Typical Pauillac aromas, with dark berries, pencil and leather, in addition to some foxy barnyard aromas. Soft and elegant, with fine tannins and a dry finish. Kept several hours in the glass without fading.
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Perfect fill. Very medicinal when popped, but this settled down over time. Nice dusty Pauillac smell, bit of mint. Fairly simple. Tasty enough, good sweetness. Tannins hanging on gamely, but relatively little acidity and it all feels like it's lacking structure.
Can't say I'm wowed by this to be honest, but there's nothing wrong with it. Consistent with its ranking, but there are much better wines for less money in this vintage.
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Kicking myself, for making the wrong guess on how much air this needed! After a quick sip upon opening, I thought a quick decant would quickly flesh this out by dinner time an hour later. For most of the night it was healthy and drinking like a pleasant 90pt 36yr old BDX that had lost most of its fruit a few years back. A bit thin. Then 2+ hours later with one glass left, the fruit magically appeared and this was easily drinking like a solid 93+ aged BDX and may have further improved if, I had any left :). Oh well, chalk this up to fickle nature of aged wines! The last glass was sublime in every way nose and palate both. 93+
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Holding up much better than expected, although probably a little way through it's downslope. Very interesting and clean early. Developed more tertiary complexities later on, but I preferred the early freshness.
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Monthly Tasting Group: Aged Bordeaux & Napa (Baldamar, Roeville, MN): Very dark red color with a 2mm clear margin. Splash double decanted and filtered the abundant sediment. Wow, fantastic nose, so aromatic and oozing out fresh sharpened pencil, leather, creme de cassis, sultry and expressive with tar and sandalwood. The palate is intense, layered with that sweet essence of creme de cassis and dark red berries, Italian leather, pencil shavings, tar, full bodied with velvet texture and polished tannins. Beautiful, this has got it all. In a great spot with tons of life left.
Kevin' btl at Baldamar. This was in a very nice spot. Resolved aromas & flavors of; cigar ash, pencil, dark fruit of a very elegant & fully realized classic BDX. I have one myself from the same source and happy these are on solid ground. 93+
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The 85 GPL is a relative disappointment with the 82 and 90 being so sublime and the 85 coming across as underripe. There is some lithe currant and plenty of pencil here, but there's a lot of green notes to tackle. Demure, thinnish palate. These are ready pretty much after uncorking and don't really improve over hours in the decanter. Of the four bottles opened today, 3 were representative of this note and one was not obviously corked but alarmingly flat and lactic on the palate.
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Wines were filtered into jars for transport at around 3:00, transferred from jars to glass around 6:30, and tasted starting at around 7:00. The wines featured for this tasting were:
- 2012 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses (starter wine) - 1985 Grand Puy Lacoste - 1990 Leoville Barton - 1995 Lynch Bages - 1995 Pichon Lalande - 1997 Latour - 2001 Suduiraut Sauternes (dessert)
All wines were excellent, with the exception of the 85 Grand Puy Lacoste, which was slightly corked (unnoticeable to me in the beginning, but quite apparent hours later). My score and ranking are based on initial impressions as I believe that realistically shows the character of the wine (maybe a better bottle would score even higher).
Groups ratings: WOTN - 1997 Latour; 2nd - 1990 Leoville Barton , and 3rd 1995 Pichon Lalande. My ratings: WOTN - 1997 Latour; 2nd - 1995 Pichon Lalande, 3rd - 1990 Leoville Barton and 1985 Grand Puy Lacoste, 5th - 1995 Lynch Bages.
-- 1985 Grand Puy Lacoste: This wine initially showed true Pauillac characteristics with a big earthy nose, some fruit, tobacco and later some graphite. On the palate was dark fruit and leather, and adding graphite and mushroom with some additional time. The wine had integrated tannins, and showed a lot of earthiness (in a good way) and ended with a medium finish. After the tasting, the wine started to show signs of being corked, and the next morning it was undrinkable. The rating is based on how it performed during the tasting as I believe it is more helpful and indicative of the wine. I believe this wine still has a few years of life, but I do not see it really improving. I would suggest drinking up within the next 2-3 years. 92+ points during the tasting (potentially a little higher, as being corked may have slightly affected its performance in the beginning...however, I do not see this scoring over a 93).
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Virtual Bordeaux: There’s lots of earth and tobacco, some black licorice, and pencil lead. After 2 hours in the glass, evidence of being corked started to come out. It’s amazing that the wine was so expressive initially despite being corked. I did not detect any hint of cork for at least the first 30 minutes, and in fact was loving the tertiary bordeaux characteristics on it. My score is based on the first 30 minutes in glass.
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Virtual Bordeaux Tasting (Home): Very dark red color with a 7mm transitional margin. Filtered into jars and sealed about 4:30pm, poured into glasses at 6:30pm and drank a glass plus over 3 plus hours. The '85 GPL had a classic Pauillac nose with lots of damp earth up front, tobacco leaf, pencil, leather, dark fruits and some purple flowers. The palate is deep with dark fruits, cassis, plum, very prominent pencil lead, coarse tobacco, silky tannins, charcoal and medium plus finish. As good as this was it was marred by cork taint that got worse through the evening. Fortunately, despite that, you could still appreciate the wine especially early on. I don't think these are in any danger of fading, though it remains to be seen if futher aging would benefical. 91+ to 92pts at peak.
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Grand Puy Lacoste beautifully illustrates the character of the 1980s vintages, even if the 85 is one of the weaker examples. This '85 is predictably elegant and fresh, with a mellow cassis nose accented by thyme and capsicum, leathery but with a certain lightness of touch and charm. Similar on the palate; refreshing, really. I would be inclined to drink these sooner rather than later.
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Fabulous stuff. On opening, it was bright and fruity, but perhaps a little light, so I recorked it, which turned out to be a mistake, since it fleshed out into a rather brooding, surly beast of a wine which then took several hours to open up properly. When it did, it was excellent - cigar box, tobacco, hints of orange peel and leather, blackberry and blackcurrant aromas, then a bright, fresh mouthful of cassis, with a gently but firmly rising second wave of dark cherry, before a long blackberry finish. Powerful yet lithe and not without elegance, one of the best GPLs I've tried.
