1998 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

Community Tasting Notes (44) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  12/18/2022 - Cailles wrote: 93 Points

  16x Right Bank Bordeaux 1998: Two sweet wines from 1998 to finish the tasting. The Pirramimma Riesling (85pts) from Australia was a hot, alcoholic mess with loads of petrol notes and heat but had a good freshness/sweetness balance. Not my favorite aroma profile. The Lafaurie Peyraguey (93pts) show much better with the typical Sauternes saffron aromas and quince, apricot and minerality as additional components. Here too, a good freshness/sweetness balance. Clearly not the most complex wine either, but a treat to drink.

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  11/26/2022 - La Sprezzatura wrote: 93 Points

  rather sweet notes, honey and peach aromas
  
  high acidity, very long, this was a pleasure to drink

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  11/26/2022 - sirpat00 wrote: 90 Points

  Bordeaux Right Bank 1998 tasting (Essenz (Brugg)): Bordeaux right bank 1998 tasting. All wines were served single blind and were decanted several hours. The sample showed i/ generally healthy and structured wines, still quite primary with further aging potential; ii/ the overall performance was below expectations considering the repute of the vintage for the right bank (although this may be due to the very long aeration), iii/ top wine for me were 1. Valandrau (95), 2. L’Evangile (95), 3. Angélus (94) while for the group the ranking was 1. Angélus (94.9), 2. Valandrau (94.4), 3. Cheval Blanc (94.0). Complete list including group scores included in the tasting story.
  
  Tasting note:
  Epilogue to the tasting. Caramel and toffee along with dried and candid fruits and saffron spice. Nicely creamy palate with modest acidity.

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  11/19/2021 - Kim Gerner wrote: 89 Points

  25 Old Bordeaux grand cru classe - vertical (1920->) and horizontal semi blind wine tasting dinner (Copenhagen (Private)): A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.
  
  This wine: This vintage is better than 1990 which I rated 87. Pretty concentrated and nice on the nose, but the palate does not live up to the nose. I have tasted a lot better Sauternes.

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  8/30/2021 - shug14217 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Deep roasted hazelnut colour in glass. Lovely complexity - barley sugar, apricot and a hint of lemon marmelade, ginger spice. Not lusciously sweet and length definitely shorter than expected. While it may've been this bottle, I suspect this isn't a vintage for the longer term, but perfectly lovely for the next few years.

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