Château Lafon-Rochet

Saint-Estèphe Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2014

9.3

2014 vintage. Last tasted 07.04.25 (9.3) and 01.30.25 (9.3). Decanted with some sed and tasted after 30 mins. Consistent with previous tastings in 2025. Hint of richness up front, then very businesslike afterwards. Fairly dry but began to fold a modicum of fruit into the proceedings a spell ago. Quintessential, affordable BDX with a decade of service tendered out in the boonies but back in town again and starting to hit the hot spots. Lean but not mean. Strike up the conversation in the next year or so and you two just might hit it off. 09.25.25. — 9 days ago

Jan, Daniel and 12 others liked this

Château Canon-la-Gaffelière

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1998

FEFI D.

9.3

@Simon Czamanski S. @DAD Wine Lover — 5 days ago

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Château Canon

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Tom Garland

9.2

Pop and pour. A marvelous dark garnet color. Intense notes of dark fruit, tobacco, cedar, smoke, and worn leather. Taste: nicely done, but tight without a decant... dark fruit, currants, cedar, earth, tobacco, game, and a long pepper graphite dry finish. YUM! — 21 days ago

with Brenda

Brenda, Ira and 20 others liked this

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

Ron Siegel

9.3

Full bodied with mostly black fruits, sweet spice, cedar, leather & tobacco — 7 days ago

Jean-Philip, Jeroen and 10 others liked this

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.6

2005 vintage. Last tasted 11.23.23 (9.4), 11.15.19 (9.4), 06.01.17 (9.5) Last bottle. Respectable, low neck fill. Used a Durand and excellent cork. Decanted with sticky (to the bottle) sediment and not that much floating loose to navigate. Tasted after 30 minutes. Those inimitable, sexy Cos stylings. Medium/medium heavy (still!?) bod. Richness. Ample fruit. Slight amount of aged George Clinton/Bootsy funk. Highly restrained tannins. Woah. This. Did. Not. Suck. Time to reorder. 9.13.25. — 21 days ago

Jan, Jeroen and 25 others liked this

Somm David T

Still have not opened one of mine. Soonish.

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

@Somm David T Dunno how many you have lying around but if it be multiples, like 3+, I’d crack one for the holidaze or before to assess. If it is not at the top of the bell curve, it’s pretty damned close. Can’t imagine it getting better.

Pierre Gonon

Saint-Joseph Syrah 2019

romo

9.4

Sweet and savory. Dense and sparse. Nothing and everything. — 6 hours ago

Austin, Peter and 3 others liked this

Château Pavie

Saint-Èmilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 1998

Ron Siegel

9.4

Great vintage for Pavie where the 98 right banks are drinking beautifully. This had layers of red & black fruits, spice box, graphite, damp earth, leather & tobacco — 14 days ago

Tom, David and 9 others liked this

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2006

David Koenen

9.5

Birth year tastings, evening 4.
Polished leather, nuts, ecoline, grilled red pepper, tomato leaf, gingerbread, pepper, salty savoriness, tannins still present, still youthful, lots of future. Muscular! Beautiful. — 13 hours ago

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Château Léoville-Las Cases

Clos du Marquis Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc, deep Ruby with aromas of dark fruits, smoke and flinty notes, aged 40% new French oak. On the palate flavors of blackberry and black cherry with cacao, cedar, espresso and spicy notes. Lively acidity, firm dusty tannins, medium+ finish ending with fruit, tobacco and spicy oak. Needs a little more time in bottle. — 22 days ago

Tom, Dave and 6 others liked this