Château La Croix St. Georges
Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend
Pomerol, Libournais, Bordeaux, France
A review of 9️⃣’s for fun 😁
The 2009 was made 9 years ago @ £39 & 19 years after the 1990 @ €90 😁 so I thought it would be fun to compare how my favourite Pomerol has evolved 😁
💵 Oh & Petrus next door to this Chateau is 90 times more expensive 🤣
🥊 So 90 vs 09
🏵 90 - 97-98 points
🏵 09 - 94-95 points
🍷 90 - Garnet opaque ruby w/ bricking
🍷 09 - Opaque ruby
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👃 90 - Bordeaux nasal sex of soggy earth, sooty underground 🚇, char-smoked oak, old leather, damp musty cellar, mushroom, mirabelle plums, damson compote, obliterated blackcurrant, herbs, toasted fig, bitter mocha & liquorice
👃 09 - Dark jammy plum & blackcurrant through smokey oak, choc mocha, flint, pencil lead, soggy earthy leaves & wet rock minerals
👄 90 - Med body of creamy earthy smooth silk dark plum & berry bathed in ground mocha & liquorice
👄 09 - Med+ creamy smooth ripe dark plum & blackcurrant body w/ a mocha infusion & mineral tone
🎯 90 - Long mocha liquorice dark fruits mouth filling linger w/ a big happy smile 😃
🎯 09 - Long smooth ripe dark fruit, minerals & rich mocha linger - oh & still big happy smile 😀
⏰ 09 I can’t wait to revisit you in 19 years 😘
👏 @josephjanoueix @jeanphilippejanoueix 😍
A review of 9️⃣’s for fun 😁
The 2009 was made 9 years ago @ £39 & 19 years after the 1990 @ €90 😁 so I thought it would be fun to compare how my favourite Pomerol has evolved 😁
💵 Oh & Petrus next door to this Chateau is 90 times more expensive 🤣
🥊 So 90 vs 09
🏵 90 - 97-98 points
🏵 09 - 94-95 points
🍷 90 - Garnet opaque ruby w/ bricking
🍷 09 - Opaque ruby
⏩ scroll for colour pics on Instagram ⏩
👃 90 - Bordeaux nasal sex of soggy earth, sooty underground 🚇, char-smoked oak, old leather, damp musty cellar, mushroom, mirabelle plums, damson compote, obliterated blackcurrant, herbs, toasted fig, bitter mocha & liquorice
👃 09 - Dark jammy plum & blackcurrant through smokey oak, choc mocha, flint, pencil lead, soggy earthy leaves & wet rock minerals
👄 90 - Med body of creamy earthy smooth silk dark plum & berry bathed in ground mocha & liquorice
👄 09 - Med+ creamy smooth ripe dark plum & blackcurrant body w/ a mocha infusion & mineral tone
🎯 90 - Long mocha liquorice dark fruits mouth filling linger w/ a big happy smile 😃
🎯 09 - Long smooth ripe dark fruit, minerals & rich mocha linger - oh & still big happy smile 😀
⏰ 09 I can’t wait to revisit you in 19 years 😘
👏 @josephjanoueix @jeanphilippejanoueix 😍
🥇 After my failure to take notes last time, we couldn’t resist popping another of these 1990 beauties & it definitely delivered again 😍 at €90 it’s just simply incredible for the money 👍 My favourite Pomerol Chateau for the money hands down 👏
📍 La Croix St Georges 1990 Pomerol 🔝
🏵 98 points
🍷 Opaque ruby w/ brick edge
👃 Bordeaux nasal sex of soggy earth, sooty underground 🚇, char-smoked oak, old leather, damp musty cellar, mushroom, mirabelle plums, damson compote, obliterated blackcurrant, herbs, toasted fig, bitter mocha & liquorice
👄 Med body of creamy earthy smooth silk dark plum & berry bathed in ground mocha & liquorice
🎯 Long mocha liquorice dark fruits mouth filling linger w/ a big happy smile 😍
👏 @josephjanoueix @jeanphilippejanoueix 🏆
🥇 After my failure to take notes last time, we couldn’t resist popping another of these 1990 beauties & it definitely delivered again 😍 at €90 it’s just simply incredible for the money 👍 My favourite Pomerol Chateau for the money hands down 👏
📍 La Croix St Georges 1990 Pomerol 🔝
🏵 98 points
🍷 Opaque ruby w/ brick edge
👃 Bordeaux nasal sex of soggy earth, sooty underground 🚇, char-smoked oak, old leather, damp musty cellar, mushroom, mirabelle plums, damson compote, obliterated blackcurrant, herbs, toasted fig, bitter mocha & liquorice
👄 Med body of creamy earthy smooth silk dark plum & berry bathed in ground mocha & liquorice
🎯 Long mocha liquorice dark fruits mouth filling linger w/ a big happy smile 😍
👏 @josephjanoueix @jeanphilippejanoueix 🏆
Occasionally you come across an incredible wine at a price that makes your draw drop on the quality to price ratio 😎
La Croix St George’s has always delivered amazing value from Pomerol for me but today we found a 1990 at €90 & to say it blew us away is a complete understatement!!
We immediately bought the other 11, in the case we found lurking in a cellar in St Emilion, & drank this one with a Beef Steak in a local restaurant for lunch - it was simply superb 😍
Aromas to die for & full of complex fruits with age potential left 😉 Normally you’d pay €200-€500 for a wine like this!
I’ll do a detailed review on the next bottle as we just enjoyed this so much we didn’t take notes but this 1990 La Croix St Georges is a 98-99 pointer for us ..... & at €90 😍 Incredible 💥 A very understated wine 😎
Got to love St Emilion backstreet cellars 😉👍🍷
Did I say it was €90 😁
Occasionally you come across an incredible wine at a price that makes your draw drop on the quality to price ratio 😎
La Croix St George’s has always delivered amazing value from Pomerol for me but today we found a 1990 at €90 & to say it blew us away is a complete understatement!!
We immediately bought the other 11, in the case we found lurking in a cellar in St Emilion, & drank this one with a Beef Steak in a local restaurant for lunch - it was simply superb 😍
Aromas to die for & full of complex fruits with age potential left 😉 Normally you’d pay €200-€500 for a wine like this!
I’ll do a detailed review on the next bottle as we just enjoyed this so much we didn’t take notes but this 1990 La Croix St Georges is a 98-99 pointer for us ..... & at €90 😍 Incredible 💥 A very understated wine 😎
Got to love St Emilion backstreet cellars 😉👍🍷
Did I say it was €90 😁