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From a batch of bottles sourced from a true connoisseur's cellar, impeccably stored with high levels and mouldy labels. The first, tasted at Christmas, was a bit flat and tired, but this was much fresher. Quite a reticent nose at first, then tobacco and red berries, with a strong hint of brett. Very bright and sunny attack of mellow cassis, moving into a middle section of red cherry and wild strawberry, rising towards a finale combining all three tastes. More like a St.Julien profile than Pauillac (of course the brett reminded me of Gruaud). Perfect balance and although less fulsome than I imagine the 82 must be, a very agreeable blast from the past - GPL has certainly improved since, with much more body and structure, but this 85 had a straightforward charm not present in recent vintages.
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Gareth’s ‘40th’ (La Trompette): Magnum. Fresher almost, than a bottle 12 years ago. Cedar, cigar box, mellow slightly flabby fruit. Just lovely on the nose. Mellow with a touch of tobacco. Classic claret. Just lacks a bit of vertical cut cf (for instance) LLC. Slightly horizontal in aspect. Very good though and a pleasure to drink. ****
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A bit of meat and leather to the aroma along with green bean, tobacco and cassis. It is relatively plump, sweet and round in the mouth. There's some tasty savoury nuance and tannins are almost fully resolved. A kiss of minerally acidity keeps everything fresh and vital.
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My first bottle of this (from my cellar) pronounced aromatics, as expected from an 85 - tonnes of tobacco, with also graphite and cedar. Lots of acidity in the mouth, with nice richness, but far less ripeness than 82. My initial impression is this is the 2nd best 80s GPL, but a distant second to the 82. Correct and fresh, but needs food. 92-93pts. Drink now-2025
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Classic Pauillac: cassis fruit, leather and pencil shavings. Silky and complex. Glorious and put together. A perfect time to drink: complex, silky and vibrant. (95)
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Better than anticipated after 30 years; Classic Mature Claret. Tobacco, iron (Pauillac), pebbles, mineral, dust and cedar on the palate and nose. And as often noted in the 1990 this rustic (GPL) style. Drink now.
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Verhaltene Nase, trübe Farbe. Der Wein hat mittelstarker Körper und ist schön gereift. Schöne Cabernetaromatik jedoch mit grünen Noten. Druck ist da, aber leider fehlt es an Harmonie. Der Wein hat noch einige Jahre Reserve. 93/100. trinken bis 2025
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Medium garnet colour with some deposit. The nose is slightly bretty and fully-developed, showing medium+ intensity aromas of black olives, white pepper, hints of cider, cedar, tobacco and hints of black currants and black cherries.
It is dry in the mouth with a medium acidity. It has medium+ fine-grained tannins and a medium+ alcohol strength. it has a medium+ body and pronounced intensity flavorus. The finish is long.
Quite intense in the mouth but rather dirty in the nose.
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1975 and 1985 Bordeaux (Dan & Mila's place): Initially round with strong fruit and depth of flavors. Seemed to peak at about 30 minutes after serving then began to back off and become more dominated by its acidity; ultimately less open, attractive, and consistent -- surpassed by the Leoville & Gruaud.
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Fill at base neck. Decanted for an hour or so. Dark red in the glass with some bricking. The nose is beautiful with blackcurrant and graphite complemented by hints of cigar and undergrowth. The profile is similar on he palate but with the cigar box becoming more re prominent and a hint of coffee also coming through over time. Although at the slightly more feminine end of the spectrum, it is not at all lacking in intensity or "stuffing". Paired beautifully with some early season grouse ****(1/2)
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°°° Bordeaux 1985 °°° (Emmen, Switzerland): Intensive red, shows some bricking at the edges. Nose reminds me of red beets. This wine has power, is well balanced and has a good length. All the components fit well together. Nice sweetness. Drink now without any hurry.
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A bottle in perfect condition. Fully mature without being too evolved. The fruit (esp. cassis) is still present, but it is balanced by complex secondary notes of cedar, coffee, tobacco. Great equipoise. Very elegant. Classic claret.
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Best bottle #3 (@Private location): Glass: Riedel Syrah Universal Not as clear and brilliant color as the Talbot (unfiltered). Quite comparable nose. A bit more softer and elegant but loses complexity over time. Drink up.
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GPL 85 forrige helg, og en bedre flaske enn den forrige jeg hadde i april 2014. Flott nese som er mye kraftigere enn forrige flaske med høstlige aromaer og mørke bær som står frem.
Tanninene er nesten helt slipt ned, men gir fortsatt følelsen av at den vil holde en god stund til. Smaksbildet er rent, med hint av solbær og kirsebær og en høstlige aromaer også i munnen. Bra med syre som balanserer den for meg, overraskende gode frukten.
Bra kompleksitet, åpenbart på den elegante siden, og som ikke forringes i løpet av to - tre timer denne kvelden. Lang.
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Beautiful and mature bouquet with still some cassis and coffee as well. Same on the palate. Cedar and beautiful oak. Rustic and beautifully mature. Refined and complex with many luxurious impressions. Completely ready and a great pleasure now. 93.5
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30 years of 1985 Bordeaux at The Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): Double decanted and left to rest in the bottle for a almost 3 hours. Solid albeit well wet cork, in-neck fill. With the Mouton not at its best it was left to the GPL to carry the Pauillac flag something that it did very well. Compared tot he St Juliens with their juicy core of fruit this was a lot more focussed and firm. The nose is very much a classic mix, of light pepper, cedar, light floral at times and dark fruit. On the palate the tannin if firm, the acidity keeps the wine together nicely and has a pretty good finish. Very good wine. 93
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Deep ruby core with crimson hue, the appearance is amazingly youthful. Subtle elegant nose of blackcurrant, tobacco leaf, pencil lead, cigar box and forest floor. The palate is opulent, rich and ample fruits, with tobacco, pencil shaving interwoven with blackcurrant and dark fruits. Soft and seamless mid-palate. Still fresh and end with a long persistent finish and fine tannins. This bottle clearly stand out for tonight.
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It was nice tasting the wine after so many years. The tobacco, cedar, cassis, cigar box and earthy notes were exactly what the docot ordered. Medium bodied and light on its feet, this is probably fully mature and should be consumed over the next 2-5 years.
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Gir lite på nese da jeg åpner den, men en kjapp smak viser at alt er som det skal være. En delikat vin som i min gane nok er på topp nå, og vil være det i noen år til. Ingenting mer for meg å hente ved ytterlig lagring.
