1990 Château La Tour St Bonnet

Community Tasting Notes (7) Median Score: 87 points

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  5/2/2024 - chatters wrote:

  Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Pretty, almost jubey, boiled fruit lozenges shows cherry, cedar, dusty spices, freshly tilled earth, a little cellar stink and a tiny smidge of mocha. Savoury, quite dense, brambly fruit, a little fruit sweet core, leathery tannins, touch of mushroom, mocha. Those tannins dry out the finish which has a slight herbaceous harness. Hmm. Interesting. Drink up

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  8/19/2022 - WineTally Likes this wine:

  45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 5% Malbec and 5% Petit Verdot
  from 40-hectare in Saint Christoly de Médoc on a gravel ridge
  adjacent to the Gironde with vines of average age 35+ yrs.
  Fermented in traditional cement tanks.
  Aged 18 months in large oak foudres rather than the common small barriques.
  12.5% Abv.
  Proprietors: Lafon family since 1903.
  Winemaker: Jacques Merlet
  
  The name was Château La Tour St Bonnet until the First Growth
  Château Latour sued for "infringemant" in 1996 hence
  dropping of "La".
  
  Lower-neck fill. Intact and moist cork.
  
  A(ccuray)=2: Med deep garnet/brick rim. Perfumed, mature claret.
  B(alance)=3: Fully integrated and well evolved components
  (without being overtly tertiary)
  C(omplexity)=2: Creme de cassis, cigar box, tobacco.
  D(epth)=2: Supple mouthfeel. Even and full palate, long finish.
  
  Wine Tally Score [2,3,2,2]= 9/10
  
  Quite harsh and austere in youth. Now passed up by most as over the hill.
  Yet turned out as exemplary mature Bordeaux with an eight-hour decant and breathing.
  Previous bottle on 12/06/2019. Similar notes with 2/3/2/1. This one is
  even more lively with fuller sensory impact, hence 2/3/2/2.
  
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  12/6/2019 - WineTally Likes this wine:

  45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 5% Malbec and 5% Petit Verdot
  from 40-hectare in Saint Christoly de Médoc on a gravel ridge
  adjacent to the Gironde with vines of average age 35+ yrs.
  Fermented in traditional cement tanks.
  Aged 18 months in large oak foudres rather than the common small barriques.
  12.5% Abv.
  Proprietors: Lafon family since 1903.
  Winemaker: Jacques Merlet
  
  The name was Château La Tour St Bonnet until the First Growth
  Château Latour sued for "infringemant" in 1996 hence
  dropping of "La".
  
  Mid-neck fill. Intact and moist cork.
  
  A(ccuray)=2: Med garnet/brick edge. Perfumed, mature claret.
  B(alance)=3: Fully integrated and well evolved components
  (without being overly tertiary)
  C(omplexity)=2: Creme de cassis, cigar box, tobacco.
  D(epth)=1: Supple mouthfeel. Even palate and finish.
  
  Wine Tally Score [2,3,2,1]= 8/10
  
  Quite harsh and austere in youth. Now passed up by most as over the hill.
  Yet turned out as exemplary mature Bordeaux with a six-hour decant and breathing.
  
  For story-telling label graphics, see:
  [https://www.instagram.com/WineTally/]
  [https://www.facebook.com/WineTally/]
  For video explanation (in 8 languages), see
  Wine Tally on [https://www.youtube.com]

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  10/9/2018 - Geoff Likes this wine: 90 Points

  My previous note exactly with the new addition of teriary notes. More complex and pleasing. Quite a delightful wine.

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  6/21/2011 - Geoff wrote: 88 Points

  Delightful little bottle. Not blockbuster, but well bought and well stored lesser Bordeaux can give pleasure at an older age. Medium body, slight bricking at the rim, aromas of secondary maturation. Stewed prunes, blueberries, no tannins. 20 to 30 second finish. Exceeded my expectations. Did what it was supposed to and did it admirabley.

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