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2011 Château Magdelaine
5/5/2024 - blanquito wrote:
First bottle, first impressions: surprisingly friendly even without a decant, glorious nose of dark soil, basalt, fresh thyme and mint, and some sweet notes of cherry reduction. Cool climate profile with something leafy like chard, yet not austere with plenty of body and good fruit, maybe since the tannins are friendlier than the other vin garde vintages of Magdelaine I know best. Its dark, almost smoky profile is a surprise in a "light" vintage. The balance is exceptional. Tightens up a bit after some air time, so I expect this will improve for another decade or more, but delicious already. Completely true to the house style, a quintessential Magdelaine.
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2001 Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese
4/15/2024 - blanquito wrote:
Excitement grows as an 01 Prum is pulled from the cellar and placed in the fridge to chill. It does not disappoint, so full of energy and joy as it is, it’s like a honey drizzled bowl of limes with ginger zest and petrol highlights. Still shows youthful, stacked with body and brightness to balance the fruit and sweetness. Only its seamlessness reveals its 20+ years of maturation. Hard to find any fault here, true to the vintage but truer to the house style. Terrific.
Day 3: This is now really singing! The bouquet has come to life with richness and spice, redolent of honey, ginger, chamomile tea, and pomelo zest. The palate is more overtly sweet as well but with the requisite acidity to balance sugar. Delicious, long finish with a hint of bitterness like an apple skin.
Clearly, not ‘ready’ for peak drinking on the pop and pour. Will probably liquid joy for decades to come.
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1998 Château Grand Mayne
4/13/2024 - blanquito wrote: 92 Points
It’s been a while since my last bottle and this has matured and mellowed a lot in the ensuing years. Quite mature with a beautifully resolved and silky palate, medium bodied but integrated and long. It probably qualifies a mid-modern stylistically, as it has some notes of dark chocolate that declare this a merlot, but these more exotic notes are balanced by a real freshness and structure. Hard to resist. Ready to drink, but no hurry, it will probably hold like this for a decade or more.
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