Blackadder 1990

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Cork fell in at some point, but can it drink any better than this still? I don’t think — 3 months ago

Château Mouton Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Half bottle — 7 months ago

Daniel, Hans and 22 others liked this

Château Léoville Poyferré

Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Jeremy Shanker
9.0

This particular bottle felt a little tired… — 9 months ago

Iwan, Severn and 4 others liked this

Château Lafite Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

1990 vintage. Neck base fill. Cork fairly saturated. Durand used. Appropriate sediment. Opened but not decanted. Tasted after one hour. Light-medium body. This was fully integrated and harmonious. Can’t imagine this vintage tasting better as this was a great specimen. Finish just glided along like a sail craft on a glassy day. Can hold at this level for another 5-6 years easy. One of the best Lafite efforts I’ve ever enjoyed. 8.16.24. — a year ago

Jan, Ira and 21 others liked this

Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

1990 vintage. Finally...tasted a bottle that confirmed both the excellence of this particular vintage and this particular producer. Was 0 for 10 prior to this with a few 9.0's, 9.1's and a 9.2 being the highest score. Still much more sleek than the '86, '88 or '89 vintages and currently pretty close stylistically to the linear '96 vintage. Soft yet intriguing nose. Light-medium body. Better than good concentration mid-palate and through a 30-second finish. Some of that beguiling cocoa powder and blueberry feminity confirming a beautiful effort. 4.22.23 — 2 years ago

Aaron, Ted and 17 others liked this

Château Pichon-Longueville Baron

Baron de Pichon-Longueville Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Taken to The Pocket in Carmel. Nice dark murky tawny color, opaque. Black fruit nose including notes of blackberries and blueberries, gravel stone, mocha, some menthol and some wood. Tannins are resolved, leaving silky fruit. In a good drinking window. — 2 years ago

Shay, Scott@Mister and 28 others liked this

Château Rieussec

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 1990

It’s got the nose but the palate wasn’t quite there to back it up. All the classic flavors were there just not quite coming together in balance. Still delicious though! — 4 years ago

Anthony, Billy and 8 others liked this

Château Troplong Mondot

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Showing brilliantly, ripe plum but elegant as well and seamless. It made the 1989 LLC seem a little clumsy in comparison. — 4 months ago

Ira, Jean-Philip and 9 others liked this

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Medium ruby , terracotta /garnet rim. Quite round and ripe , red plum , cigar and ripe blackberry, touch of soy . Touch of cocoa , blackberry and ripe dark cherry , black tea . Quite sweet , rich on the palate, generous for Las Cases , slightly dried fruit , fig and red plum . Pretty decent length , balanced but quite discreet acidity , rounded tannins . This is at peak now and I don’t see much up side from here , so best to drink over the next 5 years or so, though it did hold up in the glass quite well . Atypical for Las Cases with its ripe fruit, quite low acidity , sweet tannin: also this only has 42% Cabernet Sauvignon. Overall probably the least successful of the wines in this tasting , but the level overall was very high. — 7 months ago

Daniel, Jan and 11 others liked this

Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia

Unico Ribera del Duero Tempranillo Blend 1990

absolutely epic. crown jewel of an unbelievable dinner and wine pairing at rekondo in san sebastián. — 9 months ago

Ira and Pooneet liked this

Château La Conseillante

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

This was a contender for wine of the night, at least at my table. (Not going to compare to the 1947 Petrus or even 2001 Petrus at other tables.). Well integrated and rounded. Just a solid wine with the courses at Bar Boulud. Mostly enjoyed with the sweetbread course. — a year ago

Ira, Eric and 6 others liked this

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

MRM
9.7

As good as it gets — 2 years ago

Bruce, Brent and 1 other liked this

Château Lynch-Bages

Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1990

Robert Parker says it best of the 1990: “This magnificent Lynch Bages has been drinking well since the day it was released and it continues to go from strength to strength. The biggest, richest, fullest-bodied Lynch Bages until the 2000, the fully mature 1990 exhibits an unbelievably explosive nose of black currants, cedarwood, herbs and spice. The majestic, classically Bordeaux aromatics are followed by a full-bodied, voluptuously textured, rich, intense wine with superb purity as well as thrilling levels of fruit, “ — 3 years ago

Jan, Jimmy and 6 others liked this

Bollinger

La Grande Année Brut Champagne Blend 1990

Beautiful magnum of 1990 Grand Annee! A real treat—super elegant, balanced, and flavorful. — 4 years ago

Noël Verset

Cornas Syrah 1990

Lovely aromatics of earth, smoke and redfruits, very solid core of dried red berry and super savory flavors, still great balancing acidity, a little less of the rustic notes in this one compared to the 1985 Verset from last Saturday, long, lingering finish, another great Verset Cornas!! — 7 months ago

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Tom, David and 7 others liked this

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Medium-dark-red color, very little browning at rim, this shows a little of the “overripe” notes I’ve found in 1990 Bordeaux (and CdPs), nice concentration and depth, long finish, the ripeness carries into the finish and detracts just a little. — 7 months ago

Jim Powers
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Chris, Ira and 9 others liked this

Château L'Evangile

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

A D
9.4

A solid and easily drinkable vintage Pomerol. — 10 months ago

Ira, Bob and 7 others liked this

Château Figeac

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Minerals and a cool climate redfruit aroma and flavor profile, soft tannins, nice balance, seems to show it has another 10-15 years of further development, but also a long, lingering finish and drinks very well tonight! — 2 years ago

Jim Powers
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Severn, Paul and 7 others liked this

Paul Jaboulet Aîné

La Chapelle Hermitage Syrah 1990

Drinking superbly at age 33! Dark purple, flowers on the nose and a long finish. The accolades are well deserved. — 2 years ago

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Andrew, Ericsson and 14 others liked this
Jay Kline

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Oh snap! One of the great La Chap’s of the last 40 years. Jelly.

Château de Beaucastel

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend 1990

Old tawny color. Mostly transparent with clear rims. Great old wine nose. Notes of ripe plum, red fruit, some earth and spice, a little kirsch and some herbs. Silky in the mouth. Great texture. Very Burgundian. Still at a nice peak in terms of where it’s at. This was from a great looking bottle with a high fill. Good stuff. — 3 years ago

Hermes, Ira and 23 others liked this
Doug Powers

Doug Powers

Sounds great!!