4/15/2011 - Boben wrote:

Wow!

8/17/2007 - Boben wrote:

At its peak. Great nose. Smooth as silk.

2/2/2007 - Boben wrote:

It is our second right bank 93 in the last month and both times we have been quite impress. Round and smooth with good fruit and good lenght.

12/25/2006 - Boben wrote:

Going down fast unfortunatly. Tasted like an old champagne without much complexity.

12/24/2006 - Boben wrote:

A very nice surprise. Probably the best Bordeaux 93 I can remember drinking and it still has a few more years ahead.

11/25/2006 - Boben wrote:

From Magnum. Great wine. Depth, fruit and very long finnish.

11/20/2006 - Boben wrote:

The fruit has faded and now its only alcool. Disapointing.

11/15/2006 - Boben wrote:

Easy to drink. Very friendly. Lots of fruit and good length.

11/15/2006 - Boben wrote:

Drank after 1 hour decanting and it was ripe, round, surprisingly easy to drink. Very good length.

11/10/2006 - Boben wrote:

In a bad phase. Not enough fruit. Shut and unexciting

11/10/2006 - Boben wrote:

Way past it's prime.

10/15/2006 - Boben wrote:

Very good. Fresh. Well balance. A very nice wine with 30 month old Comte.

10/6/2006 - Boben wrote:

Beacoup de fruit, tres rond et charnu. Une superbe surprise. Assez long en bouche et tres facile a boire. Tres moderne comme style.

9/25/2006 - Boben wrote:

Mature with balance and great fruit. A very enjoyable wine to drink at the moment.

9/16/2006 - Boben wrote:

Beautifull wine with great acidity and balance. Refreshing and very good use of oak (barely feel it). A great example of why Burgundy Chardonnay when done with class and simplicity, is a notch above California.

9/16/2006 - Boben wrote:

Served right on the open (because of the unfriendly 76). Beautifull wine. Very Pauliac. The nose was relatively discreet but very promissing. It opened after an hour and showed some dark fruit/leather (very cabernet). Still rich and round. Probably at its prime.

9/16/2006 - Boben wrote:

Tired wine. No more fruit. Short. Kept it for the short-rib sauce of Sunday that was amazing.

9/12/2006 - Boben wrote:

Open and drunk. Good, without any surprise. Bit of wood and still good fruit. Not very long but pleseant. No reason to wait for the other bottle.

9/10/2006 - Boben wrote:

Light and tasted older than the vintage. Hope its just a bad phase.

9/7/2006 - Boben wrote:

Past its prime. Little fruit left. Alcool very present. No default but not much fun.

9/3/2006 - Boben wrote:

Vin plutot dense, jeune. Très agrumeux, citronné. Savoureux, concentré...peut -être un peu court ou trop ferme? Bon, sans plus.

8/20/2006 - Boben wrote:

Very good with some fruit left. Light and well made.

8/18/2006 - Boben wrote:

Still fresh. Big, round and long. A good wine for cocktail hour. Not much acidity so the other bottles will be drunk in the coming months.

8/18/2006 - Boben wrote:

Tasted a bit of sugar and then nothing. Way past its prime.

8/18/2006 - Boben wrote:

Decanted for 1.5 hours wich was far from enough. It was still a big block with a bit of green in the finish. It might have had a small defect because the nose was a not impressive and you could feel a bit of humid cardbox in the back. A good wine but nothing impressive for a first growth.

8/18/2006 - Boben wrote:

Very bordeaux like. Smooth and long. I will drink all the other bottles in the coming 2 to 3 years as it is not going to improve with more cellaring.

8/8/2006 - Boben wrote:

The top of the cork looked bad but the wine was great. I was surprise by the fat of this wine. It reminded me of a young Californian chardonnay. It was long and big but it lacked the acidity/freshness to make it really great.

8/8/2006 - Boben wrote:

Very good but not the big fruit it use to have. I think this wine should be drunk over the next 3-4 years. there is not much to gain from more cellaring.

8/9/2006 - Boben wrote:

This magnum was great. Still young with great fruit. It was long and well balance. A great example of what Jaboulet can do. It was a great match with our steak filet with Montreal spices.

8/2/2006 - Boben wrote:

Very well made. At the top of its game. Long, balance and rich.

7/26/2006 - Boben wrote:

Best champagne this year. Round, smooth, long and perfectly balanced. A real treat.

7/25/2006 - Boben wrote:

Good fruit but the tannins were very tight at first. After 1 hour in the decanter the wine openned and became friendlier with good lenght. Still, it needs a few more years before it reaches its peak.

7/23/2006 - Boben wrote:

This bottle was easy to drink for an 86. The colour had a very slight orange on the rim and the first smell was very Nebiollo like. I think this bottle was not reprensative of a regular Pauliac. The tannins were surprisingly smooth for this vintage and it tasted of purple fruits. The finish was not very long but it was overall a very good wine.

7/22/2006 - Boben wrote:

Decanted for 2 hours. Still tight at first but you could tasted blue fruits and it was well balance with a nice soft finish. I am just wondering if the 95s will ever be more expressive??? I think the 95 vintage's best asset was to follow 4 poor to so, so in Bordeaux...

7/22/2006 - Boben wrote:

Way past its prime.

7/14/2006 - Boben wrote:

At its peak. Mature & balanced with sweet notes.

6/28/2006 - Boben wrote:

Great sweet nose. Chocolate, soft and long. 21 year old and still very lively. Was bought at 39.25$ in the late 80s. Well worth it.

6/17/2006 - Boben wrote:

Great balance, round, very smooth and good length.