Sauternes, Graves

Château d'Yquem

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2014

2014. Enjoyed a small splash at the end of a great birthday meal at The Oven!
Such pure stone fruit and honeyed aromas and flavors with balanced sweetness and acidity.
— a day ago

Château Haut-Bergey

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 2003

Stubborn and tannic. Fruit integrated and evolved, but will it outlive the bold tannic structure? Dunno. — 11 hours ago

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How many aeration did you give, David?

Château Haut-Brion

Graves Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Great clarity and texture. Deep and impressive. Fully resolved but still powerful. Very good — 25 days ago

Walker StrangisDavid Schachter
with Walker and David
Bob, Juan and 8 others liked this

Château Coutet

Sauternes-Barsac Sémillon Blend 2022

This beautiful Sauternes offers a sweet nose of dried apricot with a full body on the palate. It has notes of tangerine, honey and spice with a velvety, long finish. — a month ago

Château Graville-Lacoste

Graves Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2023

Zippy lemon and grapefruit. Peach. Wet stone. Very good.
Listening to Son Volt
— 14 days ago

Dawn, Ted and 13 others liked this

Château Pape Clément

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 2016

Post dinner party notes. This was really good but paled side by side with the 2015 Mondavi Oakville, which surprised me. Reserved but deep. Soft and mouthcoating. — 22 days ago

Douglas, Jamie and 25 others liked this

Château La Tour Blanche

Donation Osiris Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2016

vintage 2016 | True to type Sauternes | paired with apple crumble — 2 months ago

Willem, "Odedi" and 9 others liked this
Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Peter van den Besselaar, is this a special cuvée/bottling of this wine?
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@Doug Powers No. The pilanthropist Osiris gifted the chateau to the French state in 1907. It has been a viticulture school ever since.

Château Haut-Brion

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 1988

Double decant and pour(some fine sediment). A splendid still dark magenta color with bricking. On the nose: Beautiful areomatics of blackberry, cigar box, worn leather, green vegi, bandaid(brett). Taste: savory, elegant, structured wine with some sour cherry, currants, tobacco leaf, charred earth, and a crushef rock-coffee medium finish. Sure, on the downside, but still drinks savory good tonight. — 5 days ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland
with Brenda
Tom, Bob and 11 others liked this

Château Suduiraut

Castelnau de Suduiraut Sauternes Sémillion Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2018

Passion on the nose, long honeyed finish, nice smoky note — a month ago

Château La Mission Haut-Brion

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 1989

Gorgeous texture and character. Dark plum and leather. Notes of stone and herb and iodine. Great length. Superb — 25 days ago

Walker StrangisDavid Schachter
with Walker and David
Bob, Juan and 5 others liked this