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Bordeaux Region
Some nice info on Bordeaux at:
www.cellarnotes.net/bordeaux.htm
1970 Château Beychevelle - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien (6/24/2010)
Bordeaux, Italy and a Burg in Minneapolis: Still some life left but should have been consumed 20 years ago. Tar, carmel, spices and a touch of cherry. Color was still there. (84 pts.)
1983 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac $$$$$+
Color: Brick red
Nose: Dusty, cherry, pencil lead
Taste: Dusty wine with cherry, pencil lead and earth
Finish: Smooth tannins, some nice fruit still there
Evaluation: Solid wine with some age 92 points
1989 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac $$$$$+
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Dark fruit, cedar, graphite, and stewed prunes
Taste: Cedar, cherry, plums, pencil lead, and really powerful
Finish: Long and complex wine that will age for 20 more years
Evaluation: Great wine from a great vintage 95 points
1990 Chateau Brane Cantenac Margaux
Light purple. Mineral and tobacco on the nose with a dirty, tired palate. This wine appears to be on decline so drink up. 85 points
1990 Chateau Lagrange Saint-Julien
Color dark purple. Wow on the nose and palate. Cherry, oak, minerals, and cigar box are featured on this completely balanced wine. Great, fresh acidity and this has some serious life left. I need to source some of this wine. My wine of the night! 94 points
1991 Chateau Leoville Las Cases St. Julien $$$$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Truffles, cherry
Taste: Truffles, cherry, vanilla, well integrated tannins
Finish: Medium and pleasing
Evaluation: Tied with the Lascombes for my wine of the night but and great contrast tot it. Another reminder to age good Bordeaux. 92 points
1994 Angelus Saint-Emilion
Medium purple. Aromas of tobacco, cocoa, cherry, cedar. A tannic wine at this state and I don’t believe it was decanted. This medium finishing wine features coffee, cigar box, and minerals. I would image this has some serious life left in it. 90 points
1994 Chateau Montrose Saint-Estephe
Medium purple. A nose that packs a tobacco, ink, and oaky quality. A little sweet fruit featuring cherries and plums is quickly revealed and then transforms into an earth dominated wine with oak, rustic flavors and vanilla. A medium finish of moderate concentration. I don’t see this wine evolving much more and would recommend drinking up in the next few years. 88 points
1995 Chateau Pichon Baron Pauillac
Medium purple. Nose features pencil lead, sweet fruits, and earth. Palate is concentrated with raspberries, pencil lead, and oak with a smooth finish. This is a nice wine overall. 90 points
1995 Chateau Haut-Batailley Pauillac $$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Black fruit, earth
Taste: Some fruit, little water down with spice
Finish: Medium but not strong
Evaluation: 87 points
1996 Chateau Gloria St. -Julien $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Subtle with minerals, tobacco
Taste: Off with minerals, tobacco, spice
Finish: Medium
Evaluation: Past prime 83 points
1996 Château Léoville Barton - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien (6/24/2010)
Bordeaux, Italy and a Burg in Minneapolis: Nice wine with plenty of life left. Scorched earth, floral, coffee and gravel with a hint of raspberries. Good acidity and I would love to try this again in 5 years. (92 pts.)
1997 Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste Pauillac $$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Tobacco, pencil lead
Taste: Tobacco, little vegetal, raspberry
Finish: Not as concentrated as the other wines but featured tobacco, raspberry, and smooth tannins
Evaluation: Good under $50 Pauillac from a less then stellar vintage. 88 points
1996 Chateau Ramafort Medoc $$
Color: Red
Nose: Earth
Taste: Red Pepper and earth
Finish: Red pepper and earth
Evaluation: Over the hill when tried in 07. 80 points
1998 Carruades de Lafite Rothschild $$$
Color: Red
Nose: Currant and earth
Taste: Currant, earth and spice
Finish: Medium with a nice balance between currants and earth tones
Evaluation: Drinking well now 89 points
1998 Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac
Medium purple. Aromas of floral, mineral, and cherry jump out of the glass. This is an intense wine without plenty of muscle. There is a hint of cigar box and the acidity is perfect. This certainly outperformed the 2001 Lynch. 91 points
1998 Château Smith Haut Lafitte - France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan (1/22/2010)
Minneapolis Wine Club Does Bordeaux; 1/22/2010-1/23/2010 (Kevin's House): Medium purple. Aromas of cedar, cherry, pencil lead, violets, Beautiful on the palate with a mix of spices, cherry, violets, and cedar. Medium finish and the wine is really balanced. This wine is drinking really well right now and I see a bright future for it. (93 pts.)
