45 ans et un bouchon récupérable Crus bourgeois encore puissant et très élégant — a month ago
2020 vintage. Last tasted 12.30.24 (9.3) and 10.02.24 (9.4). Still a bit tight. 85% Cabernet, 13% Merlot and 2% Cab Franc with the Cab Franc verry prominent currently. Woulda guessed at least 10% CF influence/involvement/investment. Some decided dark chocolate and dark plum on the finish. The first biodynamic Margaux estate (2016) if that moves your needle. — a month ago
Lovely, just ready to drink, smooth, good tannin — a month ago
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I believe @AndrewMcIntyre posted an 02 Mouton today & asked, “is there anything better than aged Bordeaux.” I replied, absolutely not!
1982 was the Bordeaux vintage Robert Parker built his career. He was the only one that called it correctly.
I love 80’s Bordeaux for the 12-12.5% ABV & style.
This is a Chateau-Négociant bottle bought in the last year. It’s still sound & singing w/ the Prime Rib. The fruit still solid.
The fruits are nice & and still sound. Blackberries, black raspberries, black plum pudding, raspberries, chocolate mousse, wet, volcanic clay/lava, spice, baking powder, clove, cinnamon, dark spice, fresh & old tobacco, used leather, soft, moist herbs, black tea, dark cola, dry soil, dry pebble, limestone, anise to black licorice, withering dark, red, blue & purple flowers, round, excellent acidity & a elegant, ripe, well balanced/structured finish that lasts a minute and land on earthiness. Soft as a feather.
What a treat to drink 80’s Bordeaux. Especially, 82. Not a terroir you would expect to hold up 40 plus years, but Chateau-Négociant storage is everything! — a month ago
1985 Cru Borgeois from Bel Air Lagrave. Tobacco leaf, cigar smoke, really subtle leather. Very pretty. — 3 months ago
Doug Powers
[En Magnum] Lovely perfumed older Bordeaux, violets, green olive, cassis, cigar box, great balance and depth, just hitting early maturity, very fresh, long, lingering complex finish, excellent!! — 8 days ago