Tasted at home with friends, the seventh of a 10 bottle vertical tasting of Chateau Cissac vintages from 2014 to 1975. Opened and poured almost immediately (I generally don't like opening old bottles in advance in case they fade too quickly). Light maroon colour with some cloudiness. Less fruit on the nose, a hint of orange, plummy and cabbage. Soft and mellow, but still some tannin. More savoury than fruity. A great example of a good Bordeaux some 28 years after the vintage.
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Ruby with pronounced tawny highlights. Primary fruit has gone but interesting dried black fruit, rotting leaves, mushroom. The flavours are have dried fruit, olives, savoury, umami notes. Past it’s best but still interesting.
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I opened and decanted this immediately before serving because I was concerned that it might have aged considerably already and might not benefit from too much aeration. This was a good decision. The colour is still good, medium ruby, not much sign of browning The nose is classic Bordeaux, more forest floor than distinguishable fruit. On the palate, it's earthy, slightly oily, the first taste has some ripe fruit. Returning to the glass about 30 minutes later, it had indeed opened up. So very good overall if you are a fan of aged Bordeaux.
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12/4/2023 - Chris Davies Likes this wine: 90 Points
A great example of how delicious modest, mature Bordeaux can be. Lively fruit, nice balance and still plenty of vibrancy. Wonderful!
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9/29/2018 - Keith Cooper Likes this wine: 90 Points
Tasted at home with friends, the seventh of a 10 bottle vertical tasting of Chateau Cissac vintages from 2014 to 1975. Opened and poured almost immediately (I generally don't like opening old bottles in advance in case they fade too quickly). Light maroon colour with some cloudiness. Less fruit on the nose, a hint of orange, plummy and cabbage. Soft and mellow, but still some tannin. More savoury than fruity. A great example of a good Bordeaux some 28 years after the vintage.
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5/26/2018 - bacchus of knockholt wrote: 87 Points
Ruby with pronounced tawny highlights. Primary fruit has gone but interesting dried black fruit, rotting leaves, mushroom. The flavours are have dried fruit, olives, savoury, umami notes. Past it’s best but still interesting.
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11/6/2017 - Keith Cooper Likes this wine: 92 Points
I opened and decanted this immediately before serving because I was concerned that it might have aged considerably already and might not benefit from too much aeration. This was a good decision. The colour is still good, medium ruby, not much sign of browning The nose is classic Bordeaux, more forest floor than distinguishable fruit. On the palate, it's earthy, slightly oily, the first taste has some ripe fruit. Returning to the glass about 30 minutes later, it had indeed opened up. So very good overall if you are a fan of aged Bordeaux.
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6/10/2017 - Jonny616 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Part of a 31 vintage vertical of Cissac. As with the 1989 a beautiful thing. Nothing between them.
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