Kjølig frukt og nedslipte tanniner. Ren i munnen med snev av solbær, lær og en den høstlige aromaer i smaksbildet. Relativt lang og flott balansert. Nesen kommer bedre utover kvelden, og frukten holder stand. Nydelig Paulliac, på den elegante siden.
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Brown Bag Wine Dinner at Two Chefs (TWO CHEFS, MIAMI, FL): The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are slow. It smells like black currant (cassis), mineral, cedar, lead pencil, blackberry and eucalyptus. The body is medium/full. The wine has bright texture. The wine finishes long. Jerry's wine, the Cab Franc(only 5%) stood out, and made me think Right Bank. WOTN!
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To kapsler. Ser org begge to. Antagelig ligget i slottets kjeller før re-kapsla. Fill rett under korken. Fjøstonene blåste bort. Solbær trer fram. Sammen med lær og rulletobakk. Kjølig frukt. Heftige solbærtoner i munn. Pent integrerte tanniner. Fin syre. Svak bitter finish. Beskjeden eleganse og ingenting hopper fram. Kaffe og mørk sjokolade hinter med luft, Klassisk pauliac. Sur-søte toner som spiller på hint av parfyme etter noen timer.
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still deep red with hints of purple. Decanted for 2 hours. Straight out of bottle the blackcurrant fruit soared from bottle. After the decant the nose settled down to classic Pauillac, graphite, cedar, mineral with waves of background fruit. Well structured on palate, fine tannins, ripe but not overripe fruit with the balanced sweetness of 1985. Long finish and great food wine with fillet steak. Lovely wine.
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Pop 'n Pour. Slightly grumpy upon opening, hints of blood, smoke and iron. After an hour cranberries, plums, saddle leather, charcoal and antique-shop emerge. Tannines have integrated beautifully and are pulling back from the clean, fresh and vivacious aftertaste. Although this is a beautiful example of mature Bordeaux, I have the feeling that other bottles were slightly more impressive. Bottle difference? Or is it passing it's peak? 17.5-18/20 A couple of hours later, it seemed to have gained in weight and relevance. Some sour black cherry has entered the door and the gloomy mood has dissipated. Some aged Dutch cheese and roasted nuts made this wine open up. 18/20
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SCO : déjeuner et dégustation (Paris 18e, France): Robe montrant des signes de vieillissement, bouquet volatile, assez envoûtant avec ses notes d'essence de cèdre, de sous-bois, du fruit noir cuit qui va, qui vient, il est encore très beau mais bon à boire sans hésiter.
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Opened 15 mins before service at 14C. Cork was in great shape and fill was bottom third neck. Bricking on a purple ochre body. Powerful nose of sous-bois, earth, cedar, cassis and gunflint.
Initially somewhat muddled this came into focus on the palate over an hour or so. Round attack with some acidity glimpsed, then down the rabbit hole into a swirl of sweet cassis laced with graphite, and fine minerality stretched across a skein of fine fine tannins. Lovely long final. This feels like it could easily see another 10 years although I'm not sure it will gain in complexity.
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Deep ruby - strong to rim. I have always been impressed with the deep color of this vintage. Speaks to its Pauillac terroir: cassis, dried leaves and stones. I have always been a fan of this wine, a case of which I bought for $80 on release. I miss those days. This bottle is in great shape: mature sweet fruit, nice balancing structure and a very good finish. Lacks the impact to be truly great. Drink over the next few years. (92)
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Mooncake Party at Brian's (Moonbeam View): At peak, and immensely enjoyable. In a night of many very good, but previous few truly great wines, this stood out for me by a country mile. It was such a classic claret, with capsicums, eucalyptus, mint and plenty of tobacco leaf on the nose, pure left-bank aromas that danced alongside scents of undergrowth lined with lots of graphite and cedar wood, all undergirded with a lovely lush cassis note. A beautiful Pauillac nose that made me guess GPL. Got the vintage wrong though. The palate was so beautifully resolved at this stage that I thought it may have been a 1983. Here, silky tannins framed lovely cigar ash and tobacco smoke flavours which wreathed themselves around a core of pure cassis and dark cherry notes. Beautiful stuff and wonderfully integrated, it glided away in a whole, seamless and very classy mouthful. The finish rounded the wine off as deliciously as it started, with more of that beautifully pure fruit wed to little floaty bits of cassis, tobacco and stewed tea. Beautiful, this was at peak - I enjoyed every last drop.
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2nd Technical tasting course #3 (Wine Road Tel-Aviv): (blind tasting) cloudy dark red young fruity earthy aroma full body, ripe fruits, sweet flavors, round med tannin, long alcoholic pleasant long after taste. enjoyable.
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Crumbling cork sticking an eighth of an inch outof bottle. Fill level just above the shoulder. It's done. Had hope with just a slight brown color at the rim but the aroma told me all I need to know, so down the drain it went.
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1985 Red Bordeaux Horizontal with Richard Brazier (Handford Wines, London): Floral on the nose. Deep colour and very youthfull. Very vibrant. A bit closed down and needs 5yrs more. Dont worry this has so much fruit that it will last until the tannins mellow out. A great wine nonethe less, pure , lots of finess and so alive. Great
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Impromptu tasting @ my place (Netherlands): Absolutely fantastic. Just liked mature Bordeaux ought to be. Insane complexity and at the same time so fresh, light on its feet and drinkable. Tonight we realised (again) that these kind of wines are truly unique. This could not be from any other area. To be honest I am afraid that even in Bordeaux these kind of wines are becoming endangered species. Enjoy them now, while they're still there...
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Deep maturing red. Nose is fairly classic cassis with a slight cheesy note. Wine doesn’t deliver: lacks focus, rambles over the palate. Just a bit dumb….disappointing. (85)
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Une autre magnifique bouteille, un vin très typé et d'un équilibre magique avec une finale qui me semblait plus complexe encore que la précédente. Il gagne à s'aérer plus d'une heure. 92+ pts
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Nez suave, envoûtant, un peu fumé, avec du cèdre, du cuir, mine de crayon et du cassis
La bouche est crémeuse, les tanins sont fondus, l'élégance du millésime et sa rondeur forment un ensemble charmeur, tout en finesse, à l'équilibre impeccable. Après une heure d'ouverture (pas de carafe), il devient irrésistible avec l'aération. "Textbook claret" bâti pour la table où il fait merveille. Un Pauillac mature, subtil, avec beaucoup de classe, il ne lui manque qu'un peu d'ampleur pour être grand mais quel joli vin. 92 pts
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At Wijn Antiquariaat (blind tasting) GPL vertical with 1975, 1985, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 2003. Soft and silky in the mouth, well layered, nice well-aged bottle. Nose has some fruit, more minerals but also a hint of green, metallic. Great wine, some thought it was the 1990. Drink now - 2015
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Regular dinner group (@ JvT Mature Bordeaux.): Although this wine was not completely fresh, it was still possible to taste it and I even scored it for future experiences. There was some pleasant barnyard in the bouquet. Some cassis in the bouquet as well as the taste. The tannin was sticky but a bit drying in the finish. Nevertheless an excellent wine.
