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1990 Château Sociando-Mallet
4/12/2024 - Jake Barnes Likes this wine: 94 Points
From a bottle purchased a couple years ago on the secondary retail market with a fill well into the neck and a tight cork only soaked three-quarters of the way up in some spots and only half way up in others. Decanted for sediment and served. 53% CS; 42% M; 5% PV.
Very dark in the glass with really no bricking to speak of, even around the edges. A little cellar stink blew off in the glass, revealing an excellent nose of spicy red currants and undergrowth as well as a little mint and menthol. On the palate it was well-concentrated and bright, showing slightly candied red currants, bing cherries, and undergrowth. A very focused and complete bottle of wine. Only a bit more nuanced development on the nose and palate was all this was lacking for a higher score. 12.5% ABV (great/****/17/94)
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2010 Château Potensac
3/29/2024 - Jake Barnes Likes this wine: 91 Points
Second of twelve from an OWC purchased at retail. Accessed via Coravin. Not much development, like my previous example, but very solid and held its own against the 2004 Pichon Lalande Coravined alongside. Showing slightly austere red fruits and leather to the PL’s very pure blackberry. Less refined than the PL and definitely less concentrated, as one would expect, but ultimately, this was the more even and complete wine. There’s the vintage for you. 14% ABV (very good/***/16/91)
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2004 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
3/29/2024 - Jake Barnes Likes this wine: 91 Points
Second of two bottles purchased at retail and the stronger of the two—a bit more even and complete and definitely open for business. This was very tasty, showing a big gulp of very pure, silky blackberry on the nose and palate, but there was some drop off in the mid-palate and on the finish. It was clearly more concentrated and refined than the 2010 Potensac Coravined alongside it, but concentration and refinement aren’t everything and it was neither more complete nor more even than the Potensac for all that. Very different wines, to be sure, but the Potensac definitely held its own and was arguably the more complete wine. 13% ABV (very good/***/16/91)
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