Haut Médoc, Médoc

Château La Lagune

Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

What a great Left Bank Bordeaux. In a good spot for the moment — 17 days ago

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Château Prieuré-Lichine

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a few hours. The 2005 pours a garnet color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of cassis, black plum, capsicum, tobacco, horse blanket, gravelly earth, and a mix of cool and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+ and elegant. Drink now through 2055. — 2 days ago

Shay, Peter and 11 others liked this

Château Giscours

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2014

Will always love this wine and vintage, as it is what we selected to serve at my son’s wedding, to go with an excellent beef tenderloin. Dark ruby red, light floral aroma, full bodied and a medium tannins, with a rich, juicy flavor that elevated the beef. Served at Beano’s Cabin in Beaver Creek (although I think we wiped their stock out for@the wedding!). ❤️❤️❤️ — 15 days ago

Château Léoville Poyferré

Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

This had lots of black fruits, spice, licorice, earth, graphite & tobacco — 15 days ago

Sagee, "Odedi" and 13 others liked this

Château Lascombes

Margaux Merlot Blend 2022

2022 vintage. Last tasted 3.12.25 (9.3). Still fairly smooth although the body and plushiness have dwindled a modicum in a little over a year. Not exactly scary/frightening BDX. Easy to love. 8.12.26. — a month ago

Doug, Bob and 19 others liked this

Château Gruaud Larose

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

Delicious with Pat’s grilled steak. Lovely nose, dark fruit and long finish. ($89) — 21 days ago

Jay, Jean-Philip and 2 others liked this

Château Latour

Premier Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1995

Medium deep garnet ruby with a narrow garnet rim . Dusty grafite , cedar and cassis , currants , oyster shell , quite deep and classic . On the palate this is quite dense and tannic still , deep dark cassis , herbal tinged cedar and very grafite tinged on the finish . Fresh acidity , but still good mid palate richness and even though the tannins are quite dry and grippy , this is well balanced and relatively generous . Good length on the classic grafite , oyster shell tinged finish. This didn’t need a lot of decanting time to show well , though it certainly changes and improves with time in the glass . Classic in style , but still quite generous for Latour , this is just reaching its drinking window , will continue at this level for another 5-10 years at least and probably more. — a month ago

Jeroen, Sagee and 17 others liked this

Château Sociando-Mallet

Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

No notes. Bottle offered to my friend and kept since then, again for a decade or more. Superb currently, can be kept for another 5 to 7 years easily. Cassis, oak and firm tannins, strong acid drive, tar and cigar on the nose. Great stuff ! — 25 days ago

Peter, Anthony and 9 others liked this
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Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

Somm David T
9.2

Better with the Rib-cap. The 08 vintage was spotty to good. This one shows the shortcomings of the 08 vintage. Really good fruit, but lacks typical, depth, mid palate, and length.

The nose is class Bordeaux.Ripe to ruby fruits of, black plum skin, slightly syrupy blackberries, plum, dark cherry liqueur, strawberries, dark currants. Dark chocolate cake with glaze, screaming, lead pencil shavings, tobacco, leather, dry riverstone, limestone marl, forest floor with dry leaves, soft, incense, black, licorice, red, cola, dry herbs, tomato, leaf, with dark and red flowers, framed in violets.

The palate is ripe to ruby fruits of, black plum skin, slightly syrupy blackberries, plum, dark cherry liqueur, strawberries, dark currants. Dark chocolate cake with glaze, screaming, lead pencil shavings, deep, dark spice that expands wide, nutmeg, cinnamon stick, caramel and vanillin, dry tobacco with ash, leather, dry riverstone, limestone marl, dry crushed rocks, forest floor with dry leaves, moist clays, soft, incense, black, licorice, red, cola, savory dry herbs, tomato leaf, dry oak barrel shaving to cedar with dark and red flowers, framed in violets, acidity is ok, just not right, finish is good, not great, it falls hard on spice and is short of a minute.

93 with the Rib-cap. Green Bean from my organic gsrden. Drink now through 2035.
— 9 days ago

Jay, Rick and 12 others liked this

Château Gloria

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2018


The utterly delicious 2018 Chateau Gloria is medium>full, with an abundance of black fruit aromatics and flavors, a good structure, and a well balanced fruity core with juicy acidity and powdery tannins at the smoothly textured, long mouth coating finish. One of the better values in Bordeaux.
— 20 days ago

Ira, Peter and 1 other liked this

Château Langoa Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2004

Classic mature Bordeaux, 2004 vintage, powerful, lots of dark red berries and cherries - wonderful! — 10 days ago

Château Beychevelle

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2013

Marathon du Medoc. Pasta dinner 2026 — 3 days ago

Château Rauzan-Ségla

Margaux Grand Cru Classé Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

果実味、酸味、タンニン、とてもバランスがよいが、もっとよくなる。タンニンがしっかり感じられるが、あと5年?10年経つと、さらにスムーズな口当たりになりそうわ、
さらに良くなる。
— 23 days ago

Château Palmer

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1983

Medium ruby garnet with quite wide garnet rim . Still quite youthful for age . Aromatic from the off, with red plum , cherry , hedgerow fruit , cigar box , scorched earth , dried flowers . On the palate this is medium bodied , with lots of herbal tinged red fruits , tobacco , grafite, with good volume. Perfectly balanced acidity and suave resolved tannins . Long tobacco edged , red fruit finish . Very detailed and aromatic, no need to decant , really pretty and in a lovely spot though don’t see this improving further, as after about 2 hours this particular bottle starts to fade a little , loosing its aroma and showing a touch of rain water and wet rock hints on the nose, and fading a little on the palate . Drink now and over the next 5 years or so to get the best of this . At Restaurante Fasano , Jardins , São Paulo — 2 days ago

ESF, Tom and 6 others liked this

Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)

St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2023

2023 vintage. Cabernet Sauvignon (61%), Merlot (30%), Cabernet Franc (5,5%), and Petit Verdot (3,5%). Very seductive nose with cassis, blackberries, and a panoply of flowers, intertwined with the most delicate touch of oak. This is the second wine produced in the new stunning cellar, and the purity of the fruit is exemplary. While it doesn't lack power, it is also amazingly delicate. It may not have the weight on the mid palate of the 2022, but the finish is particularly impressive. The length is incredible. This can be enjoyed already, but it will age gracefully. Moreover, it is a bargain for the quality. Abv. 13%. — 10 days ago

Peter, Tom and 4 others liked this
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@Stefan Dolhain Haven't been the biggest fan of the property over the years but admittedly haven't "visited" the offerings since 2018. Seems like it's time to revisit/taste.
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@Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego it's about time indeed! Let me know if you come to the region.

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2022

Bomb ass wine!!! Explosive, so so good. Floral, fruity, everything you could want out of a great Bordeaux. Had over lunch after work with dad and Marcello (grandpa and Gina in attendance) — 6 days ago

Château Pontet-Canet

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

What can I say, I absolutely love this wine. — 10 days ago

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1981

45 years on, and still singing. Our friends’ wedding anniversary year. Classic tertiary Saint-Julien: cedar, forest floor, dried cherry, tobacco, pencil shavings — fruit fully resolved into savory complexity. Silky, perfumed, no rough edges. Need time to breathe for nose to be appealing. — 17 days ago

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Château Lafite Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1962

Tired but jammy dried fruit, rubber, BS, violets, rose.
Cherry, pomegranate, red current, nice acid and body. Beautiful!
— 24 days ago

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