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Still quite deep garnet core. Sweet, slightly bloody meaty nose with earth, leaf, tea, spice and underlying cassis fruit. Open, complex and very attractive. Medium bodied on the palate and showing good freshness and depth with fine, integrated tannin still showing some grip. Some succulent cassis fruit still present on the mid-palate, nicely leafy and then a lingering, fresh, balanced slightly cedary finish. Really superb and a lot better than the last bottle, absolutely a point.
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1995 / 19956 Bordeaux Offline (Alba, London): Not blind. Slightly sweaty. Quite smooth on nose. Good acidity. bright attack, quite minerally. Fat and leggy. Dry. mature. My sort of wine. Understated. Almost lean. Evolved a bit since I last had it.
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Medium/deep garnet core, medium rim. Complex, developed nose showing tobacco, earth, underlying cassis fruit and hints of blood. A medium bodied wine with flavours of earth, spice and tobacco wound around a core of cassis fruit. The tannins are just noticeable on a reasonable length, nicely balanced finish. Seemed to deteriorate a little after 90 minutes or so in glass.
Enjoyable, if not exceptional mature claret, for drinking now and over the next few years.
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'82s at Lola: Deeply colored, fully saturated and inky. Initially dusty nose with a touch of veggie bell pepper and earth. Large scaled with decent fruit. A touch hot. Not bad.
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Big Burg Weekend - Mortet, Grivot, Dauvissat etc and some Clarets for the unbelievers; 3/11/2005-3/13/2005 (My dining room): This is also on fire. Outrageous cedar wood and graphite on the nose, a bit like being shrunk and have to rummage around in the shavings at the bottom of my schooldaze Transformers pencil case. Wonderful elegance but with amazing plump fruit that creeps up on you and loiters on the senses till you have to take notice and confront it. But it’s not an aggressive meeting more a realization of the inner beauty of the wallflower cassis that doesn’t have to dress like a streetwalker to get noticed.. Far more feminine than the Leoville but just as memorable.
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The 1985 was brilliant an at its peak I reckon. Light amber rim and that haunting, unmistakable and sooo evocative old claret smell of cedar, tobacco and the inside of my old school pencil case - to steal from The Fresh Prince - its funny how the smell of a wine can spark off nostalgia. Those wonderful secondary charecteristcs were slowly infused with a wonderful cassis richness and on drinking they meld into a seamless complex mouthful, supremely elegant and deceptively rich. This is what Claret's about for me.
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11/18/2023 - AudunG wrote: 93 Points
Typical Pauillac aromas, with dark berries, pencil and leather, in addition to some foxy barnyard aromas. Soft and elegant, with fine tannins and a dry finish. Kept several hours in the glass without fading.
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7/21/2023 - NewFrenchClaret Likes this wine: 88 Points
Perfect fill. Very medicinal when popped, but this settled down over time. Nice dusty Pauillac smell, bit of mint. Fairly simple. Tasty enough, good sweetness. Tannins hanging on gamely, but relatively little acidity and it all feels like it's lacking structure.
Can't say I'm wowed by this to be honest, but there's nothing wrong with it. Consistent with its ranking, but there are much better wines for less money in this vintage.
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5/31/2023 - TONOFBRIX Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drank at old-school Italian restaurant. Surprisingly wonderful. Fruit fading but not gone, tertiary flavors abound, nicely balanced.
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8/15/2022 - chablis28 wrote: 93 Points
Kicking myself, for making the wrong guess on how much air this needed! After a quick sip upon opening, I thought a quick decant would quickly flesh this out by dinner time an hour later. For most of the night it was healthy and drinking like a pleasant 90pt 36yr old BDX that had lost most of its fruit a few years back. A bit thin. Then 2+ hours later with one glass left, the fruit magically appeared and this was easily drinking like a solid 93+ aged BDX and may have further improved if, I had any left :). Oh well, chalk this up to fickle nature of aged wines! The last glass was sublime in every way nose and palate both. 93+
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7/22/2022 - Jd6725 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Holding up much better than expected, although probably a little way through it's downslope. Very interesting and clean early. Developed more tertiary complexities later on, but I preferred the early freshness.
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2/27/2022 - rocknroller wrote: 95 Points
Monthly Tasting Group: Aged Bordeaux & Napa (Baldamar, Roeville, MN): Very dark red color with a 2mm clear margin. Splash double decanted and filtered the abundant sediment. Wow, fantastic nose, so aromatic and oozing out fresh sharpened pencil, leather, creme de cassis, sultry and expressive with tar and sandalwood. The palate is intense, layered with that sweet essence of creme de cassis and dark red berries, Italian leather, pencil shavings, tar, full bodied with velvet texture and polished tannins. Beautiful, this has got it all. In a great spot with tons of life left.
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2/27/2022 - chablis28 wrote: 93 Points
Kevin' btl at Baldamar. This was in a very nice spot. Resolved aromas & flavors of; cigar ash, pencil, dark fruit of a very elegant & fully realized classic BDX. I have one myself from the same source and happy these are on solid ground. 93+
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4/6/2021 - JHSP Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nice fruit - super balanced! Good for the next 5 yrs
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11/8/2020 - englishman's claret wrote: 87 Points
The 85 GPL is a relative disappointment with the 82 and 90 being so sublime and the 85 coming across as underripe. There is some lithe currant and plenty of pencil here, but there's a lot of green notes to tackle. Demure, thinnish palate. These are ready pretty much after uncorking and don't really improve over hours in the decanter. Of the four bottles opened today, 3 were representative of this note and one was not obviously corked but alarmingly flat and lactic on the palate.
