1992 Château La Fleur de Gay

Community Tasting Notes (5) Median Score: 88 points

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  3/22/2018 - KenPlace wrote: 85 Points

  Off bottle? down hill? A nose of burn rubber, with some volatile acitdity that at times seemed go away only to return on the next whiff. On the palate, it seemed to be just slightly turned, but others liked it quite a bit to rank it in the top 3 of the night.

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  2/21/2013 - Monkey grapes Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Ex-Chateau. Had it several times past few months, popped and decanted for one hour+ and it was in full blown action. Another time we let it sit in bottle for 1.5+ hour and it was the same, with minimal bottle variation.
  
  Dark velvety colour with a tiny bricking to the rim. Wonderful nose of herby flowers, wondering if there are some chrysanthenum in this or perhaps some sort of apple flower scent. Plum/pluot/prunes, lapin or skeena cherry variety, with fine balance. Lightly structured and quite easy to drink, but yet complex. A fully matured classic pomerol at its peak. Classic claret, stone fruit finish last forever.
  
  Side note: It is unfortunate Mr. Raynaud sold half the terroir to the Rothschild, now evangile will get some sort of upgrade in quality and production at which they charge you at least twice the price of this wine.

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  7/21/2012 - celk wrote: 88 Points

  Damp wood, pencil shavings and a sweet core. Full bodied with decent acidity.

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  7/21/2012 - Alex H wrote: 83 Points

  Very green herbaceous and moist wet wood. Hard to ignore tue slightly Tca palate. Lots of green capsicums and some half ripe fruits.

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  4/22/2012 - Goldstone wrote: 88 Points

  Opened undecanted and consumed over the next 3 hours. Colour is deep, sedimented ruby Ox blood colour. Nose is seductive, perfumed beef broth and other meaty aromas with undertones of portobello mushrooms. Palate is somewhat dilute but with tons of velvety powdered tannis vanguarding tertiary ripe red plum fruit and fruit stones but very swiftly into a short, acidic finish. Past its best but still a rather charming old dame if fully mature Bordeaux is your kinda thing.....as it is mine.

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