Fronsac, Libournais
Château Pavie Macquin
Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2018
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. — 14 days ago
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 — 13 days ago
Château Lafleur
Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2003
This showed power & finesse with no signs of a hot vintage, polished , black fruits, graphite, truffle, spice & floral notes — 7 days ago
Château Angélus
St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2003
A wine I’ve have several times. It’s good don’t let me dissuade you but it’s expand I don’t find it celestial. — 5 days ago
Château Clinet
Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2008
Still youthful, polished with black fruits, spice & floral — 3 days ago
Château La Fleur-Pétrus
Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend
We found the wine is no longer what it used to be. Very modern vinification and upbringing, lots of new wood, and likely a malolactic in barrel. Well done but nothing like in the Jean-Claude Berrouet days. — 19 days ago
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. — 11 days ago
John Bratincevic
Pop and pour (practically) — can’t be helped.
NOSE: something savory, blackberry, and a little violet. Mild clove. A little clay. Something…Mexican?
TASTE: juicy, purple cassis and clay. Fresh and tasty. The kind of wine I like, basically. Blueberry pie after air. 93.
— a month ago