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7/17/2020 - I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine wrote: 92 Points
Zooming through Some Aged Bordeaux...and loving every minute of it!: Zooming through Bordeaux
Wines were filtered into jars for transport at around 3:00, transferred from jars to glass around 6:30, and tasted starting at around 7:00. The wines featured for this tasting were:
- 2012 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses (starter wine)
- 1985 Grand Puy Lacoste
- 1990 Leoville Barton
- 1995 Lynch Bages
- 1995 Pichon Lalande
- 1997 Latour
- 2001 Suduiraut Sauternes (dessert)
All wines were excellent, with the exception of the 85 Grand Puy Lacoste, which was slightly corked (unnoticeable to me in the beginning, but quite apparent hours later). My score and ranking are based on initial impressions as I believe that realistically shows the character of the wine (maybe a better bottle would score even higher).
Groups ratings: WOTN - 1997 Latour; 2nd - 1990 Leoville Barton , and 3rd 1995 Pichon Lalande.
My ratings: WOTN - 1997 Latour; 2nd - 1995 Pichon Lalande, 3rd - 1990 Leoville Barton and 1985 Grand Puy Lacoste, 5th - 1995 Lynch Bages.
-- 1985 Grand Puy Lacoste: This wine initially showed true Pauillac characteristics with a big earthy nose, some fruit, tobacco and later some graphite. On the palate was dark fruit and leather, and adding graphite and mushroom with some additional time. The wine had integrated tannins, and showed a lot of earthiness (in a good way) and ended with a medium finish. After the tasting, the wine started to show signs of being corked, and the next morning it was undrinkable. The rating is based on how it performed during the tasting as I believe it is more helpful and indicative of the wine. I believe this wine still has a few years of life, but I do not see it really improving. I would suggest drinking up within the next 2-3 years. 92+ points during the tasting (potentially a little higher, as being corked may have slightly affected its performance in the beginning...however, I do not see this scoring over a 93).
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7/16/2020 - galewskj wrote: 93 Points
Virtual Bordeaux: There’s lots of earth and tobacco, some black licorice, and pencil lead. After 2 hours in the glass, evidence of being corked started to come out. It’s amazing that the wine was so expressive initially despite being corked. I did not detect any hint of cork for at least the first 30 minutes, and in fact was loving the tertiary bordeaux characteristics on it. My score is based on the first 30 minutes in glass.
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7/16/2020 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points
Virtual Bordeaux Tasting (Home): Very dark red color with a 7mm transitional margin. Filtered into jars and sealed about 4:30pm, poured into glasses at 6:30pm and drank a glass plus over 3 plus hours. The '85 GPL had a classic Pauillac nose with lots of damp earth up front, tobacco leaf, pencil, leather, dark fruits and some purple flowers. The palate is deep with dark fruits, cassis, plum, very prominent pencil lead, coarse tobacco, silky tannins, charcoal and medium plus finish. As good as this was it was marred by cork taint that got worse through the evening. Fortunately, despite that, you could still appreciate the wine especially early on. I don't think these are in any danger of fading, though it remains to be seen if futher aging would benefical. 91+ to 92pts at peak.
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3/22/2020 - blank blank wrote:
This bottle was a bit past it - drying on the finish, showing a hint of tomato leaf. Lots of cedar. Remaining fruit hints at what once was.
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3/16/2020 - englishman's claret wrote: 90 Points
Grand Puy Lacoste beautifully illustrates the character of the 1980s vintages, even if the 85 is one of the weaker examples. This '85 is predictably elegant and fresh, with a mellow cassis nose accented by thyme and capsicum, leathery but with a certain lightness of touch and charm. Similar on the palate; refreshing, really. I would be inclined to drink these sooner rather than later.
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2/9/2020 - racerchris Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nice tart fruit with a significant ashy/tobacco note. Very appealing and quite a pleasure to drink.
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12/26/2019 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 93 Points
Fabulous stuff. On opening, it was bright and fruity, but perhaps a little light, so I recorked it, which turned out to be a mistake, since it fleshed out into a rather brooding, surly beast of a wine which then took several hours to open up properly. When it did, it was excellent - cigar box, tobacco, hints of orange peel and leather, blackberry and blackcurrant aromas, then a bright, fresh mouthful of cassis, with a gently but firmly rising second wave of dark cherry, before a long blackberry finish. Powerful yet lithe and not without elegance, one of the best GPLs I've tried.
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1/11/2019 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 92 Points
From a batch of bottles sourced from a true connoisseur's cellar, impeccably stored with high levels and mouldy labels. The first, tasted at Christmas, was a bit flat and tired, but this was much fresher. Quite a reticent nose at first, then tobacco and red berries, with a strong hint of brett. Very bright and sunny attack of mellow cassis, moving into a middle section of red cherry and wild strawberry, rising towards a finale combining all three tastes. More like a St.Julien profile than Pauillac (of course the brett reminded me of Gruaud). Perfect balance and although less fulsome than I imagine the 82 must be, a very agreeable blast from the past - GPL has certainly improved since, with much more body and structure, but this 85 had a straightforward charm not present in recent vintages.
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10/4/2018 - SimonG wrote: 93 Points
Gareth’s ‘40th’ (La Trompette): Magnum. Fresher almost, than a bottle 12 years ago. Cedar, cigar box, mellow slightly flabby fruit. Just lovely on the nose. Mellow with a touch of tobacco. Classic claret. Just lacks a bit of vertical cut cf (for instance) LLC. Slightly horizontal in aspect. Very good though and a pleasure to drink. ****
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8/26/2018 - WoodieBayArea wrote:
no notes so NR, this was very nice... decanted for two hours and then was classic Bordeaux with leather, cedar, red fruit with texture, a little spice
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11/24/2017 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
A bit of meat and leather to the aroma along with green bean, tobacco and cassis. It is relatively plump, sweet and round in the mouth. There's some tasty savoury nuance and tannins are almost fully resolved. A kiss of minerally acidity keeps everything fresh and vital.
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6/24/2017 - JulianSkeels wrote: 92 Points
My first bottle of this (from my cellar) pronounced aromatics, as expected from an 85 - tonnes of tobacco, with also graphite and cedar. Lots of acidity in the mouth, with nice richness, but far less ripeness than 82. My initial impression is this is the 2nd best 80s GPL, but a distant second to the 82. Correct and fresh, but needs food. 92-93pts. Drink now-2025
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2/25/2017 - paulst Likes this wine: 89 Points
Light earthy nose; a bit out of balance with some nice blackberry, but lacking the complete follow through.
