Opened about 1 hour before tasting. Fully mature, no tanin, with full fruit and good color. Sediment very tight and survived an accidental bottle shake and decanted very well despite the usual cork crumble. It did not fade over the course of a meal. Good color and fruit. No obvious tanin and did not seem faded. A very fine wine for a celebration.
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The wine was personally cellared upon arrival as a future. The cork had no leakage but crumbled easily. The color was dark, but intense increasing the difficulty to decant. It needed little time to breathe. The color was very deep, but clear. The bouquet was good. The wine was clearly fully mature with great structure and great body. There were no harsh notes or flaws. Some wine was rerurned to the battle an retasted 2 days later with no noticeable deterioration
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The wine opened when uncorked with a magnificent bouquet that was immediately obvious. It did not need much breathing, but was full and rich with a deep red color. It was clearly mature with firm structure but not tannic. Very enjoyable
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1986 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste
12/31/2022 - blackdog Likes this wine: 94 Points
Opened about 1 hour before tasting. Fully mature, no tanin, with full fruit and good color. Sediment very tight and survived an accidental bottle shake and decanted very well despite the usual cork crumble. It did not fade over the course of a meal.
Good color and fruit. No obvious tanin and did not seem faded. A very fine wine for a celebration.
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1998 Château Monbousquet
5/31/2019 - blackdog Likes this wine: 95 Points
The wine was personally cellared upon arrival as a future. The cork had no leakage but crumbled easily. The color was dark, but intense increasing the difficulty to decant. It needed little time to breathe.
The color was very deep, but clear. The bouquet was good. The wine was clearly fully mature with great structure and great body. There were no harsh notes or flaws. Some wine was rerurned to the battle an retasted 2 days later with no noticeable deterioration
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1999 Poderi Luigi Einaudi Barolo Costa Grimaldi
11/26/2017 - blackdog Likes this wine: 95 Points
The wine opened when uncorked with a magnificent bouquet that was immediately obvious. It did not need much breathing, but was full and rich with a deep red color. It was clearly mature with firm structure but not tannic. Very enjoyable
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