Blaye, Côtes De Bordeaux

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 Giscours

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2016

A. R.
9.0

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

Ted liked this

Château Pavie

Saint-Èmilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2004

Red & black fruits, mocha, shoe polish, spice box, damp earth with floral & sweet tobacco notes — a month ago

Juan, Conrad and 8 others liked this

Château Rieussec

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2001

Really expressive and dynamic. great light and bright fruit. Lemon, honey and electric acidity — 2 months ago

Rick K
with Rick
Shay, Jay and 13 others liked this

Château Gruaud Larose

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1962

Slightly medicinal notes. Dark fruit, leather, cedar, plum and bitter cherry. Soft and long. — 2 months ago

BOT Paul WoollsMatt Lichtenberg
with BOT, Paul and 1 other
Jan, Ceccherini and 7 others liked this

Château Pape Clément

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

Merlot dominant in a left bank. Rare but definitely an experience. Plush wine with good tannins and a great evolving flavor. Black currants, touches of plums, graphite and a wine that evolves throughout the experience. An age worthy wine. — 2 months ago

Daniel liked this

Vieux Château Certan

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2024

71 M 20 CF 9 CS
Freschezza floreale e struttura. Finale di tensione con note di genziana e rabarbaro in chiusura.
As always, a wine with exceptional personality.
94-96
— 3 months ago

Paul and Jon liked this

Château Prieuré-Lichine

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2022

Lacking finesse on the closing but overall a very nice wine — 5 months ago

Paul, Rob and 3 others liked this

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

Dave, Daniel and 19 others liked this
Somm David T

Somm David T Influencer Badge

Menthol notes usually gets me to Pomerol.
Jay Kline

Jay Kline Influencer Badge Premium Badge

@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.
Somm David T

Somm David T Influencer Badge

Blind tasting is never easy. A really good golf swing might be easier. 😂

Château Lascombes

Margaux Merlot Blend 2018

Dark ruby in color with a reddish rim.

Beautiful nose of blackberries, black currants, plums, tobacco, cedar, leather, vanilla, licorice, chocolates, herbs, earth, Mediterranean spices and peppercorn.

Full-bodied and elegant with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry on the palate with black plums, cooked cherries, currants, light cedar, earth, herbs, chocolates, peppercorn, tobacco leaf and black tea.

This Second Growth Margaux is delicious. Nicely balanced and elegant. Fruit forward and complex. Rich, but not extracted.

This 7 year old Cabernet Sauvignon based blend is starting to drink beautifully right now, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 to 20 years. Would be nice to revisit it in 5 years. Has good potential to become a 94+ point wine.

Good by itself as a sipping wine or with food. Loved the complexity on the nose.

A blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

93 points.

$110.
— a month ago

Daniel, Rick and 20 others liked this

Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)

St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1985

Amazing fruit. The tannins have disappeared and left an amazing wine — a month ago

Robin liked this

Château Figeac

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

Выпито 18.05.25 вторым вином в той же компании. Молодой Figeac 2020 года. Все просто супер. — 2 months ago

Jean-Philip, Serge and 6 others liked this

Château Talbot

Saint-Julien Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1952

tart and tangy. Red cherry. Blood and light floral notes. Very petty. Light — 2 months ago

BOT Matt LichtenbergPaul Woolls
with BOT, Matt and 1 other
Ceccherini, Bob and 6 others liked this

Château La Conseillante

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2015

Already very mature..! — 3 months ago

Freek, Jan and 10 others liked this

Château Duhart Milon

Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot Blend 2020

Blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon & 28% Merlot, aged in new oak. Deep Ruby color with aromas of ripe berry fruits and floral and earthy spice notes. On the palate flavors of blueberry, cherry and blackberry with espresso, tobacco and toasty oak notes. Long rich finish on soft juicy tannins, drinking well and still has room to age. Very Nice! — 4 months ago

Daniel, Ruud and 9 others liked this

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 Cheval Blanc

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

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

BOT Matt LichtenbergPaul Woolls
with BOT, Matt and 1 other
Shay, Jay and 12 others liked this

Château Latour

Premier Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1983

Château Latour is an iconic estate in the Pauillac commune on the left bank of Bordeaux, achieving coveted ‘First Growth’ status in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification.

The estate has roots dating back to the 14th century and derives its name ‘La Tour’ from a fortress tower built during the Hundred Years’ War, which no longer exists but is prominently featured on the label in recognition of its history.

We weren’t sure what to expect, as many have predicted these 1983s are likely past their prime, but this wine was a masterpiece. 🤩

It was medium garnet in color with expressive notes of cedar box, cigar, clove, peat, leather, forest floor, fig, prune, dried black cherry, plum, cassis, blackberry compote, cardamom, cinnamon, star anise, dried violet, potpourri, kalamata olive, pencil shavings, graphite, & bacon fat.

It had the most velvety, fine-grained tannins that washed across the palate with ease, with a gentle but notable acidity that maintained lift and balance. It was concentrated, complex, and had a long, elegant finish.
— a month ago

Deked1
with Deked1
Deked1, Ted and 18 others liked this
Paul K

Paul K

Happy Birthday @Vanessa way to celebrate in style!
Vanessa

Vanessa

@Paul K Thank you for the bday wishes! It was an auspicious and delicious way to start my next trip around the sun ☀️ Cheers! And we hope to reconnect with you guys soon! 🍾🥂
Paul K

Paul K

We will absolutely figure out something this summer!!!

Château Cantemerle

Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

Like. Bought at Enoteca for ¥7,000. — 2 months ago

Daniel liked this

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Even more fantastic than the previous bottle of 2010 I enjoyed a year ago. Decanted and enjoyed over 7 hours. This was good from first pour but became great and then magnificent over the next 3.5 and 7 hours. It was still full of verve on the last sip! Early only it was more dark fruit but over time the wines softened and became a bit sweeter and rounder. Tremendous length and complexity. — 3 months ago

Tom, Shay and 20 others liked this

Château Malescot St. Exupéry

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1966

12% ABV wowzers. Wish you guys were here!!! — 7 months ago

Stanley BarriosMike SmithTom Garland
with Stanley, Mike and 1 other
Tom, Somm and 31 others liked this
Somm David T

Somm David T Influencer Badge

High acid vintage.