Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

1990 vintage. Excellent fill and halfway saturated cork. Used a Durand but surmise a regular waiter's friend, wielded carefully, could have done the trick with the cork. Decanted and tasted after 30 mins, one hour and two hours. Some obvious sed but not troublesome or overtly noticeable. Original owner-château direct on original release. Super cold cellar because this was lagging noticeably behind other '90's and LB's. Bigger tannic structure (for a generally feminine-styled house) than anything save a Latour, Mouton, Ducru Left Bank property. Even more guts than Lynch-Bages or Pichon-Baron '90's currently stored above 55 or so degrees. Surprising but made sense. Light-medium body. Appropriate color. 3-4 years left in this stage unless larger format in play. Slight, fleeting burst of richness in the frontal palate and a tad brickish and then it just flowed on, without speed bumps. A little cocoa powder and cedar/tobacco. Suspect 750ml specimens not stored as cold/religiously will be showing more in the 9.0-9.1 range and farther down the backside of the bell curve. 10.26.24. — 17 days ago

K Brooks

8.9

Enjoyed with Pat’s grilled steaks, but lighter than expected. May be my “cellar” storage. — 2 months ago

Brendan Baker

9.2

Redcurrant, bell pepper, tobacco, med body, med + acid, classic 👌 — 3 months ago

Bhupesh Upadhyay

8.9

Nice and light. Taste doesn’t linger. — 13 days ago

Lee Bulmer

9.5

Fruity at first, mellowing — a month ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2009 | This is a Pomerol with a certain strictness. We tasted it blind next to a left bank wine but the tasters did not recognize this as a right bank wine. It seems to be made for the long haul, with clear tannines even after 15 years. Good integrated wood with a light vanilla impression. — 2 months ago

Alan Snitow

9.2

Better day 2 — 11 days ago

Hiroshi Tominaga

9.0

Balanced wine. Bought at Enoteca for ¥7,800. — a month ago

rorolenantais

9.1

Balanced, no trace of evolution, elegant but shy, with plums, blackcurrant anf a hint of minerality — 2 months ago

Peter Sultan

9.3

Hot tub-! Meaning, Macon in the hot tub. Which also means that any wine tasted in hot tub conditions deserves better, & at least some recognition the hot tub distorts. Still, a lithe, Meyer lemon & mineral palate. Helps actually to be in, yes, the hot tub to loosen up the dimensionality. Would go back to this. — 4 months ago

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