Montagne St. Émilion, Libournais

Château Magdelaine

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

Somm David T
9.3

The nose shows some light VA but doesn’t ruin it. Muddled fruits of; blackberries, both plums, black raspberries, stewed, dark cherries & aged strawberries that almost fall into liquor characteristic. Chocolate pudding, dark, rich & slight sweet earthiness with dry leaves, limestone, stems, baking soda, sandalwood and withering to decayed, dark & red flowers.

The palate is gorgeous and shows less VA than the nose. It’s really good despite the VA. Beautiful, ripe; blackberries, both plums, black raspberries, stewed, dark cherries, strawberries notes of rhubarb. Chocolate pudding, dark, understated baking spices, dark spice that presses the tongue, rich & slightly sweet earthiness with dry leaves, limestone, stems, baking soda, sandalwood, used leather, moist tobacco, tea leaves, some cola, withering to decayed, dark & red flowers, excellent acidity and a softly knitted, balanced and elegant finish that lasts 90 seconds and falls on spice.

Already throwing sediment with the bottle half full.

Drink now and for another 10-15 years.
— 2 days ago

Rob, David and 12 others liked this

Château Cheval Blanc

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Meaty and intense. Lush with violets, a deep purity and smoothly intense. Really great stuff. A little more powerful than the 82 alongside but a whisper less refined — 18 days ago

Walker StrangisDavid Schachter
with Walker and David
Ceccherini, Tom and 12 others liked this

Château Laroque

Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2024

Again, Laroque punches above its weight and made a lovely, smooth, tasty and sultry wine in 2024. This will have a great QPR!
Bravo.
— 21 days ago

Peter, Tom and 2 others liked this

Château Angélus

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

+2 hour decant(decent chunky/fine sediment). A prodigious purplish dark ruby red color. On the nose: intoxicating nose of dark fruit, musty forest floor, cigar wrapper, smoke, worn leather. Taste: Wow! Juicy, structured, layered, silky, mouthcoating wine with plum, blackberry, vanilla oak, cocoa, earth, and a baking spiced iron dark chocolate long finish with a slight tannic kick. YUM! A wonderful wine early in its drinking window. — 3 days ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland
with Brenda
Tom, Brenda and 12 others liked this
Tom Casagrande

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Definitely sounds “YUM”!
Rick Phillips

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One of my Favorite’s!
Tom Garland

Tom Garland

@Tom Casagrandet@Rick Phillips Yep, fantastic producer. Cheers!

Château Larcis Ducasse

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2017

Mentolo e tartufo nero fresco appena grattugiato. Inizia ad entrare in una fase di terziario bellissimo.
Beautiful wine!
95 PnP
96 after 15’
— 20 days ago

Paul, Jean-Philip and 3 others liked this

Château Faugères

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2018

Cocoa, fruit, delicious on its own. — 17 days ago

LM, Ron and 1 other liked this

Château Pavie Macquin

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2018

Jan A
9.5

Couldn't resist opening up a bottle, first of 6 bought en primeur. It was my first en primeur programme that I bought into at the time, and this is the first bottle out of my cellar out of all my bdx that I have bought since at en primeur.

This is already drinking very well. Lots of cassis, sweet purple fruit and spices. Good acidity and freshness.
— 19 days ago

Freek, Doug and 15 others liked this
Jan A

Jan A

Correct, 2018! Thanks
Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

Big. Dark fruit. Underrated. Underpriced. Shhhhh.
Jan A

Jan A

Indeed Scott, great PQR!

Château Pavie

Saint-Èmilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 1998

This was a great vintage for Pavie that was going strong at 27 yrs showing mostly rich black fruits, mocha, graphite, sweet & savory spice, leather, menthol & tobacco. — 16 days ago

Ira, Jeroen and 10 others liked this

Château Côte de Baleau

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2018

Round and lush, soft and mature. Drinking perfectly right now. Baked plums, brown spices, licorice. Sandalwood.
Great wine. Lunch @ clos fourtet.
— 21 days ago

Peter, Bob and 2 others liked this

Château Beau-Séjour Bécot

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1998

Mature Bordeaux. It is refined elegance. — a month ago

Paul, Sagee and 7 others liked this