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  1. 1989 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Turque

    1. Stunning! This was perfect in every way possible. A compelling perfume with a myriad of scents including pepper, earth, black cherry, plum liqueur, Asian spice, bacon fat, and licorice. Intense, rich and long, each sip was a command to try it again, and again again, until your glass was drained. This is drinking perfectly today and if well stored, it's going to get even better with time!

      100 points - Tasted
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  2. 1990 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Turque

    1. Wines like this leave you speechless. Coming up on 24 years of age, this is still young, vibrant and alive. It's packed with ripe, sweet, exotic fruits, complex aromas and a silky, flamboyant, opulent finish. Tasted blind with the 1898 and 1991, this was just a bit less concentrated than its brothers and sisters. Still, I'd be honored to drink this any day.

      98 points - Tasted
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  3. 1991 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Turque

    1. Speechless... That is what happens to tasters with wines at this level. OK, spending a night with twins is even more erotic, but this is an amazing tasting experience. And it cost less than the twins too. Stunning levels of extract, exotic, hedonistic, decadent textures and a finish that is still going strong after 60 seconds only paints a part of the picture.

      100 points - Tasted
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  4. 1982 Château Gruaud Larose

    1. WOW! If I could post a one word tasting note, perhaps wow would say it all. But there is a lot more to the wine that. Deep, powerful, intense and filled with multiple layers of perfectly ripe, silky textured berries, the finish must last close to 50 seconds! Still young, you can enjoy this thrilling wine today, or age it for another 20-30 or more years. In a blind tasting of 1982 Bordeaux, this could surely be placed next to any of the more exalted and expensive names and depending on the bottle, could come out on top.

      98 points - Tasted
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  5. 1962 Château Latour Grand Vin

    1. What a stunning performance for this great wine, from a forgotten vintage. Cigar box, ash, cedar, truffle, forest floor, spice, cherry jam and tobacco notes scream from the glass. Full bodied, soft, round, potent and very much alive, this is a great example of iron fist in the velvet glove. I've been lucky to have tasted this winner 3 times over the past 12 months, and each bottle has been delicious. If you cannot afford the legendary 1961 Latour, (And who can?) if you're seeking an old school Latour that is fully mature, this is the wine to buy!

      95 points - Tasted
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  6. 2009 Ridge Monte Bello

    1. Clearly Ridge is the most consistent producer of quality Cabernet Sauvignon over the past several decades. Classic is often a pejorative term when used for California wine. That is not the case. Blending 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot, not that different than what you might from a top estate in the Medoc the wine pops with fresh, blackberry, earth, oak and spice. Full bodied, concentrated and structured to age, there is symmetry to the wine and a softness to the ripe sweet tannins that feels great on the palate. I like trying these young when I can, before I lay them down to sleep for a decade or two. I am just now starting to pop my 1991's.

      96 points - Tasted
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  7. 2008 Marcassin Chardonnay Three Sisters Vineyard

    1. Lacking the concentration or depth of flavor found in the 2008 Marcassin Vineyard Chardonnay, this is still a winner with its fresh citrus, vanilla,and buttery lemon dominated personality. Fleshy, rich and filled with sweet, fresh citrus fruits with a hint of vanilla on the back end, I often wonder how these wines will age. Sadly, I do not get enough bottles to find out. They are so good now, they do not last long in this house.

      95 points - Tasted
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  8. 2010 Clos Dubreuil

    1. Licorice, truffle, jammy dark berries and dark chocolate flavors open to a plush, polished, rich, fresh, opulent wine of pleasure. This opulent wine will drink well young.

      93 points - Tasted
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  9. 2009 Moraga Vineyards Bel-Air

    1. A complex nose of dark chocolate, earth, jam and fresh berries gets some attention. With a medium body, soft tannins, ripe fruits and a round finish, this should drink well on release, yet age for a decade or longer.

      91 points - Tasted
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  10. 1955 Château Gruaud Larose

    1. With that beautiful, complex set of aromas that only comes from fully mature wines; wet earth, cherries, forest floor, tobacco, spice, stone and smoke grab your focus. The wine is soft, with the silky patina of age, finishing with sweet, smoky cherries. There is no reason to wait any longer, if you have a bottle, open it.

      92 points - Tasted
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  11. 1996 Moraga Vineyards Bel-Air

    1. Fully mature, with mostly secondary aromas of tobacco, spice and earth coupled with blackberries. Soft in texture, this medium bodied wine requires drinking over the next yew years.

