton (2)
Trotanoy (1)
Clinet (1)
Cos d'Estournel (1)
L'Evangile (1)