Blaye, Côtes De Bordeaux

Château Haut-Brion

Graves Red Bordeaux Blend 2001

jesus g
9.4

It’s a first growth dinner. We had more mouton show up, wish someone brought margaux — 15 days ago

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Don’t we all wish someone brought Margaux? 😅

Château Margaux

Premier Grand Cru Classé Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

こうぞうかい マルゴー2009 — 10 days ago

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Château Calon-Ségur

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2015

It's time for my #FridayCabernetfix.

Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish, cloudy rim.

Red fruits on the nose with light oak, tobacco leaf, herbs, earth and light chocolates notes.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with black currants, black plums, cooked cherries, herbs, light vegetables, earth, dark chocolates and peppercorn.

Nice finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.

This 10 year old Cabernet Sauvignon from Saint Estephe is starting to drink beautifully now, but still feels young.

Needs a couple of hours to open up properly, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 to 15 years. Showing good potential to become a 94+ point wine in 10 years.

Rich, but not extracted. Soft and elegant. Fruity and complex. Nicely balanced and interesting.

Good by itself as a sipping wine, and will pair nicely with food too.

A blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot. Aged in all New French oak barrels for 20 months.

13.5% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$180.
— a month ago

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Château L'Evangile

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2006

Presented to me double-blind at Tasting Group. The wine pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core and rust colored rim; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and some signs of light sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of ripe and drying fruits: lightly stewed blackberries, black cherry, plums, tobacco, dried green herbs, old fine wood, vanilla 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.

Initial conclusions: this could be Tempranillo, Malbec, Merlot (or based blend), or Zinfandel-based blend from Spain, Argentina, France or the United States. However, the staining was a bit much unless there was a lot of PS in the blend so I eliminated Zinfandel. I also didn’t think this was purple enough for Malbec. This left me with Tempranillo or Merlot and I felt that this leaned more towards its structure than fruit so I was leaning Spain or France with 15-20 years of age and from a solar vintage. Ultimately, I chose Tempranillo, from Spain, Rioja, Gran Reserva from 2006…from a quality producer like C.V.N.E. Yeah, I can see Pomerol. Shoot. This is stuff and ready to drink now and will drink well through 2032+.
— a month ago

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Menthol notes usually gets me to Pomerol.
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@Somm David T noted. Menthol is typical something I get from a number of Bordeaux varieties (and blends thereof), and sometimes old wines in general.
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Blind tasting is never easy. A really good golf swing might be easier. 😂

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Jan A
9.6

First bottle badly corcked, luckily I had a couple of backup bottles 🤣 🤜 🚀 — 6 days ago

Tom, Lisanne and 16 others liked this

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2011

2017 vintage. Saint-Julien stands out in 2017. — 12 days ago

Peter, Tom and 2 others liked this

Château Guiraud

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2004

Mary H
9.0

An older, more restrained Sauternes - fruit leaned austere, slightly reductive, more dates than peach. — 22 days ago

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 2016

From magnum. Medium deep ruby , thin ruby rim . Deep and perfumed , floral with violets , iris , summer fruits , spicy notes and warm embers . Quite rich and ripely fruited , cassis , blackberry , sweet cherry . Good freshness and ripe , very fine tannins . Long and detailed , so elegant on the palate . Balanced Red currant , cassis tinged finish , mineral and saline hints . Come back in 5-10 years will show well over the next 10-15 years . This shows pretty similar to last year , a really elegant and refined edition of this wine. — a month ago

Jay, Scott@Mister and 19 others liked this

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

Smelled absolutely wonderful… like a top Cabernet from Oakville. — a month ago

Ira, jesus and 3 others liked this

Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1982

Cedar, sour cherries, and pencil shavings on the nose. Dried fruit on the palate. Still drinking well! — a month ago

Dave liked this

Château Cheval Blanc

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Dark plum and ink. Very pure and scented. Lovely texture and intensity. Plush — a month ago

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Shay, Jay and 12 others liked this

Château Rauzan-Ségla

Margaux Grand Cru Classé Red Bordeaux Blend 2017

Lovely after 2 hours open. Balanced black fruit, tannins under control. Clearly has a long way to go but it’s drinking well. My first #secondgrowth — 20 days ago

Dave, Bob and 5 others liked this

Château Angélus

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

Classy & polished consistent with my prior notes — 14 days ago

Shay, jesus and 10 others liked this

Château Palmer

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend

Special occasion wine (Father’s day and William shooting level par for the first time! 🏌🏼‍♀️)
Smooth, rich dark chocolate, nutty, leathery and blackberry (feedback from the table).
Solid. Didn’t disappoint.
— 20 days ago

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Pétrus

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 1993

Comida amigos CUU DOS AGUAS — 6 days ago

Château Trotanoy

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2014

So good; euro 550 — 20 days ago

Andrew, "Odedi" and 2 others liked this

Château Montrose

Saint-Estèphe Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1990

Drinking well with its black fruits, graphite, sweet spice, wet earth, & tobacco — a month ago

Jan, Andrew and 15 others liked this

Château Gloria

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2021

Vintage 2021 | Red and black fruit in smell. Good acidity, smooth St Julien. — a month ago

Daniel, Rene and 13 others liked this

Château Giscours

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2016

A. R.
9.0

A bit unbalanced at the moment. Wait. — a month ago

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