      87 points - Tasted
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  12. 1978 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle

    1. Light ruby in color, with sweet and sour cherries, fresh herbs, thyme, licorice, earth and spice, the wine was sweet, soft and polished. The long finish ended with a variety of dark red berries that alternated from sweet to tart. It's been years since I've seen a bottle of this, let alone tasted one. I do not think this was a perfect example of the wine at its peak. This was very good, but it did not sing like the best bottles.

      96 points - Tasted
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  13. 1982 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle

    1. Better on the nose than the palate, with its bouquet of jammy cherries, citrus, earth, spice, floral, herb and candied fruit notes. Medium/full bodied, there was a sensation of dryness in the end notes of the finish.

      91 points - Tasted
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  14. 1961 Château Gruaud Larose

    1. I've been fortunate to have enjoyed this sublime wine at least a dozen times over the years. With 50 year old wines, bottle variation comes into play. This was a very good, but not ethereal experience. The nose offered truffle, tobacco, cedar chest, citrus rind, spice, black cherry and cigar box aromas. This particular bottle did not offer the same level of concentration or intensity found in the best examples, but there was enough ripe, soft, polished, spicy, soft, dark red berries to keep me focused on the wine and asking for more, once my first glass was finished.

      95 points - Tasted
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  15. 1990 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle

    1. Still young, vibrant and fresh, with a deep hue, the wine popped with a complicated perfume packed with boysenberry liqueur, black cherry, flowers, herbs, pepper, licorice, spice and forest floor aromas. Rich, concentrated, powerful and structured, there is a regal quality to the fruit that shines through every step of the way. I've had slightly better bottles that merited triple digits. But this was very close. Drink this now, or age it for decades.

      98 points - Tasted
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  16. 1983 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle

    1. A nice, fully mature wine, but slightly disjointed and showing a little bit too much green, herbal notes that take away from the cherry, earth. tobacco and olive sensations. Drink up. This is not going to improve from here.

      89 points - Tasted
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  17. 1990 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg

    1. I am positive this bottle was not 100% correct. What should have been a stunning wine fell short of the mark. The color was that of a wine older than its true age. Spice, earth, roasted dark and red berries made for an interesting nose, but the wine came up short in the spicy, red berry finish. It was not voted the best wine of the tasting by anyone in the group. Such is life. There are not great wines after 15-20 years, just great bottles.

      92 points - Tasted
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  18. 1993 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St. Vivant

    1. Perhaps I did not get it, or maybe I was the only honest taster in the room that found this wine sharp, tart and overly acidic. Much better on the nose than the palate with its floral, spice and red berry character. The wine was just not that much fun to taste. My Burgundy loving friends assured me, the wine just needed time and food. I am positive they were seduced by the label and price.

      88 points - Tasted
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  19. 1998 Domaine Leroy Clos Vougeot

    1. Murky in color and more interesting on the nose than the palate with its spice, earth, thyme and strawberry personality, the wine finishes with tart cherries ad cranberry in the finish.

      90 points - Tasted
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  20. 1971 Château Climens

    1. Another great performance for this fully mature wine. The nose is a treat with its floral, honeysuckle, caramel, pineapple, creme brulee and sweet tropical fruit personality. Fresh, bright, soft, silky and polished, the lively, subtle finish delivers ample, sweet tropical fruits and citrus. If you're seeking a wine from 1971 for a birthday or anniversary, this could be the one.

      95 points - Tasted
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  21. 1999 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle

    1. From such a great vintage in the Northern Rhone, this is quite a disappointment. It's light, slightly under ripe and dilute, when compared to many of the best wines from Hermitage. It's not a bad wine per se, it's just simple, especially when compared to other wines from the vintage. It is not close to the level of quality Jaboulet La Chapelle should have produced in this vintage.

      88 points - Tasted
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  22. 1999 Bouchard Père et Fils Montrachet

    1. Rich, fat, concentrated and seductive, with layers of fruit complicated by butterscotch, stone, citrus oil and fresh lemons, this is probably close to peak at this point.

      94 points - Tasted
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  23. 2003 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg

    1. Fat, fleshy, flashy and filled with lush, ripe and over ripe black raspberries, cherries, wild strawberries and licorice, the wine is silky and even sexy. Still young, this should be a stellar wine with additional bottle age.

      95 points - Tasted
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  24. 2005 Château Croizet-Bages

    1. Very light in color and with little concentration or character, there is some dark berries and earthy notes in this already mature wine. Drink up.

      84 points - Tasted
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  25. 2002 Marquis de Laguiche (Joseph Drouhin) Montrachet

    1. Golden yellow, with butterscotch, lemon, flowers, honey and mineral notes in the complex aromatics. Soft and silly in texture, medium bodied and probably close to fully mature, the wine ends with sweet, tropical fruit and candied lemon rind in the finish.

      94 points - Tasted
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