1989 Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste - Pauillac

1989 Chateau Canon La Gaffeliere St. Emilion

1985 Chateau Cos D'Estournel - St. Estephe

The 1985 Cos d'Estournel is another vintage that I have not encountered for a number of years. It is mature with wide bricking on the rim. The nose is not profound or intellectual, but it is engaging and involving with scents of warm gravel, terracotta-li...

1983 Chateau Pichon Lalande Pauillac

A stunning wine, Pichon-Lalande's 1983 has been gorgeous to drink for a number of years. It is one of the finest 1983s, especially for a northern Medoc. The color remains a dark ruby/purple, with slight lightening at the edge. The knock-out nose of roaste...

1989 Chateau Branaire Ducru - St. Julien

The 1989 was exhibiting far more power and intensity than I expected. It has always been an impressively crafted, elegant, seamless wine with cassis fruit nicely dosed by high quality oak. The wine is currently revealing more expansiveness, fuller body, a...