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1/3/2017 - dbkitc wrote: 95 Points
Classic Pauillac: cassis fruit, leather and pencil shavings. Silky and complex. Glorious and put together. A perfect time to drink: complex, silky and vibrant. (95)
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11/18/2016 - Ary wrote: 93 Points
Better than anticipated after 30 years; Classic Mature Claret. Tobacco, iron (Pauillac), pebbles, mineral, dust and cedar on the palate and nose. And as often noted in the 1990 this rustic (GPL) style. Drink now.
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5/31/2016 - "Rhône Rider" wrote: flawed
1985 Ch. Grand Puy-Lacoste: Mangler frukt, mye tanniner. Sekundæraromaer i bakkant. Ukurrant flaske i følge medbringer. NR
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2/13/2016 - md20 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Verhaltene Nase, trübe Farbe. Der Wein hat mittelstarker Körper und ist schön gereift. Schöne Cabernetaromatik jedoch mit grünen Noten. Druck ist da, aber leider fehlt es an Harmonie. Der Wein hat noch einige Jahre Reserve. 93/100. trinken bis 2025
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12/7/2015 - Man in Black wrote:
Medium garnet colour with some deposit. The nose is slightly bretty and fully-developed, showing medium+ intensity aromas of black olives, white pepper, hints of cider, cedar, tobacco and hints of black currants and black cherries.
It is dry in the mouth with a medium acidity. It has medium+ fine-grained tannins and a medium+ alcohol strength. it has a medium+ body and pronounced intensity flavorus. The finish is long.
Quite intense in the mouth but rather dirty in the nose.
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11/6/2015 - aChave wrote: 91 Points
1975 and 1985 Bordeaux (Dan & Mila's place): Initially round with strong fruit and depth of flavors. Seemed to peak at about 30 minutes after serving then began to back off and become more dominated by its acidity; ultimately less open, attractive, and consistent -- surpassed by the Leoville & Gruaud.
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9/16/2015 - Claw Dee Puss wrote: 91 Points
Nice wine - deep purple, slight hint of bricking - rich and thick around plums and damsons - nice balance - decent, but not huge finish.
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8/29/2015 - MAOC wrote:
Fill at base neck. Decanted for an hour or so. Dark red in the glass with some bricking. The nose is beautiful with blackcurrant and graphite complemented by hints of cigar and undergrowth. The profile is similar on he palate but with the cigar box becoming more re prominent and a hint of coffee also coming through over time. Although at the slightly more feminine end of the spectrum, it is not at all lacking in intensity or "stuffing". Paired beautifully with some early season grouse ****(1/2)
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8/1/2015 - Wine_lvr wrote: 91 Points
°°° Bordeaux 1985 °°° (Emmen, Switzerland): Intensive red, shows some bricking at the edges. Nose reminds me of red beets. This wine has power, is well balanced and has a good length. All the components fit well together. Nice sweetness. Drink now without any hurry.
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7/25/2015 - bgh Likes this wine: 96 Points
A bottle in perfect condition. Fully mature without being too evolved. The fruit (esp. cassis) is still present, but it is balanced by complex secondary notes of cedar, coffee, tobacco. Great equipoise. Very elegant. Classic claret.
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7/11/2015 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote: 91 Points
Best bottle #3 (@Private location): Glass: Riedel Syrah Universal
Not as clear and brilliant color as the Talbot (unfiltered). Quite comparable nose. A bit more softer and elegant but loses complexity over time. Drink up.
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6/11/2015 - Henrik_christopher wrote:
GPL 85 forrige helg, og en bedre flaske enn den forrige jeg hadde i april 2014. Flott nese som er mye kraftigere enn forrige flaske med høstlige aromaer og mørke bær som står frem.
Tanninene er nesten helt slipt ned, men gir fortsatt følelsen av at den vil holde en god stund til. Smaksbildet er rent, med hint av solbær og kirsebær og en høstlige aromaer også i munnen. Bra med syre som balanserer den for meg, overraskende gode frukten.
Bra kompleksitet, åpenbart på den elegante siden, og som ikke forringes i løpet av to - tre timer denne kvelden. Lang.
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4/25/2015 - Zweder wrote: 94 Points
Beautiful and mature bouquet with still some cassis and coffee as well. Same on the palate. Cedar and beautiful oak. Rustic and beautifully mature. Refined and complex with many luxurious impressions. Completely ready and a great pleasure now. 93.5
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3/21/2015 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
30 years of 1985 Bordeaux at The Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): Double decanted and left to rest in the bottle for a almost 3 hours. Solid albeit well wet cork, in-neck fill.
With the Mouton not at its best it was left to the GPL to carry the Pauillac flag something that it did very well. Compared tot he St Juliens with their juicy core of fruit this was a lot more focussed and firm. The nose is very much a classic mix, of light pepper, cedar, light floral at times and dark fruit. On the palate the tannin if firm, the acidity keeps the wine together nicely and has a pretty good finish. Very good wine. 93
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8/14/2014 - hkm520240 wrote: 94 Points
Deep ruby core with crimson hue, the appearance is amazingly youthful.
Subtle elegant nose of blackcurrant, tobacco leaf, pencil lead, cigar box and forest floor.
The palate is opulent, rich and ample fruits, with tobacco, pencil shaving interwoven with blackcurrant and dark fruits. Soft and seamless mid-palate. Still fresh and end with a long persistent finish and fine tannins. This bottle clearly stand out for tonight.
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5/8/2014 - Jeff Leve wrote: 90 Points
It was nice tasting the wine after so many years. The tobacco, cedar, cassis, cigar box and earthy notes were exactly what the docot ordered. Medium bodied and light on its feet, this is probably fully mature and should be consumed over the next 2-5 years.
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4/15/2014 - Henrik_christopher wrote:
Gir lite på nese da jeg åpner den, men en kjapp smak viser at alt er som det skal være. En delikat vin som i min gane nok er på topp nå, og vil være det i noen år til. Ingenting mer for meg å hente ved ytterlig lagring.
Kjølig frukt og nedslipte tanniner. Ren i munnen med snev av solbær, lær og en den høstlige aromaer i smaksbildet. Relativt lang og flott balansert. Nesen kommer bedre utover kvelden, og frukten holder stand. Nydelig Paulliac, på den elegante siden.
