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The Wonderful 1985 Bordeaux
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| The Wonderful 1985 Bordeaux |
Wednesday, October 8, 2003
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Speaker: Mark Golodetz, Wine writer and Consultant
This horizontal tasting of eleven chateaux wines sampled the vintage that Michael Broadbent said "1985 is the best vintage of this splendid decade, typifying claret at its best." All wines showed well as mature, well balanced and drinkable now. Chateaux Mouton Rothschild was voted the best of the evening.
All wines were purchased at auction. Full Retail Price is an estimate of auction or retail store prices. Votes are the sum of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place votes for the wine.
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| Flight I: Pomerol |
Votes |
Full Retail $ |
Certan de May
Lovely perfume of ripe plums. Very mature. Some earthiness. Medium finish, some spiciness, beginning to fade. Drink up.
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4 |
$100.00 |
| Flight II: Graves |
Votes |
Full Retail $ |
Pape Clement
60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc.Very short, quite decent but beginning to fade. Some charcoal earth. Ripe fruit. Hollow-lacking in concentration. |
0 |
$50.00 |
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Domaine Chevalier
65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc.Dark color, interesting nose, greenness of picking under ripe grapes, light, shallow. |
0 |
$50.00 |
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La Mission Haut Brion
48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc. Spectacular, more evolved. Lovely wine.
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25 |
$110.00 |
| Flight III: St Julien |
Votes |
Full Retail $ |
Clos Marquis
Second label of Leoville Las Cases. Big, lovely, fully mature, great fruit. Better than Leoville Las Cases. |
12 |
$30.00 |
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Leoville Barton
72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc. Soft, long finish, great fruit. |
10 |
$85.00 |
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Leoville Las Cases
65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot.Green, bell pepper nose, drops off in back palate. |
10 |
$100.00 |
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Ducru Beaucaillou
65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot.Light, elegant, subtle, finesse driven.
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2 |
$90.00 |
| Flight IV: Pauillac |
Votes |
Full Retail $ |
Lynch Bages
Perfume, violets, up front fruit, balanced, long finish, not complex. |
34 |
$120.00 |
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Mouton Rothschild
Spectacular, elegant, great fruit, layers of flavor, long finish. |
71 |
$180.00 |
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Lafite Rothschild
Flowery nose, not complex, disappointing.
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28 |
$160.00 |
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