St. Estèphe, Médoc

Château Montrose

Saint-Estèphe Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1989

Shows a little bit of funky, faint Brett aromas, flavors are rich, dark-fruited, and more youthful than the ‘86 Mouton which we also opened, long, lingering finish, very fine!! — 2 days ago

Jim Powers
with Jim
Tom, Ron and 12 others liked this

Château Capbern

St. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2023

Great nose. Powerful and perfectly ripe. Substantial on the palate.
Not very long.
— 6 days ago

Peter liked this

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1988

Shay A
9.2

Annual birthday WWC hosting. As normal, 1 sparkler, 3 whites, 4 reds, 1 dessert, all presented blind.

Fun to open birth year wines around your birthday, especially when you can do a Bordeaux and Napa side by side. While not a great vintage, this held up well after a few hours and presented as expected. Clean and zero Brett. Great color! Deep ruby with hardly any bricking. Leather, cassis, vanilla pipe tobacco on the nose. Sporting a good bit of dusty red and black fruits (mostly tart raspberries and blackberries), there was a little savory truffle note mixed with an herbal and mocha finish. Still quite grippy. Pretty.
— 9 days ago

Pinotman, Tom and 18 others liked this

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 1989

Wonderful nose! On the palate… it’s elegant, light, fresh and sinewy, — 5 days ago

Martijn, Peter and 4 others liked this

Château Calon-Ségur

Le Marquis Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend

Made Witham parto of Merlot of the grand vin. Iper fruity and floral. Consistent mid palate. Nice and pleasant all the way thru. — 6 days ago

Peter liked this

Château de Pez

Saint-Estèphe Cabernet Franc Blend 2016

Not as focused as the 2019 enjoyed at a steak house a few weeks ago. But still very enjoyable, of course! — 24 days ago

Lyle, Peter and 7 others liked this

Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)

St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2018

Wonderful Bordeaux blend from Saint-Julien. Super dry dark blue fruit seamlessly integrated with aged wood notes of dark chocolate, raw tobacco and leather (remember chewing on this as a kid 😁) and smooth rounded tannins. A great wine to just sip, reminisce and… wondering where the oldest vineyard in the world might be? You want to know? Check out our latest story on https://spokenwines.com/spoken-wines/ or jump directly to https://youtu.be/7qURFipuKBI?si=S1sjSbvfu_LLMWik Please comment and subscribe to help our wine story telling mission 🙏🙏 — 15 days ago

Ted, Jan and 5 others liked this

Château Montrose

La Dame de Montrose Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2012

NOSE: rodent (second time tonight!), barnyard, hay (redundant, but “barnyard” in my world means animals and their accompanying mess, hay is for the animals), wet rocks. Fruit is dry and receded and near-theoretical.

TASTE: elegant indeed. Medium weight, tannins nicely smoothed with age, dried herbs (old lady perfume), dried blackberry. 92.
— 7 hours ago

Ray liked this

Château Calon-Ségur

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend

Thick and layered. Power machine with a subtle feminine touch of the aromatics. Finish very long and charming aftertaste. — 6 days ago

Peter liked this

Château Phélan Ségur

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2023

Pure and précise. Time will reward. — 7 days ago

Peter liked this