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1/28/2014 - markellen.foodies@gmail.com wrote: 95 Points
Brown Bag Wine Dinner at Two Chefs (TWO CHEFS, MIAMI, FL): The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are slow. It smells like black currant (cassis), mineral, cedar, lead pencil, blackberry and eucalyptus. The body is medium/full. The wine has bright texture. The wine finishes long. Jerry's wine, the Cab Franc(only 5%) stood out, and made me think Right Bank. WOTN!
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1/1/2014 - obmoen wrote: 94 Points
To kapsler. Ser org begge to. Antagelig ligget i slottets kjeller før re-kapsla. Fill rett under korken. Fjøstonene blåste bort. Solbær trer fram. Sammen med lær og rulletobakk. Kjølig frukt. Heftige solbærtoner i munn. Pent integrerte tanniner. Fin syre. Svak bitter finish. Beskjeden eleganse og ingenting hopper fram. Kaffe og mørk sjokolade hinter med luft, Klassisk pauliac. Sur-søte toner som spiller på hint av parfyme etter noen timer.
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2/23/2013 - redders Likes this wine: 93 Points
still deep red with hints of purple. Decanted for 2 hours. Straight out of bottle the blackcurrant fruit soared from bottle. After the decant the nose settled down to classic Pauillac, graphite, cedar, mineral with waves of background fruit. Well structured on palate, fine tannins, ripe but not overripe fruit with the balanced sweetness of 1985. Long finish and great food wine with fillet steak. Lovely wine.
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2/15/2013 - jkoenen wrote: 92 Points
Pop 'n Pour. Slightly grumpy upon opening, hints of blood, smoke and iron. After an hour cranberries, plums, saddle leather, charcoal and antique-shop emerge. Tannines have integrated beautifully and are pulling back from the clean, fresh and vivacious aftertaste. Although this is a beautiful example of mature Bordeaux, I have the feeling that other bottles were slightly more impressive. Bottle difference? Or is it passing it's peak? 17.5-18/20
A couple of hours later, it seemed to have gained in weight and relevance. Some sour black cherry has entered the door and the gloomy mood has dissipated. Some aged Dutch cheese and roasted nuts made this wine open up. 18/20
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12/3/2012 - heegaard Likes this wine: 92 Points
Perfect drinking time now. Still very powerful.
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10/7/2012 - stadler Likes this wine:
SCO : déjeuner et dégustation (Paris 18e, France): Robe montrant des signes de vieillissement, bouquet volatile, assez envoûtant avec ses notes d'essence de cèdre, de sous-bois, du fruit noir cuit qui va, qui vient, il est encore très beau mais bon à boire sans hésiter.
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1/18/2012 - David Meddings Likes this wine: 90 Points
Opened 15 mins before service at 14C. Cork was in great shape and fill was bottom third neck. Bricking on a purple ochre body. Powerful nose of sous-bois, earth, cedar, cassis and gunflint.
Initially somewhat muddled this came into focus on the palate over an hour or so. Round attack with some acidity glimpsed, then down the rabbit hole into a swirl of sweet cassis laced with graphite, and fine minerality stretched across a skein of fine fine tannins. Lovely long final. This feels like it could easily see another 10 years although I'm not sure it will gain in complexity.
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12/30/2011 - dbkitc wrote: 92 Points
Deep ruby - strong to rim. I have always been impressed with the deep color of this vintage. Speaks to its Pauillac terroir: cassis, dried leaves and stones. I have always been a fan of this wine, a case of which I bought for $80 on release. I miss those days. This bottle is in great shape: mature sweet fruit, nice balancing structure and a very good finish. Lacks the impact to be truly great. Drink over the next few years. (92)
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9/19/2011 - Alex H wrote: 86 Points
Graphite and cedar oak with cigar notes and tobacco leave. Classic and with greenness.
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9/10/2011 - Mingmong wrote: 95 Points
Earthy, underbrush, vegetal, sour red fruits on the nose. Cassis, earth, eucalyptus, capsicums, tobacco and graphite. Excellent classical wine.
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9/10/2011 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
Mooncake Party at Brian's (Moonbeam View): At peak, and immensely enjoyable. In a night of many very good, but previous few truly great wines, this stood out for me by a country mile. It was such a classic claret, with capsicums, eucalyptus, mint and plenty of tobacco leaf on the nose, pure left-bank aromas that danced alongside scents of undergrowth lined with lots of graphite and cedar wood, all undergirded with a lovely lush cassis note. A beautiful Pauillac nose that made me guess GPL. Got the vintage wrong though. The palate was so beautifully resolved at this stage that I thought it may have been a 1983. Here, silky tannins framed lovely cigar ash and tobacco smoke flavours which wreathed themselves around a core of pure cassis and dark cherry notes. Beautiful stuff and wonderfully integrated, it glided away in a whole, seamless and very classy mouthful. The finish rounded the wine off as deliciously as it started, with more of that beautifully pure fruit wed to little floaty bits of cassis, tobacco and stewed tea. Beautiful, this was at peak - I enjoyed every last drop.
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7/3/2011 - Yagil Likes this wine: 90 Points
2nd Technical tasting course #3 (Wine Road Tel-Aviv): (blind tasting)
cloudy dark red
young fruity earthy aroma
full body, ripe fruits, sweet flavors, round med tannin, long alcoholic pleasant long after taste. enjoyable.
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4/3/2011 - d'Artagnan wrote:
souper de fête de mon père. Une bouteille semblait un peu évoluée, bien mais fatiguée (88-89 pts) mais l'autre était magnifique 92 pts.
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3/6/2011 - ssimpsonjr wrote: flawed
Crumbling cork sticking an eighth of an inch outof bottle. Fill level just above the shoulder. It's done. Had hope with just a slight brown color at the rim but the aroma told me all I need to know, so down the drain it went.
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12/8/2010 - MarkO'Mahony wrote:
Past its prime- still a pleasant glass of wine but it's lost clarity and focus on the palate. Drink up.
