David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

Happy New Year! 🎉🎊🎈🎆 🧨

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! — 17 days ago

Doug Powers

9.3

[En magnum] This was aerated for 3 hours, and is still currently quite closed and structured, works great with the UCD Meat Lab rib roast, but needs a fair amount of cellaring to soften. — a month ago

with Monique and Jim

Jason Mills

9.5

Drinks like a big, big, mellowed Bordeaux — 6 months ago

Jol

9.0

45 ans et un bouchon récupérable Crus bourgeois encore puissant et très élégant — 9 days ago

Tim L

9.9

A regal wine, among best ever tasted…2018 Bordeaux of St. Estephe, Grand Cru Classe en 1855, perfect balance big flavor deep purple. Expensive but not over-priced. — 6 days ago

G Faul

9.3

2009 drunk Xmas 2024 — 22 days ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Cena com david diego benito y victor c en la cocineroa boda de andrea — 2 months ago

Taavi Davies

9.0

Lovely, just ready to drink, smooth, good tannin — 4 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

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. — 3 days ago

Jason Gelman

9.1

1985 Cru Borgeois from Bel Air Lagrave. Tobacco leaf, cigar smoke, really subtle leather. Very pretty. — 2 months ago