Château La Fleur Baron

Château Pichon-Longueville Baron

Baron de Pichon-Longueville Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2000

2000 vintage. Last tasted 9.25.23 (9.2) after 1.5 hours decanted. Popped and decanted this for lunch. Great fill and solid cork. Throwing a bit of sed but less than anticipated. Meh nose. Medium body initially. Started off on the rich side of the ledger but not plush. Had some smoothness afoot. Tasted after 45 mins open, 1.75 hours open and 8 hours open. First two were unspectacular. After lounging in the decanter 8 hours, wine had firmed up, thinned out, picked up plenty of secondary flavors and had that previously missing grip. If you're gonna open this during the holidays or anytime soon, do it very very early...otherwise, it'll be a total waste. Wine has miles to go. No rush to crush but just air it out in advance properly. 10.16.24. — 20 days ago

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Nice long description!

Château La Fleur de Gay

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

Decanted for 3 hours before returning to the bottle prior to dinner. The 2008 pours a deep garnet color a with near opaque; medium+ with moderate staining and some signs of fine sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of dark plums, purple flowers, some green bell pepper, tobacco, graphite, leather, mint, and soft baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannins that are mostly integrated and medium acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. A classy, perfectly matured Pomerol that was a lovely pairing with a Tomahawk ribeye. Drink now through 2033. Thanks Andy! — 2 months ago

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Château Brane-Cantenac

Baron de Brane Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2017

2017 vintage. Excellent, grippy, value Margaux. 8.8.24. — 3 months ago

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Baron Philippe de Rothschild

Château Mouton Rothschild Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2002

lavender at first followed by blackberry & plum touch of cedar — 2 days ago

Château de Montfaucon

Baron Louis Cru Des Côtes du Rhône Lirac Red Rhone Blend 2014

Rich and ripe red cherry aromas and flavors, firm yet ripe tannic structure, very nice length, this has improved — a lot — since my last bottle, medium-long finish, very fine Lirac!! — a month ago

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Château du Nozet

Baron de L Pouilly-Fumé Sauvignon Blanc 2020

Vintage 2020 | extremely well balanced, nettle, citrus s | with monkfish basil tomato | at Hofstede de Blaak Tilburg — 2 months ago

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Baron Philippe de Rothschild

Mouton Cadet Red Bordeaux Blend 2023

Mouton Rothschild on a budget! Dollar for dollar it's truly special. Find me a better wine for $15. — a month ago

Baron de Ley

Reserva Rioja Tempranillo

2019 vintage. An excellent Rioja. Would certainly buy again — 2 months ago

Domaine Sylvain Pataille

Fleur de Pinot Marsannay Pinot Noir Rosé 2020

Electrical! Lifted aromatics of orange peel, orange zest, and orange blossom, licorice, mint, minerals. Crushed strawberries, strawberry cream. Salty salinity, cheeserind. — 3 months ago

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Ira Schwartz

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@Shengli Hu Always great . My only disappointment I aged one a few years ago and it really came up short. I realize one data point does not make a trend .
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@Shengli Hu out of curiosity I went back and looked at my notes. Had the ‘13 in’ 17 and then a year later completely different wine. Now that I think about it, maybe it was just a bad bottle.
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Haha @Ira Schwartz gotta sample more 😉