JJ de Bruxelles
Member #694,186 signed up 1/12/2020 and last accessed 5/19/2023
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Hello everyone , I am pleased to join this community and share some tasting notes as well.
Rgds
JJ
Member #694,186 signed up 1/12/2020 and last accessed 5/19/2023
Hello everyone , I am pleased to join this community and share some tasting notes as well.
Rgds
JJ
2010 Château Lalande-Borie
5/3/2023 - JJ de Bruxelles Likes this wine: 85 Points
Time to drink it (my cellar is right humid and with a cool quite stable temp). I did decanted half of the bottle 3/4 of an hour in advance. As a result the nose was (to) discrete. Notes of leather, of prunes marmalade. When tasting the 2nd half f the bottle that was not decanted, the nose was significantly more intense. Length is good but I am not blown up by this wine, definitely not a Ducru-Beaucaillou (of course...), not a Gloria either.
It evolved and I definitely taste it has peaked and begins now to evolve to tertiary aromas. I wouldn't wait longer. Rgds from Brussels.
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2010 Château de la Dauphine Delphis de la Dauphine
1/12/2020 - JJ de Bruxelles Likes this wine: 88 Points
Une première bouteille ouverte fin 2018... très belle matière, structure solide, encore fort jeune !
Pour un second vin il impressionne vraiment par son niveau.
A redéguter en 2020 (pour les Magnums de La Dauphine 2010 je me dis que j'ai vraiment le temps...).
Je crois que le fameux dégustateur américain (...) retenait La Dauphine comme un des meilleurs Fronsac.
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1996 Château La Tour Blanche Sauternes
7/6/2019 - JJ de Bruxelles Likes this wine: 91 Points
Was worrying for the bottles I still have after the last comment from 2015 I read here. It must surely have been a bad bottle...
In july 2019 the 1996 bottle was perfect. Not over the hill at all. Evolution still nice.
Old gold colored, exotic fruits, noble rot, well balanced, long aftertaste, creamy, just perfect.
I think it would still go up to 2025...
Maybe what helps is that my cellar is cold, humid, quiet and very stable (excellent conditions).
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