Community Tasting Note

Jamie Manley wrote:

Saturday, July 8, 2017 - I love 1985 Bordeaux and I love Cordier from the 80's. The wine gods were looking over me as I was able to pick up a pristine case of 85 (and 81) GL at auction very recently. When I say pristine, I mean virtually unopened since release and only then opened to show photos for the auction. Angelo M helped out with some of the photos too, so big thank you to him. What I have noticed with a number of 85's (not just GL) is that many of the fills are just a little less than one may like. Even with perfect provenance, three (now two) of my bottles are TS, five are VTS, and four are BN. I mention this only so that people are not hesitant if they see a less than stellar fill. Watch out for any leakers though, I attempted a MS fill leaker (from an unknown source) this past weekend and it was DOA. Ok, so I pulled my lowest TS fill bottle and gave it a try. A little mold on the top of the cork, but the soaked cork came out firmly in one piece and the aroma instantly started to waft. Wow, just wow! A soaring nose of dense earth, tobacco, wet leaves, cassis, cinnamon, black tea, and pencil. Everything that you could ask for, and then some. Similar on the palate but with fruit that almost reminded me of good bottles of 89 Montrose! Deep plum, rich cassis, a hint of sour cherry - and all wrapped up in delineated complexity. The color is a dark ruby with very slight bricking. Well stored bottles of 85 GL are in no rush of needing to be consumed now. If you can find it, buy it! 96+ Pts

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