St. Émilion, Libournais

Château Le Tertre Rôteboeuf

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1998

1998 vintage. Top-notch fill (almost too good) and perfect cork with very little lower-level saturation. Decanted and tasted over the course of two hours. Appropriate, chunky sediment. Last tasted 12.17.23 (9.2). Had some nice older leather, dry summer earth and ripe plum in the nose throughout with only a modicum of "funk" that blew off quickly. Medium body. Still vibrant color. Initially, the experience was front-loaded but, after 30 minutes or so, the fruit and structure began to fill in/slide back and balance out the mid-palate and finish. More consistent specimen than the one tasted almost 3 months ago. Don't feel it needs more time to knit/resolve affairs but can likely hold in this phase for 4-5 years without degradation. 3.10.24. — 8 days ago

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Château Cheval Blanc

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1995

What a gorgeous nose. A lush mix of dark brooding fruit with tobacco, plum, dried herbs and a hint of herbs. A hint of band aid. Rounded and delicious. Sappy and intense. Long. — 17 days ago

Paul Woolls
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Jeroen, Juan and 14 others liked this

Château Canon-la-Gaffelière

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2016

Amazing bright fruit. Very smooth and elegant. Notes of cassis and cranberry. Just yummy! — 17 days ago

Bob, Jean-Philip and 2 others liked this

Château Figeac

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

2005 vintage. Perfect fill and cork. Decanted and tasted after three hours. Medium/heavy body. Bashful nose but fantastic color. Oodles of graphite and plum jockeying for the palate’s attention with ample tannins in the discussion. Way too youthful still but making excellent progress and on the right path. 3.5.24. — 13 days ago

Ira, Jan and 15 others liked this

Château Quinault

L'Enclos St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2018

Not bad at all, but no where as distinctive as past vintages of this that I’ve had. Maybe too young, or the style has perhaps become a bit muddled. Decanted 6 hours, still needs time. — 16 days ago

Severn, Bob and 2 others liked this

Château Bellefont-Belcier

Grand Cru Classe St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2021

Fantastic young BDX from the Right Bank. Immediate notes of ripe strawberry, syrup, mushroom. Palate has vibrant amounts of acidity. Cherry and cranberry. Great structure for aging. Super balanced 13.5% — 9 days ago

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Château Haut-Segottes

Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2014

Dark black fruits but also earthiness on the nose, light on the palate with red cherry, smooth acidity, big but fine-grained tannins. This one needs food (vs the one I had earlier with the movie). — 9 days ago

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Château Laroque

Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

Popped and poured. The 2019 pours a deep ruby with an opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, developing with black plums, black bramble fruit, purple flowers, tobacco, damp earth and baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannins and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. This a balanced wine with many admirable traits. While this is my first time trying the wines of Chateau Laroque, I have to believe we will be seeing/hearing more from this estate as investment and quality continues to go up. Drink now and through 2034+. — 21 days ago

Jeroen, Ceccherini and 7 others liked this

Château Lassègue

Saint Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2014

2014 vintage. Lacking back-end structure and concentration overall. 3.6.24. — 12 days ago

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Château de Pressac

St. Émilion Grand Cru Merlot Blend 2018

Chateau De Pressac is a gran cru estate with a spectacular view of St Emilion. They're only tasting their 1er vin and 2nd vin. Lovely lush red fruit. — 4 days ago

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