Château Poujeaux

Moulis en Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

9.2

Really made wine with fantastic QPR. Easy to pair, crowd pleaser and basically just delicious. Paired with steak and roast potatoes 😋 — 4 days ago

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Doug Powers

@Andrew McIntyre, first vintage of Bordeaux I purchased in any quantity were the 1982s — better stuff on futures, and then landed stuff (mostly from the DC shop near the Key Bridge?) — Poujeaux was one of this well less than $100 PER CASE!! (Hell, I bought 1982 Grand Puy Lacoste for $125/case, Cos for $144/6 magnums, etc.) — different wine market in the mid-1980s. With that said, loved Poujeaux, Coufran, La Dominique, Sociando Mallet, GPL, etc. from that 1982 vintage, such bargains and really incredible drinkers!!

Doug Powers

@Andrew McIntyre— MacArthur was the store.

Château Brane-Cantenac

Grand Cru Classé en 1855 Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1959

romo

9.6

Impressively knit and proudly firm. A rare treat that is magically sound and correct. An ambivalence insists it has some years left. Scary. — 2 months ago

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Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

Excellent vintage. The ‘59 BDX are holding on surprisingly well. Frankenweins.

Tom Casagrande

59 is my birth year. Wish it could be said I were holding on as well!

Domaine Sylvain Langoureau

En Remilly Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Chardonnay 2018

Paul J

8.9

Dark gold color. Definitely past prime, I think. Burnt caramel and butterscotch on the nose. Same on the palate with a big wax element. Might benefit from a decant. Waxy texture and long, lingering finish. This is growing on me. — 4 months ago

with Brooke

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Hubert Lamy

En Remilly Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Chardonnay 2022

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

I have enjoyed this producers vineyard over many vintage and this might be the best.

The 22 vintage is stunning and as good as it is, 23 might be better based on a somewhat limited exposure at this point.

The entry is glorious…such balance and wire to wire it doesn’t change much.

Green apple, perfect lemon & lime pulp into subtle candy, grapefruit, white stone fruit, kiwi, tropical melons, pineapple, cream reduction, saline, perfect sea fossils, fine powdery taut chalkiness, crisp volcanics, white spice, grey volcanic minerals, limestone marl, mix of fresh & dry stubble herbs, honeysuckle, light caramel, warm lightly done toast, yellow florals, spring flowers with greens, grand waterfall acidity, beautiful structure-tension, incredible balance with an elegant finish that lasts two-minutes and long sets on volcanic minerals and spice.

Decanted 1 hour.

When I first started buying this bottling, it was $50-$60, now $150. Might be my last bought. My white spend has a more limited range than my red. Don’t think I’m alone.

A property Sofia & I have visited in 2015. — 12 days ago

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Château Bel-Air Lagrave

Cru Bourgeois Moulis en Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 1995

JKT

9.0

Balance and soft textures thirty years! Say ten years after acquiring from JR whose email says matriarch passing freed up this library holding back then. — 2 months ago