1999 Chateau Cos d’Estournel Saint-Estephe
Medium purple. Vivid expression on the nose with cherry, coffee, mineral. The palate is impressive with cherry, coffee, earth and features nice acidity. A medium finish follows with everything in good harmony. 91 points
2000
2000 Chateau L'Arrosee St. Emilion $$$$
Color: Dark Purple
Nose: Mineral and earth
Taste: Smoke, cherry, mineral
Finish: A bit tannic at this point with a medium finish
Evaluation: Cellar for five years and try again. 88 points
2000 Chateau Laroque St. Émilion Grand Cru $$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Tobacco, mineral, cherry, blackberries
Taste: Good acidity and smooth overall with fruits interwoven with earth components
Finish: Medium and well balanced
Evaluation: Great vintage and a bargain price 92 points
2000 Chateau Pieron Buzet
Color: Medium to Light
Nose: Earth with strong butter aromas
Taste: Earth with mild fruit
Finish: Nice complex wine with a buttery finish with earth and fruit
Evaluation: A nice wine for the money. 88 points
2000 Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac-Leognan $$$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Cherry, red pepper, earth
Taste: Big wine with red pepper, cherry, spice
Finish: Cinnamon, spice, cherry and red pepper on a medium finish
Evaluation: Better then most for the price. 92 points
2000 Giscours Margaux
Dark purple. One of the most intense noses of the night with coffee, truffles, cigar box. I found a hint of raspberry in the palate and it was very concentrated. This is a super value at its release price. My second favorite wine of the night. 93 points
2000 Labastide Dauzac Margaux $$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Oak, musty, spice, earth
Taste: Spice, oak, plum, and earth
Finish: Spice, oak, mild tannins
Evaluation: Well made for around $16 but not as good as some of the US Cabs in the same price point. 84 points
2000 Chateau La Grave a' Pomerol Pomerol $$$$
Color: Dark Purple
Nose: Mineral, tobacco, raspberry
Taste: Tobacco, earth, cherry and really complex
Finish: Integrated tannins, mineral, earth, and blackberries on this medium finish
Evaluation: Solid wine and good value. 92 points
2000 Les Gartieux De Pichon LaLande Pauillac $$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Raspberries, dust, mushrooms, tobacco
Taste: Cherry, dust, mushrooms, some sweetness, mild tannins
Finish: Elegant and soft at this stage.
Evaluation: A steal at $26 at Wine Streets on sale 91 points
2000 Les Gartieux de Pichon Lalande - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac (1/23/2010)
Minneapolis Wine Club Does Bordeaux; 1/22/2010-1/23/2010 (Kevin's House): I have sampled this wine on several occasions and it showed the best tonight. No funk as previous bottlings. Pencil lead, raspberries, spice and minerals dominate the wine. It is at a drinking window and I would start consuming this wine. It was not decanted and did not need to tonight. Nice medium finish. (91 pts.)
2000 Moulin de La Lagune Grand Vin Haut-Medoc $$$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Earth and Red Currant Fruit
Taste: Fine tannins, plum, earth, spice, and a hint of black pepper
Finish: Medium and multi layered with plum, earth, spice and black pepper
Evaluation: 2000 was a great year from Bordeaux and this inexpensive offering would go well with a steak off the grill. 91 points
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2000 Chateau De Lescours St. Emilion Grand Cru $$$
Color: Medium red
Nose: Musty with ripe currants
Taste: Fruit, earth and mineral notes dominate
Finish: Currant and earth
Evaluation: Well made and would go well with steak. 87 points
2000 Chateau Tronquoy-Lalande Saint-Estephe $$$
Color: Purple
Nose: Earth, spice
Taste: Earth, pepper, medium tannic, watered down a bit
Finish: Red pepper, tannic on this medium finish
Evaluation: Some nice elements but not a $30 wine in my opinion 85 points
2000 Chateau Leoville Poyferre Saint-Julien
Dark purple. There is an ink, black fruit, mineral and coffee featured on the nose. This wine was very concentrated and would have been fun to try right out of the bottle. I decanted 2 hours and regretted the decision. One of the more fruity wines of the night. 92 points
2000 Château Léoville Poyferré - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien (1/23/2010)
Minneapolis Wine Club Does Bordeaux; 1/22/2010-1/23/2010 (Kevin's House): Dark purple. This wine was not decanted and I highly recommend against it. It is a really delicate wine that will show its best in the first hours. Sampled 3 other times. Tonight Wow! Nose revealed impressive aromas of leather, gravel, charcoal, spice and raspberry. The palate was really interesting with a ton going on. A medium finish with perfect balance. No flaws on this wine tonight. I would highly recommend consuming this wine young as a sample 2 hours later did not reveal the pleasure of earlier in the night. (95 pts.)
2000 Chateau Grand Mayne St. Emilion $$$$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Plum, oak, vanilla
Taste: Cherry, vanilla, oak, raspberry, espresso
Finish: Medium with cherry, vanilla, wood, espresso
Evaluation: Solid wine that if you can buy under $45 try it. 90 points
2000 Chateau Olivier Pessac-Leognan Graves $$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Earth, smoke, black pepper
Taste: Dusty notes with pepper, vanilla, mild oak, with a touch of cherry
Finish: Medium and complex wine that is quite balanced
Evaluation: Certainly an earth forward wine that is showing well. 90 points
2000 Chateau Les Ormes de Pez St Estephe $$$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Red pepper, tobacco, and black currants
Taste: Tobacco, red pepper, and black fruit
Finish: Medium and complex
Evaluation: Great wine 92 points
2000 Pavillon Rogue du Margaux Margaux
Medium purple. People really liked this wine and I was also impressed. Spices and dark fruits are intense on the nose. The taste of this wine is really impressive and shows great concentration. Everything is balanced and features mulit layered flavors. Well done. I wish I purchased this on release as pricing is $100 plus a bottle. 92 points
2000 Chateau Calon Segar Saint Estephe
Dark purple. Truffles, mineral, cherry on the nose. This wine is multi layered and is very youthful. I loved the balance of earth and fruit on this medium finishing wine. 92 points
2000 Chateau Rauzan Segla Margaux
Dark purple. Mineral, tobacco, and spices are featured on the nose and palate. This wine was really concentrated and showed well despite being last. Tons of wine left in this one. I am glad I own a bottle and will revisit it in 5 years. 92 points