1990 Château La Tour Blanche Sauternes

Community Tasting Notes (55) Avg Score: 92.0 points

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  8/10/2023 - liber Likes this wine: 96 Points

  11th of 24 halves, pnp, perfect cork and level, consistently excellent, fresh, complex, vv long and unchanged since last bottle in December 21, mature but no rush. VF (18.5).

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  5/29/2023 - RPHC Likes this wine: 93 Points

  BTG at Izakaya Vin, a wine bar in Shibuya (Tokyo), and from the last third of a 375ml bottle. On the nose: caramel candy, white florals, and sugared almond paste. Palate mirrors. Surprisingly vibrant given the 33 years of bottle age and smaller format bottle. Medium finish that finishes a bit short and thin. It would have been nice to have followed the evolution from cork pull.

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  5/18/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points

  Top Mid-Aged Bordeaux ("Chateau La Grange" - La Grange IL): From 375 ml bottle. Floral with fresh and dried apricot and faint marzipan. Nicely elegant with too sweet a profile.

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  5/18/2023 - acyso wrote: 93 Points

  Some Bordeaux (Chicago, IL): From half-bottle. Apricot and marmalade, with a very classic Sauternes profile. Quite delicate and floral, with a moderate amount of sweetness. Pretty nice.

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  3/11/2023 - Outplaying wrote:

  This smelled and tasted great. Complex, but I thought it could use a little more acidity. A little more energy and this would have been fantastic instead of just good. The 1989 we had a few weeks ago seemed more alive, but perhaps less complex.

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