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Château Margaux

Premier Grand Cru Classé Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1995

Deep garnet in color and sous bois on the nose. Integrated black fruit, cedar, and graphite on the palette. Absolute and and pure “yuminess” to complement truffle fries in duck fat and a NY strip! — 9 days ago

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Château Latour

Premier Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2011

Fantastic and seemed even more mature than 13 years. Dark dark but smooth and developed. It’s a focused wine in great balance. No complaints but you can tell it was a bit below the heights for Latour. Double decanted and enjoyed over 4+ hours. — 4 days ago

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GaryWEdwards

Nice report. Thank you!!

Château Gruaud Larose

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1989

Amongst the second growths, the wine of the night (still can’t top the Lafite Rothschild). Really singing. The last glass, poured from another bottle, was less dynamic. I’ve had a good bit of 1989 Gruaud Larose in the last several years, and it is a great wine in this vintage. — 7 days ago

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Ira Schwartz

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@Robert Torretti Heads up, incorrect vintage

Château de Beaucastel

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend 1999

Great color, still very youthful at age 25, this paired perfectly with some farm-raised elk loins we purchased in Reno 3 months ago that I grilled on the Weber, complex, long finish, really quite fine!! — 4 days ago

Jim Powers
with Jim
Bob, Jan and 2 others liked this
Tom Casagrande

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Niiiiiiice!

Silver Oak

Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Wonderful! Drank with Bill and Deanne in Durango. 10/1/24 — 6 hours ago

Deanne BishopBill Bishop
with Deanne and Bill

Dunn Vineyards

Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1996

Fantastic wine. Opened up beautifully in the decanter with nice tannins and a ruby color. — a month ago

Jessica Sohl
with Jessica
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Château Lynch-Bages

Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1961

Amazing wine, so fresh at 63 yrs that kept developing in the glass with a deep, dark color, notes of berry, currant fruit, cedar, leather, earth, sweet spices, graphite & tobacco — 5 days ago

Andrew, Jan and 14 others liked this

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 1970

1970 vintage drank in October 2024. Absolutely stunning with minimal tannins. Wish I had more — 4 hours ago

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Steven Perlman

Steven Perlman

Cos is what I want as my “last wine” with my “last meal”

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1989

Nice example from a troubled era of Ducru. No cork taint, thankfully. Started a little flat on the nose but really got going with time in the glass (had been double decanted earlier in the afternoon). Served with dry aged smoked duck breast with truffled grits, duck egg, fig, honey shimeji and braised endive. — 7 days ago

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Dom Pérignon

Brut Champagne Blend 2004

First night open: 20 year old vintage— chocolate on the nose with a stone fruit finish. Tasted clean and complex with an almost immediate light evaporation in your mouth leaving you with the feeling of bubbles dissolving. Delicious. — 12 days ago

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