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11/18/2010 - Papies wrote: 92 Points
1985 Red Bordeaux Horizontal with Richard Brazier (Handford Wines, London): Floral on the nose. Deep colour and very youthfull. Very vibrant. A bit closed down and needs 5yrs more. Dont worry this has so much fruit that it will last until the tannins mellow out. A great wine nonethe less, pure , lots of finess and so alive. Great
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11/9/2010 - jkoenen wrote:
Impromptu tasting @ my place (Netherlands): Absolutely fantastic. Just liked mature Bordeaux ought to be. Insane complexity and at the same time so fresh, light on its feet and drinkable. Tonight we realised (again) that these kind of wines are truly unique. This could not be from any other area. To be honest I am afraid that even in Bordeaux these kind of wines are becoming endangered species. Enjoy them now, while they're still there...
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8/4/2010 - d'Artagnan wrote: 91 Points
Nez de sous-bois, frais. Bouche fine et souple, magnifique équilibre, textbook claret. Accord sublime avec le filet mignon sauce forestière.
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4/2/2010 - dbkitc wrote: 85 Points
Deep maturing red. Nose is fairly classic cassis with a slight cheesy note. Wine doesn’t deliver: lacks focus, rambles over the palate. Just a bit dumb….disappointing. (85)
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3/6/2010 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points
Une autre magnifique bouteille, un vin très typé et d'un équilibre magique avec une finale qui me semblait plus complexe encore que la précédente. Il gagne à s'aérer plus d'une heure. 92+ pts
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2/20/2010 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points
Nez suave, envoûtant, un peu fumé, avec du cèdre, du cuir, mine de crayon et du cassis
La bouche est crémeuse, les tanins sont fondus, l'élégance du millésime et sa rondeur forment un ensemble charmeur, tout en finesse, à l'équilibre impeccable. Après une heure d'ouverture (pas de carafe), il devient irrésistible avec l'aération.
"Textbook claret" bâti pour la table où il fait merveille. Un Pauillac mature, subtil, avec beaucoup de classe, il ne lui manque qu'un peu d'ampleur pour être grand mais quel joli vin. 92 pts
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9/11/2009 - Ary wrote: 93 Points
At Wijn Antiquariaat (blind tasting) GPL vertical with 1975, 1985, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 2003. Soft and silky in the mouth, well layered, nice well-aged bottle. Nose has some fruit, more minerals but also a hint of green, metallic. Great wine, some thought it was the 1990. Drink now - 2015
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11/22/2008 - Zweder wrote: 89 Points
Regular dinner group (@ JvT Mature Bordeaux.): Although this wine was not completely fresh, it was still possible to taste it and I even scored it for future experiences. There was some pleasant barnyard in the bouquet. Some cassis in the bouquet as well as the taste. The tannin was sticky but a bit drying in the finish. Nevertheless an excellent wine.
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10/25/2008 - Zweder wrote:
Quite mature but still a pleasure to drink. Soft. I did not score the wine.
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10/3/2008 - Paul D wrote: 95 Points
Still quite deep garnet core. Sweet, slightly bloody meaty nose with earth, leaf, tea, spice and underlying cassis fruit. Open, complex and very attractive. Medium bodied on the palate and showing good freshness and depth with fine, integrated tannin still showing some grip. Some succulent cassis fruit still present on the mid-palate, nicely leafy and then a lingering, fresh, balanced slightly cedary finish. Really superb and a lot better than the last bottle, absolutely a point.
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10/20/2007 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points
A private dinner (at home): Classic Pauillac, a lovely and graceful 1985. Excellent.
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1/7/2007 - clee wrote:
This was botle was tiring. Good fill, but clearly over tyhe hill. Bought at auction so I wonder about storage.
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9/15/2006 - SimonG wrote:
1995 / 19956 Bordeaux Offline (Alba, London): Not blind. Slightly sweaty. Quite smooth on nose. Good acidity. bright attack, quite minerally. Fat and leggy. Dry. mature. My sort of wine. Understated. Almost lean. Evolved a bit since I last had it.
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7/22/2006 - Paul D wrote: 88 Points
Medium/deep garnet core, medium rim.
Complex, developed nose showing tobacco, earth, underlying cassis fruit and hints of blood.
A medium bodied wine with flavours of earth, spice and tobacco wound around a core of cassis fruit. The tannins are just noticeable on a reasonable length, nicely balanced finish. Seemed to deteriorate a little after 90 minutes or so in glass.
Enjoyable, if not exceptional mature claret, for drinking now and over the next few years.
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2/18/2006 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points
Classic nose, crisp fruit, cedar, spices, gravel; smooth and charming, a true 1985 but well-framed and lovely ripe tannin; good length, dried fruit.
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12/5/2005 - OneLastSyrah wrote:
'82s at Lola: Deeply colored, fully saturated and inky. Initially dusty nose with a touch of veggie bell pepper and earth. Large scaled with decent fruit. A touch hot. Not bad.
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3/12/2005 - The Wine Bum wrote:
Big Burg Weekend - Mortet, Grivot, Dauvissat etc and some Clarets for the unbelievers; 3/11/2005-3/13/2005 (My dining room): This is also on fire. Outrageous cedar wood and graphite on the nose, a bit like being shrunk and have to rummage around in the shavings at the bottom of my schooldaze Transformers pencil case. Wonderful elegance but with amazing plump fruit that creeps up on you and loiters on the senses till you have to take notice and confront it. But it’s not an aggressive meeting more a realization of the inner beauty of the wallflower cassis that doesn’t have to dress like a streetwalker to get noticed.. Far more feminine than the Leoville but just as memorable.
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2/15/2005 - MRichman wrote:
Grand Puy Lacoste Vertical (Inside, NYC): Sweet, simple, soft. Wide. A bit flashy. Some said corked, I thought not.
B
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7/20/2004 - The Wine Bum wrote:
The 1985 was brilliant an at its peak I reckon. Light amber rim and that haunting, unmistakable and sooo evocative old claret smell of cedar, tobacco and the inside of my old school pencil case - to steal from The Fresh Prince - its funny how the smell of a wine can spark off nostalgia. Those wonderful secondary charecteristcs were slowly infused with a wonderful cassis richness and on drinking they meld into a seamless complex mouthful, supremely elegant and deceptively rich. This is what Claret's about for me.
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8/8/2001 - peternelson wrote: 86 Points
UCLA: smokey, earthy, sour a bit, woody, squashy, not very dry t’s, no rich berry
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2/1/1989 - sdr Does not like this wine: 81 Points
On the positive side, there’s some cinnamon and vanilla. But it’s too acidic and too light.
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