1983 Château Calon-Ségur

Community Tasting Notes (13) Median Score: 90 points

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  12/28/2023 - Cailles wrote: 80 Points

  12x Bordeaux 1983 vs 1993: All wines tasted single blind. Not decanted. As anticipated, the 1983 vintage prevailed in our comparative tasting, scoring 8 to 2 wins against the 1993 vintage, with two ties. The structured, classic ’83s exhibited greater depth and harmony compared to the ‘93s, which tended to be simpler, sometimes slightly green and dry, or at their best, fresh and light. However, in both vintages, aside from a few notable labels, many wines were evidently beyond their peak. The standout was, unsurprisingly, the Margaux (94pts). Tasting the some of the same ’83s a second time a few days later with decanting showed a marked improvement, highlighting the need of aeration.
  
  TN: The nose is dominated by raisiny and soy sauce notes with a hint of herbs, signaling a wine that's definitely past its peak. This theme continues on the palate, making it not particularly enjoyable to drink. Generous 80pts for an intact structural frame. The 1993 (91pts) is clearly the better wine.

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  11/20/2023 - sirpat00 wrote: 81 Points

  Bordeaux 1983 vs 1993 face-off: Slight maggi notes and beef juice, but otherwise still present red cherry fruit and hardly notable aging notes. The palate already reminiscent of vinegar for a large part. A rare instance of the ’83 losing out to the ’93.

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  3/1/2023 - Sean Tay wrote: 90 Points

  Medium nose with note with earth, barnyard, toast, spices. Medium acidity and tannin. Declining, drink now. Drank from magnum.

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  8/24/2022 - ljl Likes this wine: 98 Points

  This wine was perfect. Showed age on appearance. Led and cedar nose. Beautiful fruit on the palate with dominance of cherry. Also cedar and caramel. I decanted the wine but it immediately was ready to drink.

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  5/11/2021 - Sean Tay wrote: 92 Points

  Medium nose with note with green, mint, red fruits, slight spices. Medium acidity and tannin. Declining, drink up.

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