45 years on, and still singing. Our friends’ wedding anniversary year. Classic tertiary Saint-Julien: cedar, forest floor, dried cherry, tobacco, pencil shavings — fruit fully resolved into savory complexity. Silky, perfumed, no rough edges. Need time to breathe for nose to be appealing.
45 years on, and still singing. Our friends’ wedding anniversary year. Classic tertiary Saint-Julien: cedar, forest floor, dried cherry, tobacco, pencil shavings — fruit fully resolved into savory complexity. Silky, perfumed, no rough edges. Need time to breathe for nose to be appealing.
Aug 21st, 2026
The oldest wine was the most controversial, the 1981 Ducru-Beaucaillou see-sawed all night as either corked or not corked. My opinion was that it was only slightly corked, or had bad storage issues before I acquired it. The nose had more of an issue than the palate, having a consistent funk that would fluctuate in strength. Intertwined with the funk were some dried red fruits, fall leaves & baking spices. The palate for sure was better than the nose, having very good density - a very solid mid-palate, but it too changed through the night back and forth between a little funky to pretty good. Texturally the tannin was fully resolved into the wine showing an elegant and silky structure reminiscent of Burgundy.
The oldest wine was the most controversial, the 1981 Ducru-Beaucaillou see-sawed all night as either corked or not corked. My opinion was that it was only slightly corked, or had bad storage issues before I acquired it. The nose had more of an issue than the palate, having a consistent funk that would fluctuate in strength. Intertwined with the funk were some dried red fruits, fall leaves & baking spices. The palate for sure was better than the nose, having very good density - a very solid mid-palate, but it too changed through the night back and forth between a little funky to pretty good. Texturally the tannin was fully resolved into the wine showing an elegant and silky structure reminiscent of Burgundy.
Dec 23rd, 2016
This bottle is amazing, still going, raspberry and tobacco
This bottle is amazing, still going, raspberry and tobacco
Jul 14th, 2016
St. Julien, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
