St Innocent Winery

Château Talbot

Saint-Julien Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1949

Medium deep garnet , medium terracotta rim . A very healthy looking colour. Quite mature and venerable on the nose , sous bois , iodine, plum, old wood , earthy with herbal touches and fresh tobacco . Reasonable volume on the palate with light sous bois and nori notes , quite fresh acidity and slightly gritty tannins still. Tobacco , grafite slightly short finish. Quite a good showing for a wine of almost 80 years old, enough interest and volume on the palate . Probably better a few decades ago , but certainly more than a curiosity as the wine stayed with us well for over 2 hours . Drink now — 4 hours ago

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Dave

Dave

Amazing

Château Pavie

Saint-Èmilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2003

Lovely bouquet, long finish. Cherry and cinnamon, well balanced, paired nicely with Beef Wellington. — 19 hours ago

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Château Pavie Macquin

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2014

Ruby red, cherry aroma, medium tannins, paired well with duck croquettes. — 19 hours ago

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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1986

Opened a few hours prior to service and enjoyed over the course of an hour. This bottle of the 1986 was re-corked at the chateau in 2011. The wine pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of ripe and some dried dark and red fruits: black currants, brambles, black plum, tobacco, pencil shavings, some dried flowers, green pepper, leather, some earth and a gentle 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 long. This seemed evergreen and this bottle spending most of its life in the cellars of the chateau likely has a lot to do with that. Fabulous stuff. Drink now through 2046. — 17 days ago

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Château Barde-Haut

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

Drinking well showing red & black fruit, graphite, spice, leather, mineral & tobacco — 2 days ago

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Château Léoville Poyferré

Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2003

Rich and delicious. Slightly smoky, smooth, medium tannins. — 19 hours ago

Bob, Dave and 1 other liked this

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2003

Gorgeous nose! Grilled red pepper. Charcoal, thyme, warm earth. Pleasant, still quite rough tannins, iron and blood in the aroma, ink, iodine, sun-dried tomatoes, balsamic like acidity. Brilliant now, no rush. — 5 days ago

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Nice find!

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

This needed a couple of hours decant to shed some of its tannin structure & open to show mostly black fruits, spice, earth, leather, pepper & tobacco — 3 days ago

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Château Cheval Blanc

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1986

This was drinking well with its red & black fruits spice box, leather, dried herbs & tobacco — 6 days ago

Lyle, Douglas and 18 others liked this

Château Troplong Mondot

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2003

Black cherry, rosemary, roses and warm earth, licorice, potpourri, compact structure, firewood, underbrush, black olive, thick, full, ripe. Mocha. Could use more balance. The fruit remains somewhat in the background compared to the still-robust tannins. — 5 days ago

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