Crimson, brownish rim. Still a good wine. Mushroom, faint fruit. Balanced but with little expression. Drunk with 1986 L‘ Arrosee which was by far more expressive and fruit driven.
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Decanted. Light sediment. Crimson in color. Initial whiff of musty cave which dissipated within 20 minutes. Nose of stewed fruit and plums, earth, and minerals. Thick and round, earthy, flavors of prune and cloves. Medium-long finish. Definitely at its peak or perhaps just a bit past. Drink up.
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According to most recommendations, we were a few years too late drinking the 1987 vintage in 2019. After decanting and leaving it breath for about 40 mins in the glasses, we got to saviour an extremely balanced, smooth wine. Wild berries without their sweetness, leather, maybe a hint of oak. Loved it. If you still have bottles left, I wouldn't wait any longer.
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Cork completely dried out. The nose is still pretty decent but the palate was plain sour and sadly unpleasant.. A wine that unfortunately didn't make its way here today.
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Opened more or less on a whim--not decanted. In order to avoid sediment, I carefully placed the bottle in a decanting cradle and poured glasses directly from that. I recalled this being one of the better wines made in Bordeaux that year and it held up pretty well. The first impression was of prickly tannins and slightly stewed fruit. A little more time and a few more swirls of the glass eliminated any unpleasantness within about 5 minutes. The moderate alcohol (under 13%) allowed a few hints of chocolate to come through. A mellow drink to be sure. It peaked after around 15 minutes in the glass. The color showed a little browning toward the rim (expected after 25 years from a decent-but-not-good year). Some of the leathery characteristics found in pleasant abundance in a recently consumed bottle of the '85 Lynch-Bages were there, but this '87 was definitely beginning to dry out. The finish was good but short relative to mature wines of better vintages. I'm glad I opened this one, because it certainly wasn't going to improve with more bottle age.
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Disappointing. Though it had elements of a mature lynch-bages bordeaux, the after-taste was flat and disappointing. Perhaps the wine got damages in the flight back from France last summer.
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Well well well.........Here it is, what a steal! The RP score is only 82 and I bought the wine in bargain because of the score, the tasting itself is a real gem there, a balancing effort by the wine maker, the amount of fruit is just right and never dry-out over courses of the meal (around 3 hours), sweet fruit and medium body, love to recall another bottle again, splendid!
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1987 Bordeaux Tasting (Lafayette, Ca.): Tasting 8 1987 Bordeaux with Andre Fournier at Primas. peppey, rich nose, elegant, viscous mouth feel of rich, medium/big body of fruit, definitely merlot, great finish and aftertaste. My #2.
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12/29/2022 - doug374 wrote: 89 Points
This has become a bit tired. Mushroom, blueberry, tobacco all present in a light package.
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9/12/2021 - sempervinum wrote: 89 Points
Crimson, brownish rim. Still a good wine. Mushroom, faint fruit. Balanced but with little expression. Drunk with 1986 L‘ Arrosee which was by far more expressive and fruit driven.
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6/5/2021 - dofzin Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted. Light sediment. Crimson in color. Initial whiff of musty cave which dissipated within 20 minutes. Nose of stewed fruit and plums, earth, and minerals. Thick and round, earthy, flavors of prune and cloves. Medium-long finish. Definitely at its peak or perhaps just a bit past. Drink up.
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1/6/2019 - Humrige Likes this wine: 92 Points
According to most recommendations, we were a few years too late drinking the 1987 vintage in 2019. After decanting and leaving it breath for about 40 mins in the glasses, we got to saviour an extremely balanced, smooth wine. Wild berries without their sweetness, leather, maybe a hint of oak. Loved it. If you still have bottles left, I wouldn't wait any longer.
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8/8/2015 - Alex H wrote: 88 Points
Classic claret with green capsicums, leather, tobacco leaves and cigar box. V pauillac. Classical wine.
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5/11/2014 - Sheila62 Likes this wine:
Good aged bordeaux. Cedar, tobacco, dirt, dark fruits. Enjoyable at the dinner table with a northern african spiced lamb
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1/27/2014 - Average Wine Guy (MH) wrote: flawed
Cork completely dried out. The nose is still pretty decent but the palate was plain sour and sadly unpleasant..
A wine that unfortunately didn't make its way here today.
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11/19/2013 - Chriskrueger wrote: 92 Points
Fabulous, aged Claret nose though the taste was clearly past it's prime. Tobacco, cedar, and perhaps some cassis. Still an interesting bottle
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6/8/2012 - Trickyone wrote:
Opened more or less on a whim--not decanted. In order to avoid sediment, I carefully placed the bottle in a decanting cradle and poured glasses directly from that.
I recalled this being one of the better wines made in Bordeaux that year and it held up pretty well. The first impression was of prickly tannins and slightly stewed fruit. A little more time and a few more swirls of the glass eliminated any unpleasantness within about 5 minutes. The moderate alcohol (under 13%) allowed a few hints of chocolate to come through. A mellow drink to be sure.
It peaked after around 15 minutes in the glass. The color showed a little browning toward the rim (expected after 25 years from a decent-but-not-good year). Some of the leathery characteristics found in pleasant abundance in a recently consumed bottle of the '85 Lynch-Bages were there, but this '87 was definitely beginning to dry out. The finish was good but short relative to mature wines of better vintages. I'm glad I opened this one, because it certainly wasn't going to improve with more bottle age.
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6/2/2011 - dcasper wrote: 83 Points
Flat. Had a hint of what was once a great wine. The nose was pure Pauillac, but it never came through. I waited too long...
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12/11/2010 - lewijijones wrote:
90
Sound wine, lacking fruit one hour after decanting.
Not tannic.
Great surprise, bad press, decent wine.
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9/7/2010 - Rhewins wrote:
really nice, held up well. 88
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12/12/2009 - NomadicEntrepreneur wrote: 91 Points
tabacco, leather nose. subtle tannins, smooth. limited structure
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10/20/2008 - ggmama wrote:
Disappointing. Though it had elements of a mature lynch-bages bordeaux, the after-taste was flat and disappointing. Perhaps the wine got damages in the flight back from France last summer.
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12/28/2004 - Tao wrote: 90 Points
Well well well.........Here it is, what a steal! The RP score is only 82 and I bought the wine in bargain because of the score, the tasting itself is a real gem there, a balancing effort by the wine maker, the amount of fruit is just right and never dry-out over courses of the meal (around 3 hours), sweet fruit and medium body, love to recall another bottle again, splendid!
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4/28/1990 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 85 Points
1987 Bordeaux Tasting (Lafayette, Ca.): Tasting 8 1987 Bordeaux with Andre Fournier at Primas. peppey, rich nose, elegant, viscous mouth feel of rich, medium/big body of fruit, definitely merlot, great finish and aftertaste. My #2.
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