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Château Grand Médoc

Château Latour

Premier Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1983

Andrew McIntyre
9.5

Birth year Latour for our 700th wine on Delectable! Very mature but still with lots of life. Leather, graphite and earthy notes and still so much power. A great pleasure to drink! — 4 days ago

Paul, Ted and 6 others liked this

Château Brane-Cantenac

Grand Cru Classé en 1855 Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2023

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare
9.6

Beautiful pure nose. Lacking mid palate deepness at this stage but overall nice and well balanced and integrated. Closing a bit harsh but this will improve with time. — 8 days ago

Peter liked this

Château Cantemerle

Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2007

Stefan Dolhain
9.2

2009 vintage. Patience! This needs a few hours to open up and show its true potential. Cassis, cedar wood, and flowers. Better the next day. — 15 days ago

Peter, Andrew and 1 other liked this

Château Margaux

Premier Grand Cru Classé Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1993

Andrew McIntyre
9.4

Elegance, finesse and restraint. Always a pleasure to drink! — 3 days ago

Paul, Dick and 19 others liked this
Jan de Weerd

Jan de Weerd

Wow!

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

Jeff Choy
9.3

Young but already showing so much promise. — 17 days ago

Michiel, Vino and 4 others liked this

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Joe Weinberger
9.1

Can’t tell if not in a great spot or maybe some slight heat damage—but leaning to the latter. Tasty, but not as good as it should have been — a month ago

Château Mouton Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1986

Doug Powers
9.5

Initially this was incredibly closed, but after 2 hours in the decanter it’s starting to open, tannic, very structured, very 1986 in its leanness, but incredible depth and length, not perfect, but still outstanding!! — 4 days ago

Jim Powers
with Jim
Tom, Ron and 11 others liked this
Bob McDonald

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Lean doesn’t sound so good.
Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Bob McDonald, I personally have mostly felt that 1986 Bordeaux reds have always shown super tight and structured, but without the riper, rounder fruit of other vintages like 1982, 1985, 1989 and 1990) — so, my use of “lean” is really intended to convey that the fruit never completely overcomes the harsh tannins and structure. I would say that after a few hours in the decanter, I’d be pretty confident that it will easily last another 10-20 years, or more. Ultimately I like my Bordeaux to show a little more elegance and charm. Hope that helps.
Bob McDonald

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@Doug Powers Thanks for your thoughts Doug. I recall Jancis commenting on this wine “wondering if the tannins would ever resolve”. Obviously built for the ultra long haul. I might try my first one in the next year or so.

Château Lynch-Bages

Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2023

Jeroen Koenen
9.4

Massive wine. Seems to be built for the long haul. — 7 days ago

Jan, Freek and 3 others liked this

Château Rauzan-Ségla

Margaux Grand Cru Classé Red Bordeaux Blend 2023

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare
9.7

Yum! Elegance and precision. Lacking depth on the mid palate but then it comes back with its evident classy personality. — 8 days ago

Peter liked this

Château Giscours

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego
9.3

2009 vintage. Generous fill. Fairy tale cork. Decanted and tasted after 30 mins. Just a little bit of sed. Light-medium body as is the usual Giscours style. Some cherry prettiness melded with dusty earth and appropriate tannic presence. Nose a bit of dark plum that wasn’t forwarded onto the flavor platform-at least at the opportunity I had to enjoy it. Never an explosive style from this Château and this was opened about 5-7 years too early to hit the top of the specific bell curve. Drinking very very nicely now and (easily) for the next decade +. 4.20.24. — 9 days ago

Ted, Ruud and 14 others liked this