Tasting Notes and Scores
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 01/01/2003 A superstar of the vintage, the last time I tasted this was next to a rather pathetic performance of a very herbal, green, emaciated Petrus (one of the great deceptions of the vintage). This wine still has a very saturated opaque ruby/purple color that is far less evolved than almost any other 1985. The wine has sweet cranberry, black cherry, and blackberry fruit notes intermixed with mineral, cold steel, and a hint of cedar. Rich, full-bodied, with fabulous purity, a very well-delineated feel in the mouth, enormous richness, and a long finish that goes on for nearly 45 seconds, the wine seems to grow incrementally in the glass with increasing amounts of air, and is certainly a 1985 that has evolved at a snailâs pace compared to most wines of this vintage. Anticipated maturity: Now-2023. Last tasted, 5/02. This wine still has a very saturated opaque ruby/purple colour that is far less evolved than almost any other 1985. The wine has sweet cranberry, black cherry, and blackberry notes intermixed with mineral, cold steel, and a hint of cedar. Rich, full-bodied, with fabulous purity, a very well-delineated feel in the mouth, enormous richness, and a long finish that goes on for nearly 45 seconds, the wine seems to grow incrementally in the glass with increasing amounts of air, and is certainly a 1985 that has evolved at a snail's pace compared to most wines of this vintage. Anticipated maturity: now-2023. (95)
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